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Cultural Connections: Promoting Self-Esteem, Achievement, and Multicultural Understanding through Distance Learning

This case study focused on the effects of collaborative activities between two teachers and their students. The authors explored the effectiveness of distance learning for adolescents in promoting self-esteem, achievement, and multicultural understanding. In Cultural Connections, diverse students across Texas collaborated on multicultural activities, which helped them grow in self-esteem, achievement, and multicultural understanding. Student participants were 14 randomly placed eighth-grade students and ten gifted and talented fifth-grade students.

• Author/Creator: Cifuentes, Lauren, Murphy, Karen, Davis, Trina
• Date Published: 02-00
• Notes: Connect to the catalog at the library of the University of Colorado at Boulder. English In: Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Presentations at the National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Sponsored by the Research and Theory Division (20th, St. Louis, MO, February 18-22, 1998); see IR 019 040. Document (RIE) 143 Reports--Research; 150 Speeches/Meeting Papers EDRS: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
• Year: 1998

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Diversity Practices
• Subject: Computer Mediated Communication
• Subject: Cultural Awareness
• Subject: Distance Education

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