One measure of the effectiveness of a high school mathematics program is the success students have in subsequent university mathematics courses. As part of a large-scale study of Michigan students, we analyzed the records of students arriving at Michigan State University from four high schools which adopted the Core-Plus Mathematics program. Those students placed into, and enrolled in, increasi...

This study aimed to determine the relationship of intelligence beliefs, academic self-regulation, and metacognition with school refusal behavior in female secondary high school students in Amol. This study was a descriptive one with correlational design. The statistical population consisted of all the female secondary high school students of which 214 students were selected using multistage ran...

The aims of the study were to estimate the prevalence of excessive weight in infants and school-age children in Sarajevo Canton, to isolate the main causative agents and to propose a strategy for its efficient prevention. The methods included anthropometry and originally designed questionnaire. Calculated body mass index was classified according to the criteria proposed by Centre for Disease Co...

background & aim: cesarean section (cs) rates have been increasing steadily, worldwide. the knowledge and attitude of health professionals towards natural childbirth and cs are important factors in selecting a mode of delivery. the purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge and attitude of midwifery and nursing students towards different modes of delivery. methods:in this descriptive,...

introduction. this study was designed to measure the attitude of the medical students’ of jahrom school of medical sciences in basic and clinical stages and the approach they have to their course of study and future occupation. methods. a questionnaire was handed out in which some items such as sex, final high school scores, term average scores, patient’s education and the assigned students wer...

Out-of-discipline high-school science courses are not associated with better performance in introductory college biology, chemistry, or physics courses, but high-school math counts.

my interest in the department of medical education started in the year 1955 when about 900 high school graduates in shiraz, participated in the “konkoor”, an iranian university entrance exam. of these 900 graduates, 42 passed and gained admissions into shiraz university medical school and six years later, 32 graduated and received a medical degree from shiraz university medical school. i was on...

The early history of computers in Finnish schools occurred during the period 1978–1995. In high schools, courses were officially included in the curricula in 1982, while at the upper level of comprehensive school, computer courses started in 1987. This paper describes and analyzes the challenges and results of the first wave of computer education in the Finnish school system.

This paper examines gender inequality within the context of an upper-level high school engineering course recently offered in Texas. Data was collected from six high schools that serve students from a variety of backgrounds. Among the almost two hundred students who enrolled in this challenge-based engineering course, females constituted a clear minority, comprising only a total of 14% of stude...

background: noise, one of the major environmental nuisances, affects the learning ability of children negatively. objective: with the assumption that in the existing german 4-type school system children are exposed to various noise levels in each type of school, we investigated the association between children's school type and environmental noise level. methods: in this cross-sectional study, ...