Vocational school students -- Connecticut; Vocational education -- Connecticut -- Examinations; Achievement tests -- Connecticut; Connecticut Academic Performance Test; National Occupational Competency Test Institute
The purpose of this study was to investigate academic underperformances in Connecticut technical high schools from 1999 to 2003. Gaps existed in students' academic performance between traditional high schools and technical high schools. This ex...
Preschool children -- Psychology; Interpersonal relations; Aggressiveness in children;
The purpose of this thesis was to examine the relationship between the amount of teacher imposed structure in day care activities and the amount and type of aggression and prosocial behaviors that children show. In a nursery school setting, 20...
Ethnopsychology; Marriage -- Psychological aspects
This study compared the self perception and ideal mate perception of Taiwanese and American college students. It was hypothesized that in both cultures, men would be predisposed to prefer marriage partners with traits that enhance their...
This study examines the communication styles and practices between
the handicapped and non-handicapped communities in contemporary society.
It depicts the processes or lack of communication processes which contribute to
the present conditions.
The...
This study investigated psychological and personality factors related to the onset of cancer. Stressful life events and coping strategies were investigated in a retrospective study of 69 cancer patients from local support groups and their controls....
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Manipulatives (Education) -- Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
This study investigated whether using concrete mathematics manipulatives affected student achievement in factoring second-degree polynomials. The 16 day study included 64 high school sophomores in four different Algebra II classes in a suburban...
When immigrants arrive in their new host country, they find themselves surrounded by a completely different culture, and they must go through a renegotiation process in which they have to decide how much of their own culture to maintain and how...
AIDS (Disease) -- Psychological aspects; Minority women -- Health and hygiene; Sexual minorities -- Health and hygiene; AIDS (Disease) in women -- Social networks
Women who have sex with women (WSW) are an understudied population. This study examined the differences between sexual minority women of color with HIV/AIDS and sexual minority women of color without HIV/AIDS. Outcome variables that were measured...
