The misallocation of students to academic sets in maths: A study of secondary schools in England     

Paul Connolly  Becky Taylor  Becky Francis  Louise Archer  Jeremy Hodgen  Anna Mazenod  Antonina Tereshchenko 《British Educational Research Journal》2019,45(4):873-897

Drawing upon data gathered from 9301 Year 7 students (12–13 years old) from 46 secondary schools in England, this study represents the first larger-scale attempt to compare their actual set allocations in maths with the counterfactual position where their allocation to sets is based solely on their prior attainment at the end of primary school [using their Key Stage 2 (KS2) fine-grained scores in maths]. Through such an analysis, the study found that nearly a third of students (31.2%) had been misallocated to lower or higher sets than their KS2 results would have warranted. Beyond this, school setting practices were found to exacerbate differences in set allocation in relation to gender and ethnicity, but not socioeconomic background. The odds of girls being misallocated to lower sets in maths than their prior attainment would warrant was found to be 1.5 times higher than that for boys. Similarly, the odds of Black students being misallocated to lower sets was 2.4 times higher than for White students, whilst the odds of Asian students being misallocated to lower maths sets was 1.7 times higher than for White students. The article concludes by reflecting on the significant role that setting by attainment in secondary school can play in exacerbating already established patterns of educational inequalities in gender and ethnicity.  相似文献   

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health issues, disparities, and information resources     

McKay B 《Medical reference services quarterly》2011,30(4):393-401

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons, while widely diverse in many ways, share health disparities related to the stigma and discrimination they experience, including disproportionate rates of psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, and suicide. Lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and the transgender communities have additional health concerns and disparities unique to each population. This paper highlights the national recognition of these health issues and disparities and presents web-based information resources about them and their mitigation.  相似文献   

Characterizing and comparing the friendships of anxious-solitary and unsociable preadolescents     

Ladd GW  Kochenderfer-Ladd B  Eggum ND  Kochel KP  McConnell EM 《Child development》2011,82(5):1434-1453

Friendships matter for withdrawn youth because the consequences of peer isolation are severe. From a normative sample of 2,437 fifth graders (1,245 females; M age = 10.25), a subset (n = 1,364; 638 female) was classified into 3 groups (anxious-solitary, unsociable, comparison) and followed across a school year. Findings indicated that it was more common for unsociable than anxious-solitary children to have friends, be stably friended, and participate in multiple friendships. For withdrawn as well as nonwithdrawn children, peer rejection predicted friendlessness, but this relation was strongest for anxious-solitary children. The friends of unsociable youth were more accepted by peers than those of anxious-solitary youth. The premise that friendship inhibits peer victimization was substantiated for withdrawn as well as nonwithdrawn youth.  相似文献   

Publication outlets for criminology and criminal justice scholars: A look at race and ethnicity journals     

Becky L. Tatum 《Journal of Criminal Justice Education》2013,24(1):201-222

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Negotiating Peer Mentoring Roles in Undergraduate Research Lab Settings     

Becky W. Packard  Vincenza N. Marciano  Jessica M. Payne  Leszek A. Bledzki  Craig T. Woodard 《Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning》2013,21(5):433-445

Undergraduate research is viewed as an important catalyst for educational engagement and persistence, with an emphasis on the faculty mentoring relationship. Despite the common practice of having multi-tiered lab teams composed of newer undergraduates and more seasoned undergraduates serving as peer mentors, less is understood about the experience of peer mentors. Using the framework of legitimate peripheral participation, this study examined how peer mentors negotiated their roles in the lab. Nested case studies based on interviews with peer mentors, faculty members, and newer students illustrated how peer mentors establish credibility through prior lab experience and faculty-framed authority. Delegating supervision was an important component that helped newer students to accept the authority of the peer mentor. Implications for program development and future research involving peer mentoring are discussed.  相似文献   

Men Teachers and the Construction of Heterosexual Masculinity in the Classroom     

Becky Francis  Christine Skelton 《Sex education》2013,13(1):9-21

Many studies have identified the classroom as an arena for the construction of gender and sexuality. Yet there has been relatively little attention to the role of teachers here, or to the deeper dynamics of teachers' constructions of gender and sexuality in the classroom. This article attempts to address these issues, examining the perpetuation of (sexist) heterosexual norms in the classroom by male teachers. Drawing on data from fieldwork in primary and secondary schools, the article examines the various ways in which men teachers use discourses of gender and sexuality to construct their masculinity. It is argued that the construction of masculinity involves drawing on misogynist and homophobic discourses, which can manifest in sexual harassment. The article reflects on the problematic aspects of heterosexual desire, and concludes with some suggestions for policy and practice.  相似文献   

Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual,and Transgender Health Issues,Disparities, and Information Resources     

Becky McKay 《Medical reference services quarterly》2013,32(4):393-401

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons, while widely diverse in many ways, share health disparities related to the stigma and discrimination they experience, including disproportionate rates of psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, and suicide. Lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and the transgender communities have additional health concerns and disparities unique to each population. This paper highlights the national recognition of these health issues and disparities and presents web-based information resources about them and their mitigation.  相似文献   

职场英语笔记     

Jacob Lentz  Paul Koehorst 《英语沙龙》2013,(3):23

谁说办公室就必须中规中矩,死气沉沉?看美国上班族最幽默、最机智的办公室英文用语,在实践中学习英文实用词汇、短语和惯用语,从笑话和俚语中了解美国文化或者名人故事,让你在办公室中左右逢源。本期主题是面对同事的各种兴趣爱好,你该如何接话?一起来学口语,看美国人是如何活跃职场气氛。  相似文献   

职场英语笔记     

Jacob Lentz  Paul Koehorst 《英语沙龙》2013,(1):21

谁说办公室就必须中规中矩,死气沉沉?看美国上班族最幽默、最机智的办公室英文用语,在实践中学习英文实用词汇、短语和惯用语,从笑话和俚语中了解美国文化或者名人故事,让你在办公室中左右逢源。本期主题是在不同场合中遇到同事后,以什么样的方式开场。如果你有这方面的尴尬,赶紧来学习几个轻松幽默的开场白。  相似文献   

Leveraging learning technologies for collaborative writing in an online pharmacotherapy course     

Amy L. Pittenger  Becky Olson-Kellogg 《Distance Education》2012,33(1):61-80

The purpose of this project was to evaluate the development and delivery of a hypertext case scenario document to be used as the capstone assessment tool for doctoral-level physical therapy students. The integration of Web-based collaborative tools (PBworks? and Google Sites?) allowed students in this all-online course to apply their pharmacotherapy knowledge in a physical therapy patient scenario, while working with colleagues to determine the best route of patient care. Students developed digital writing skills imperative to a patient-centered, collaborative health-care field, and practiced evidence-based patient care. The findings demonstrate that the implementation of collaborative digital writing with a hypertext document case scenario assessment as the primary assessment tool in this online pharmacotherapy course delivered to doctoral-level physical therapy students is a feasible and effective educational strategy.  相似文献