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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Indian students"”.
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Bridging cultures: American Indian students at the Northfield Mount Hermon School
… schools opened their doors: the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, headed by Army Captain Richard Henry Pratt, and the Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies, founded by evangelist D. L. Moody. While Captain Pratt was dedicated to the assimilation and acculturation of Native children into …
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Ally Development: Preparing Student Affairs Professionals to Work with American Indian Students
… no suggestions for those working with American Indian student populations (Broido, 2000; Edwards, 2006; Evans & Wall, 1991; Reason, Millar, A, & Scales, 2005). A conceptual model written by Keith E. Edwards (2006) focused on three stages of aspiring ally identity development with each identity …
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Tribal College Culture-Based Education Impacts American Indian Students In North America
… for existence is to help increase American Indians' access to affordable and culturally relevant vocational and academic postsecondary education. This study sought to answer the following questions: (1) How did students and staff at Life Circle Tribal College perceive Life Circle Tribal …
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The intellectual, emotional and sociocultural experience of Indian students in the U.K.
… emotional and socio-cultural experiences of Indian students in higher education in the UK. It has three research questions. First, what are the reasons driving Indian students to study in the UK? Second, what are the economic, political and cultural factors that enable or constrain their …
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Art of Attachment: Community Influence on Pueblo Indian Students' Experiences With School
The power of Pueblo Indian communities to call people home, and the effect this attachment has on how Pueblo Indian students approach learning in mainstream schools is the focus of this dissertation. Mainstream assessment of minority achievement creates a dismal picture of American Indian academic …
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Attendance Patterns of the Secondary Indian Students Who Attended Camp Chaparral in 1967
… of this paper is to study these secondary Indian students after a summer's training at Camp Chaparral in 1967 and determine what their attendance pattern was in school the following three semesters. The study will attempt to: 1. Determine the total percentage of absenteeism individually and …
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AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: FACTORS RELATED TO THEIR UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE ENTRANCE.
… to identify selected characteristics of American Indian entering freshman students and to identify selected factors related to the increasing number entering two- or four-year colleges or universities. In addition, the identified characteristics and factors were compared with a sample of Mexican …
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Perceptions Of American Indian Students Of Their Experiences And Factors Related To Retention In Selected Institutions Of Higher Education
… was to identify the perceptions of American Indian students regarding higher education and to examine factors that contribute to or create obstacles to their retention and graduation. The sample of American Indian students was selected from five Upper Midwest institutions of higher education …
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Issues, successes and coping mechanisms : non-traditional Indian students experience in the context of inclusive practice and internationalisation of higher education in the UK
… study explores the journey of 24 non-traditional Indian students who have won a year’s Ford Fellowship to do their masters’ degree in development in eight different UK universities. The themes in this study revolve around Internationalisation and Widening Participation. I engaged in a longitudinal …
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Student science achievement and the integration of indigenous knowledge in the classroom and on standardized tests
… has been little research focused on indigenous students' achievement on science standardized tests when indigenous knowledge is integrated into the test questions. However, there has been an increased amount of research investigating the impact of culturally relevant curriculum adaptations on …
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Differences in Levels of Sports Team Identification and Sports Fan Motivation Among American Indian and Caucasian University of North Dakota Students
… among University of North Dakota (UND) students. Participants consisted of 57 Northern Plains American Indian students and 90 Caucasian students. Participants completed the Sports Spectator Identification Scale (SSIS) and the Sports Fan Motivation Scale (SFMS). It was predicted that …
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Values and Academic Achievement among Rural Indian High School Students in North Dakota
<p>Literature relating to American Indian formal education reveals that throughout much of history, the majority culture has stressed assimilation in the educational process. Indian students have been encouraged to give up their values and embrace the values of majority culture members. However, …
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Navigating the university system: The effects of Chinese and Indian graduate students' social networks on academic progression
Currently more than half a million international students are enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. All of these students face challenges associated with integrating into their new host education environments and learning how to make their way through the rules and regulations of their host …
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The effect of Cultural Affiliations on Attitudes, Beliefs, and Reactions to the Fighting Sioux Nickname Issue Between Northern Plains American Indian and Majority Culture College Students
… and logo issue for 60 Nonhem Plains American Indian college students and 61 non-Indian college students at the University of North Dakota. Subjects completed a demographic questionnaire and the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux Nickname Attitudes, Beliefs, and Reactions (UNDFSNABR) …
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Multimedia approaches to teaching literature : a study of the use of hypermedia in the teaching of English as a non-native literature in a number of Indian universities
… of teaching non-native English literature to Indian students through the application of hypermedia. The main research question of the present thesis was 'Can hypermedia perform the dual purpose of ascertaining context and provide an approach for teaching English Literature to (Indian) students …
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Defining the Components of Academic Self-Efficacy in Navajo American Indian High School Students
… experienced by a majority of Navajo American Indian students are well documented. Past research has focused on a variety of internal and external factors which possibly explain some of these difficulties. Low levels of academic self-efficacy (ASE) has been identified as one of the factors …
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Education: Public Policy and the American Indian
A classic contradiction confronts the American Indian in United States society, and it surrounds the subject of public education for American Indian students. To some undefined extent, Indian individuals, families, and tribes value the idea of assimilation into the broader society. Simultaneously, …
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The relationship between emotional expression and psychological distress amongst British, Indian, Polish, and South African university students
… Method: A non-clinical sample of 399 university students (99 in India, 100 in Poland, 100 in South Africa, and 100 in the UK) were investigated. The questionnaires included the Emotional Self-Disclosure Scale, the Distress Disclosure Index, the Emotional Expressivity Scale, the Berkeley …
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