International Journal of Secondary Education

Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2017

  • Juvenile Accountability; The Intake Process

    Phillip Neely

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2017
    Pages: 16-21
    Received: Nov. 23, 2016
    Accepted: Mar. 10, 2017
    Published: Mar. 21, 2017
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    Abstract: In Savannah, Georgia, the juvenile justice system often fails the community and the police department when they do not hold juveniles accountable for their criminal actions. The juvenile intake process creates a problem for law enforcement when they will not accept a juvenile offender due to certain criteria. The juvenile offender is often aware of... Show More
  • Student Attitude Toward Science as a Function of Use and Non-use of Cell Phone Apps in High School Chemistry Classes

    Bartrom Linda, Rose William

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2017
    Pages: 22-29
    Received: Oct. 11, 2016
    Accepted: Oct. 26, 2016
    Published: Mar. 23, 2017
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    Abstract: Cell phones are often a distraction in the American high school classroom. Their attachment to their cell phones is obvious. The incorporation of cell phones into, rather than exclusion from, the lesson at hand may provide a means for improving attitudes toward science providing the cell phone activity is salient to their Chemistry class. Five hund... Show More