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This website gives an explanation of autism, and describes how autism is different for every individual. This website also gives characteristics of autistic children and children with autistic spectrum disorder. "Autism Society of America: Characteristics of Autism." Autism Society of America:. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. .

Lee, Jenny, and Charles Rice. "Welcome to America? International student perceptions of discrimination." Higher Education 53.3 (2007): 381-409. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. This research is about International students experiences in universities in the U.S. the social problems that they encounter while living in the U.S, how each one of them dealt with the culture shock and become familiar with the American culture. how did those experiences affected their personalities and the way they think. also how experiences affected their academic life and the way to success and facing those problems.

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Hyde, Janet S., and Janet E. Mertz. "Gender, culture, and mathematics performance." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106.22 (2009): 8801-8807. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article talks about if there is a relationship between gender, culture and mathematics performance. They go through three questions the want to answer -Do gender differences in mathematics performance exist in the general population? Do gender differences exist among the mathematically talented? Do females exist who possess profound mathematical talent? The article talks about how some countries have closed the gap such as England but the USA has not. They go to answer all of the questions through the research they do and have charts/graphs.

K., Lisa "The Importance of Learning a Second Language in America." Associated Content from Yahoo! - Associatedcontent.com. 2008 18 Mar. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. Question: What do you call a person who speaks more than one language? Answer: A Bilingual. Question: What do you call a person who speaks only one language? Answer: An American. This "joke" holds some truth because as the world shrinks and countries become increasingly interdependent, experts predict that within the next twenty years it will be necessary for everyone to speak a second, or even a third language. This is an area where the U.S. lack behind in other parts of the world. Learning another language is important in interacting with others and will help to accept and appreciate the different ways of life of people around the world.

This article is about how social economic class is related to a students academic performance. More specifically, this article was about how poverty is related to academic achievement in the United States. The article studied the of socio-economic (SES) status on educational achievement and early literacy. It also looked at programs they have been installed to help low-income families and communities overcome learning problems associated with their economic status.

Gullatt, David E. "Enhancing Student Learning Through Arts Integration: Implications for the Profession." High school Journal (2008): 12-25. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article discusses how student learning can be enhanced by the arts. There is an analysis of how schools in America are doing this in comparison to other countries. It looks at how much the arts influence education presently. In addition creates ideas of how schools should integrate the arts in the future. The piece looks at how art affects cognition and benefits many areas of thinking.

Gay, Geneva. "The Importance of Multicultural Education." Educational Leadership 61.4 (2003): 30-35. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. This article discusses how curriculum's that contain multicultural education prepare students for roles as productive citizens and gives them a broad worldview which is important for academic success. This article focuses on the United States and the need to incorporate global education within a student's education. With domestic diversity within America and the constant flow of immigrants, gaining more insight about other cultures and ways of life is beneficial and essential when interacting with people from different backgrounds. Unfamiliar groups, cultures and languages can produce anxiety and hostility from those who don't understand or are ignorant to other cultures. This article offers several suggestions for teacher to go about incorporating global education into many different subjects.

Newman, Maureen D. "Preservice Teachers Examine Gender Equity in Teaching Mathematics." Teaching Children Mathematics 13.7 (2007): 388-395. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how the teachers of America want to change the gender gap. Between 1990 and 2007 there has not been much change in the gender gap in math. Teachers have goals of changing this so that both genders are on the same level. There are programs out there that are teaching current and future teachers of how to teach to both genders. Also they are teaching early childhood teachers how to make sure that the gap does not start so early.

Wechsler, Henry, Meichun Kuo. "Environmental Correlates of Underage Alcohol Use and Related Problems of College Students." America Journal of Preventive Medicine 19.1 (2000): 24-29. OhioLink. Web. 13 Nov. 2010. This article explains the immediate and longterm effects underage drinking has upon our youth. It tells how underage students drink less often but consume more drinks per occasion. The article also explains how underage drinkers usually don't have to pay as much for drinks and therefore are able to consume more.