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Direct linkJohn Burger; Kevin Newman; Doug Stevens – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2024
This study contributes to applied and theoretical research for schools and districts by exploring data-based evidence of the relationships between the COVID-19 pandemic and student engagement with school. The paper features trend data on student orientation to school assessed via the multi-dimensional Student Orientation to School Questionnaire…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Learner Engagement, School Orientation
Smith, Jolan M.; Kataoka, Sheryl H.; Segovi, Francisco R.; Osuna, Anthony; Arriaga, Ivette; Garcia, Consuelo D.; Lee, Hyon Soo; Chiappe, Jenny C.; Juarez, Joseph L.; Kasari, Connie; Hassrick, Elizabeth McGhee; Jones, Felica; Mandell, David S.; Stahmer, Aubyn C.; Mundy, Peter C.; Smith, Tristram; Linares, Deborah E. – Multiple Voices: Disability, Race, and Language Intersections in Special Education, 2021
Few studies use a strengths-based perspective to identify strategies that support K-12 school transitions for historically minoritized families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the present study, university researchers partnered with community stakeholders (e.g., disability advocates, community health organizations, etc.) in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Klein, Jeffrey – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In 2009, district data revealed that new students at Appoquinimink School District (ASD) were struggling academically and socially. Several specific steps were taken to improve the outcomes of these new students. First, an in-depth review of the relevant data regarding new students in the district was conducted. A white paper on relevant research…
Descriptors: School Orientation, Program Development, Program Evaluation, School Districts
Strnadová, Iva; Cumming, Therese M. – Australian Journal of Education, 2014
This article examines the current state of the transition process for students with developmental disabilities in New South Wales, Australia. Teachers from 75 schools were surveyed about current practices for students with developmental disabilities transitioning from primary to secondary school and from secondary school to post-school life.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes
Download full textArendale, David R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this directory was to identify, describe, and evaluate evidence that the education practices improve academic performance, close the achievement gap, and improve persistence towards graduation for low-income, first-generation, and historically-underrepresented 6th grade through college students. Method: The sample for the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
Purcell, Melissa – Library Media Connection, 2011
The school library media center should be a place that every student and teacher feels compelled to visit on a daily basis. Offering good, informative orientations can provide the direction needed to ensure that happens. Orientations should be part of every school library media specialist's job description and role. Orientations can be as long or…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Media Specialists, Library Services, School Orientation
Opfer, V. Darleen; Pedder, David J.; Lavicza, Zsolt – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2011
This article presents a theoretical argument for assuming that schools have an orientation to learning that influences both whether teachers learn and also whether they change professionally as a result of the learning. This school-level orientation to learning is hypothesized to consist of beliefs and practices about learning. Results from a…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, School Orientation, Teacher Surveys, Path Analysis
Cooper, Carey E.; Crosnoe, Robert – Youth & Society, 2007
This study considers academic risk and resilience in the context of economic disadvantage, examining the associations among such disadvantage, parental involvement in education, and children's academic orientation in a sample of 489 inner-city families. Neither parents' nor children's engagement in the educational system was significantly…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation, Urban Areas
Summers, Al; Moehnke, Larry – National Middle School Association (NJ1), 2006
As our society becomes more mobile, smooth and rewarding student transitions become more important. This article describes a partnership between U. S. Army Child and Youth Services and the Military Child Education Coalition that helps schools ease transitions for thousands of students. The program is based on the principle that transition does not…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Middle Schools, High Schools, Military Personnel
Mayer, John E. – UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2007
As revealed by its title, this booklet shows how schools can be made safe and welcoming places for children. Such schools are likely to foster children's learning and their motivation to continue learning throughout their lives. The booklet has been prepared for inclusion in the Educational Practices Series developed by the International Academy…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Educational Practices, School Safety, Educational Environment
Wright, Grace S.; Greer, Edith S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
Junior and junior-senior high schools enroll a large proportion of our early adolescent population. The programs they provide, the services they offer, their administrative practices, and the character of their staffs have far-reaching effects. These programs, services, practices, and staff characteristics constitute the scope of the present…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, Questionnaires, Junior High Schools
Gray, Ruth A. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
This Bibliography of Research Studies in Education covering the school year September 1936 through August 1937 is the eleventh in the series. It lists 3,530 studies reported by 122 institutions, several of which had not reported previously. The list includes 541 doctors' dissertations, 2,736 masters' theses, and 243 studies reported as faculty…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Research, Research Reports
