The purpose of this research-in-practice study in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was to determine what writing strategies adult high school students use and whether these strategies help them to succeed in their school-based writing assignments. Since student journals were used as a data source, the study features student descriptions of writing strategies and their effectiveness. The author shares...

background recent studies show that the prevalence of tobacco use among teens and students is increasing, and the initiation age of tobacco use has decreased. objectives the current research aimed to signify the role of schools in the process in which student teenage boys became smokers in 2012 in mashhad. materials and methods the current study was part of a qualitative research conducted by c...

OBJECTIVES Schools represent an important environment for physical activity (PA) promotion among youth. Schools can promote PA through policies and programs but our understanding of how these school characteristics associate with student PA levels is largely unknown. Developing this understanding is critical for implementing new prevention interventions. The aim of this study was to identify th...

We study the relationship between school organizational contexts, teacher turnover, and student achievement in New York City (NYC) middle schools. Using factor analysis, we construct measures of four distinct dimensions of school contexts captured on the annual NYC School Survey. We identify credible estimates by isolating variation in organizational contexts within schools over time. We find t...

U programs in educational leadership have been criticized for failing to prepare effective leaders for our nation’s schools. Many of these critics are demanding signifi cant changes to leadership preparation programs, however, amidst these strident calls for change there has been very little dialogue about or consensus on what we as members of a democratic society believe capable educational le...

research is needed on whether increasing the number of bilingual residents, educating trainees on language services, or implementing medical Spanish courses as a supplement to (not a substitute for) interpreter use would improve care for LEP patients.4,5 This study has limitations. The data were based on selfreport. However, a recent study found that clinicians’ selfassessmentcorrelatedwiththei...

This study utilized data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 Hong Kong sample to investigate the factors that impact the science achievement of 15-year old students. A twolevel hierarchical linear model was used to examine the factors that influence science achievement from both student and school perspectives. At the student level, the results indicated that mal...

A professional development program which trained whole school staffs in the use of positive behavioral interventions for the purpose of reducing referral rates of students for misbehavior and special education evaluation. The program focused on training teachers and paraprofessionals in behavior management strategies to increase “high approval teaching,” to develop structured and organized clas...