This paper discusses a design-based research study that we conducted in a middle school science classroom to test the effectiveness of SimSelf, an open-ended learning environment for science learning. In particular, we evaluated two tools intended to help students develop and practice the important regulatory processes of planning and monitoring. Findings showed that students who used the suppo...

Some events that occur in a adolescence's life can be source of stress. Stress could cause physical and psychological disorders. resilience allows person to avoid the negative effects Objective this community education activity was provide initial information about mindfulness as way self-empowerment improve stress high school students identify level determine need for further training. The par...

Teaching mode can be defined as: under the guidance of the certain teaching ideas and teaching theory, around the certain teaching goals, to finish the teaching task and set up relatively stable teaching activities of “paradigm”[1]. The students of ordinary higher school which basis is weaker than the students of research higher schools, so the ordinary higher schools in China carry out “teachi...

Educators increasingly request that child mental health clinicians in outpatient and school settings provide guidance about how to assess children who may carry weapons to school or who may pose a potential threat to the school community. They may also request help in determining if a student’s aggression is exacerbated by an untreated psychiatric disorder.Many schools have to make critical jud...

Introduction: The roots of most inappropriate healthy behaviors originate from the experience of childhood and adolescence, and healthy nutrition during maturity period has an effective role on the human growth and health. Materials and Methods: In this semi experimental study the effect of various educational methods on nutritional knowledge, attitude and behaviors of guidance school students...

vitamin d is essential for growth and vitamin d deficiency is important issue in adolescent girls as they have a limited rapid growth period .this cross sectional study was done on 167 female students in secondary guidance school in 2006. growth parameters, taking supplementary vitamin d, using sunscreen creams and the type of housing and their avoidance from exposure to sunlight was recorded. ...

In this Harm Reduction Digest, Father Peter Norden of Jesuit Social Services (Australia) summarises the findings of a report of a consultation into how Catholic schools in Australia address substance use by school students. The report showed that while in the past the 'zero tolerance' approach had been the norm, more recently there had been a growing awareness in Catholic schools that it is pos...

To the Editor: On April 28, 2009, the Chicago Department of Public Health received notification of 1 student at an elementary school with a probable pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection; the infection was subsequently laboratory confirmed. This case was one of the first pandemic (H1N1) 2009 cases in Chicago. To prevent transmission of influenza and with guidance from the Chicago Department of P...

conclusions a high prevalence of obesity was found in zahedan students. concurrent high prevalence of obesity/overweight and underweight demonstrates amplitude of weight problems in school children. there is an urgent need for special health programs to conduct proper diagnosis and management of obesity in zahedan. results in the sample, 78.9% were under 85th percentile, 11.8% were overweight (...