Strengthening character education through biology learning is a form of educator action that integrates values ​​in planning, implementing, and evaluating which carried out intentionally continuously to strengthen the ​​of students. This study aims develop education-oriented tool test its effectiveness on understanding ​​and mastery concepts for high school students in West Lombok Regency. The ...

A large body of research, conducted over three decades following the Coleman report (1966), has failed to find a systematic relationship between school resources and student achievement (Hanushek, 1997). The so-called "education production function" studies, relied on readily measurable indicators of school resources (i.e., per pupil expenditures, teacher salary, library resources) but failed t...

PURPOSE To examine the relationship between student-reported, school-based health center utilization and two outcomes: (1) caring relationships with program staff; and (2) school assets (presence of caring adults, high behavioral expectations, and opportunities for meaningful participation) using a school district-wide student survey. These relationships were also explored across schools. MET...

The study examined the impact of high school English teachers’ awareness of pedagogical competence on student learning. A psychometric measurement instrument of English language teachers' pedagogical competence (ELTPC) was first developed through factor analysis with 320 high school teachers in Guilan, Northern Iran. Based on the developed instrument, 36 teachers were divided into two groups of...

Key Findings Increasing instructional time through lengthening the school day or year is often discussed as one way to improve student performance. Little attention has, however, been paid to student attendance. This study explores the impact of instructional time disruptions, including student absences and school closures due to snow days. It finds that: • The average Massachusetts student mis...

Assessing Student Perceptions of High School Science Classroom Environments: A Validation Study

BACKGROUND US high schools are increasingly adopting automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for use in campus settings. We analyzed the effectiveness of emergency response planning for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in a large cohort of US high schools that had onsite AED programs. METHODS AND RESULTS A cohort of US high schools with at least 1 onsite AED was identified from the National Regis...