longitudinal studies

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longitudinal studies

A class divided

then and now
1987
Examines the impact Jane Elliott's lessons in discrimination has had on her students, discussing how her students were influenced by the exercise, in which the class was segregated into inferior and superior groups based on their eye color, has influenced their lives, even ten years after they had Elliott's class.

Middletown families

fifty years of change and continuity
1982

Only hope

coming of age under China's one-child policy
2004
Explores how China's one-child family policy has impacted the first generation of children to be raised under the policy, and discussing how the program success has had unexpected consequences.

The ambitious generation

America's teenagers, motivated but directionless
1999
Explains why today's teenagers are unmotivated, bored, and misdirected and offers advice on how parents and teachers can provide them with clear direction and social support.

Talented teenagers

the roots of success and failure
1997
Discusses a study of more than two hundred gifted students, examining why some teenagers, environmental conditions being equal, fulfill their potential in their particular talent areas as they grow older while others do not.

The good divorce

keeping your family together when your marriage comes apart
1994
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