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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 12 : 28, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Dec 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 12 : 28, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 12 : 21, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Dec 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 12 : 21, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 12 : 14, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Dec 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 12 : 14, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 12 : 07, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Dec 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 12 : 07, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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Anxiety And Control In African American Families., L. Kevin Chapman Dec 2006

Anxiety And Control In African American Families., L. Kevin Chapman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

To investigate the effects of anxiety and ethnicity on parental control as well as the effects ethnicity, anxiety, and parental control have on child diagnostic severity, anxious African American and Caucasian families were compared. Sixty-nine parent-child dyads completed the study. Forty-two mothers in the sample suffered from an anxiety disorder whereas twenty-seven mothers did not meet criteria for any current or past psychopathology. Parent-child dyads were videotaped as they completed two mildly stressful tasks together. Parental and child behaviors during the interactions were coded to obtain an objective measure of parents' behavior. Data were reduced to produce four behavioral composites …


Effective Teaching Of African American Students Who Receive Special Education Services., Nancy Stone Bealmear Dec 2006

Effective Teaching Of African American Students Who Receive Special Education Services., Nancy Stone Bealmear

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation is an examination of effective teaching of African American students who receive special education services by teachers who are either National Board Certified Teachers or Highly Qualified Master's Level teachers. It begins with an overview of the history of special education in the United States and the current conditions of special education. It then covers the matter of overrepresentation of African American students in special education and the various contributors to that problem. The conceptual framework is to examine the self-efficacy and best practices of National Board Certified Teachers or Highly Qualified Master's Level teachers from middle and …


The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 11 : 30, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Nov 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 11 : 30, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 11 : 23, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Nov 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 11 : 23, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 11 : 16, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Nov 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 11 : 16, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 11 : 09, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Nov 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 11 : 09, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 11 : 02, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Nov 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 11 : 02, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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New Award: Carah And Germantown's Center In The Park Awarded $2.2 Million To Study Mental Health Of Older African-American Adults Oct 2006

New Award: Carah And Germantown's Center In The Park Awarded $2.2 Million To Study Mental Health Of Older African-American Adults

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Why do older African-Americans tend to report less depression than Whites although they have poorer health and higher rates of chronic illness?

Research from the past 15 years consistently shows health disparities between Whites and minorities in the United States. African-Americans, in particular, are at higher risk than Caucasians for serious health conditions such as stroke, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and mild cognitive impairment. These chronic conditions typically contribute to depression in elders as a whole. However, the rates of depression for African-Americans are unclear with many studies reporting lower depression than in Whites and others reporting the reverse.

This …


The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 10 : 26, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Oct 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 10 : 26, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 10 : 19, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Oct 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 10 : 19, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 10 : 12, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Oct 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 10 : 12, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 10 : 05, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Oct 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 10 : 05, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 09 : 28, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Sep 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 09 : 28, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 09 : 21, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Sep 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 09 : 21, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 09 : 14, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Sep 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 09 : 14, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 09 : 07, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Sep 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 09 : 07, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 08 : 31, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Aug 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 08 : 31, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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Research And Analysis On The Success Of African American Students At The University Of Kentucky, Randolph Hollingsworth Aug 2006

Research And Analysis On The Success Of African American Students At The University Of Kentucky, Randolph Hollingsworth

Undergraduate Education Faculty Presentations

A summary of a year-long analysis campus-wide at the University of Kentucky by the Committee for Research and Analysis on the Success of African American Students was presented to the Deans Council and Faculty Senate Council in Fall 2006. The report is the result of five separate research projects designed to help the UK leadership better understand the African American experience on campus and the correlates of success. Interim Provost Scott Smith charged the Committee members (listed below) to (1) analyze those factors that predict and/or propmote success of African American students at the University of Kentucky, and (2) assist …


The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 08 : 24, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Aug 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 08 : 24, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 08 : 17, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Aug 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 08 : 17, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 08 : 10, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Aug 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 08 : 10, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 08 : 03, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Aug 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 08 : 03, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 07 : 27, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Jul 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 07 : 27, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 07 : 20, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Jul 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 07 : 20, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 07 : 13, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Jul 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 07 : 13, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 07 : 06, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Jul 2006

The Weekly Challenger : 2006 : 07 : 06, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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