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1 Article 1 Parents’ Perceptions of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program (DARE)

• Have the previous evaluations and assessments of DARE produced consistent results?

No. (See lines 9–11.)

• Were private schools selected to be part of the sample?

Yes. (See lines 158–160.)

• Which of the items in Table 1 indicate the most positive results?

Understanding the effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. (See Table 1.)

• Does the researcher recommend continued research on parents’ perceptions of the DARE program?

Yes. (See lines 501–502.)

• On the Likert scale for each item in Table 1, what does the number 5 refer to?

Much improved. (See lines 182–186.)

Article 2 Retention Issues: A Study of Alabama Special Education Teachers

• What is the explicitly stated purpose of this study?

To investigate issues that relate to the attrition, migration, and turnover of special education teachers in a county in southeast Alabama. (See lines 10–13.)

• This study had how many participants?
• (See lines 80–81.)
• Which item had the highest mean score?

Class size or caseload size. (See Table 1, where the mean for this item is 3.14.)

• Which item had the lowest mean score?

Inadequate preparation or staff development. (See Table 1, where the mean for this item is 1.81.)

• Why do the numbers of cases (N) vary in Table 1?

Because some participants did not answer all of the questions. (See the footnote in Table 1.) Article 3 To What Extent Are Literacy Initiatives Being Supported? Important Questions for Administrators

• What is the explicitly stated purpose of this study?

To examine teachers’ expressed perceptions regarding their states’ provisions for instructional materials and professional development opportunities related to state literacy initiatives for K–6 classroom teachers. (See lines 52–57.)

• The researchers state that they included “demographic items” in order to provide what?

Background information on the respondents. (See lines 82–83.)

• What was the return rate?

Approximately 40%. (See lines 106–107.)

• What percentage of the respondents had 11 to 20 years of classroom teaching experience?

17%. (See Table 1.)

• What percentage of the respondents strongly disagreed that they had adequate supplemental reading materials?

18%. (See Table 3.) Article 4 Stalking and Related Harassment of Secondary School Counselors

• According to the researchers, is there a “standard” definition for stalking?

No. (See lines 15–16.)

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