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Validating Two Problem-Solving Instruments For Use With Sixth-Grade Students, Jonathan Bostic, Stephen J. Pape, Tim Jacobbe Oct 2011

Validating Two Problem-Solving Instruments For Use With Sixth-Grade Students, Jonathan Bostic, Stephen J. Pape, Tim Jacobbe

School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

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Exploring The Effects Of Curricula On Fifth-Grade Students' Problem Solving, Jonathan Bostic Oct 2011

Exploring The Effects Of Curricula On Fifth-Grade Students' Problem Solving, Jonathan Bostic

School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

How does textbook use (i.e. reform-oriented and traditional textbooks) influence fifth-grade students' problem solving?


Role Of Student Affairs In Promoting Religious And Secular Pluralism And Interfaith Cooperation, Dafina-Lazarus Stewart, Michael M. Kocet Feb 2011

Role Of Student Affairs In Promoting Religious And Secular Pluralism And Interfaith Cooperation, Dafina-Lazarus Stewart, Michael M. Kocet

Higher Education and Student Affairs Faculty Publications

This essay explores the contributions of student affairs professionals to religious and secular pluralism and interfaith cooperation in higher education. The authors propose a preliminary model of competencies necessary for student affairs professionals to engage in conversations effectively with students about issues of religion, spirituality, secularism, and belief as well as to promote campus-wide transformation for religious and secular pluralism and interfaith cooperation.


Religion, Forced Migration And Schooling: Varying Influences Of Religious Capital Among Iraqi Christian Refugee Students In Jordan And The Usa, Bruce A. Collet Jan 2011

Religion, Forced Migration And Schooling: Varying Influences Of Religious Capital Among Iraqi Christian Refugee Students In Jordan And The Usa, Bruce A. Collet

School of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Policy Faculty Publications

This study is based on focus groups conducted with Christian Iraqi refugee secondary school students in the metropolitan Detroit area, and interviews with staff from volunteer aide agencies, non-governmental organizations, churches, and independent researchers in both Amman, Jordan as well as the Detroit metropolitan area. The article examines varying influences of religious capital among Iraqi Christian students. Examination of the operation of this capital within the context of the two countries’ economic and foreign policy interests including their refugee policies exposes macro-level forces that render religious capital to function in countervailing manners. Iraqi Christian students in both Amman and Detroit …


Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Students Coming Out At The Intersection Of Spirituality And Sexual Identity, Dafina-Lazarus Stewart, Shaunna Payne Gold Jan 2011

Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Students Coming Out At The Intersection Of Spirituality And Sexual Identity, Dafina-Lazarus Stewart, Shaunna Payne Gold

Higher Education and Student Affairs Faculty Publications

In this study, the researchers examined how lesbian, gay, and bisexual undergraduate students negotiated and defined their spiritual identities during the coming-out process. Although there were varied responses, the findings suggest that students describe spirituality as acceptance, personal relationships with a powerful essence, and connections to nature. When navigating multiple identities, students experienced various levels of intersectionality including irreconciliation, progressive development, arrested development, completed development, and reconciliation.


2011 Conference Program October 12-15, 2011 Jan 2011

2011 Conference Program October 12-15, 2011

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Conference Program