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Gökdere, Murat – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2005
The education system in Turkey has responded promptly to the need for environmental education (EE). However, the existing lack of relevant research may limit the functionality of EE programs in Turkey. In this study, the goal was to develop an environmental conscious database that would allow effective planning of EE. Specifically, the study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Educational Planning, Environment
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Spencer, Renee; Porche, Michelle V.; Tolman, Deborah L. – Teachers College Record, 2003
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between school-wide gender equity efforts and seventh grade girls' and boys' educational outcomes and psychological functioning. In this paper, we detail the components of the study, which included documenting that this school did in fact have a gender equitable environment; measuring…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Correlation, Outcomes of Education, Grade 7
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Tuncer, Gaye; Sungur, Semra; Tekkaya, Ceren; Ertepinar, Hamide – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2005
Patterns of consumption and production are not sustainable in developed/developing countries. In developed countries, the levels of pollution, especially those causing global change, are far too high and trends go in the wrong direction. In developing countries, there is too much strain on the local resource base, and this strain is increasing due…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Population Growth, Life Style, Sustainable Development
Tsang, Wai King – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2004
This paper analyzes 18 non-native English lessons on teacher feedback and learner uptake at secondary levels in Hong Kong across Forms 1 to 5 (equivalent to Grades 7 to 11) and different types of lessons (Reading, Writing, Speaking, General English). 945 minutes of lessons were transcribed and analyzed. Results show: (1) Recast and explicit…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Grammar, Error Correction, Foreign Countries
Furlong, Michael J.; Felix, Erika D.; Sharkey, Jill D.; Tanigawa, Diane; Green, Jennifer G.; Gonzalez, Mabel; Gerula, Kelly; Michaca, Sarita – Online Submission, 2007
Although accurate assessment of bullying is essential to intervention planning and the evaluation of bullying prevention programs, assessment has been called the "Achilles' heel" of bullying research (Cornell, Sheras, & Cole, 2006). Problems have been cited about variations in definitions and time frames used, whether or not to…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Bullying, Screening Tests, Incidence
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Grover, Rachel L.; Ginsburg, Golda S.; Ialongo, Nick – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2005
The present study examined the concurrent and prospective relation between a select number of potential predictors and symptoms of anxiety among a high-risk community sample of 149 predominately African American children. Parent and child reports of anxiety were assessed in the first and seventh grade. Six domains of childhood risk factors (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Longitudinal Studies, Predictor Variables
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
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Jennings, Greg – California School Psychologist, 2003
The purpose of this article is two-fold; (1) to inform school psychologists of connections between models of school engagement, psychological needs, and strength-based assets and (2) to share data collected with the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) to understand the relationships between academic performance and two environmental protective…
Descriptors: Caring, Personality Traits, Psychological Needs, Grade Point Average
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Cikrikci-Demirtash, R. Nukhet – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2005
The study presented in this article was conducted to determine psychometric features of scales for Turkish students by adapting the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales (PALS) developed by Midgley and others (2000) to the Turkish language in order to measure personal and classroom goal orientations. The scales were developed to test…
Descriptors: Family Life, Student Motivation, Psychometrics, Foreign Countries
Blazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2008
Researchers and policymakers have pointed to the lagging scores of eighth graders on international, national, and state assessments as evidence that students are not prepared to meet high academic standards and that middle grades reform is needed. In response to these concerns, educators have introduced reforms designed to provide middle-level…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Grade 8
Department of Defense Education Activity, 2011
Every two years the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) administers the DoDEA Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS) to all parents with children attending DoDEA schools and all 4th-12th grade students enrolled in a DoDEA school. Parents were asked to complete one survey for each school in which they had a child enrolled. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Public Education, Public Schools, Mass Media
Department of Defense Education Activity, 2011
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Customer Satisfaction Survey is a biennial survey administered by DoDEA to parents and students to monitor DoDEA's success in meeting students' needs. The survey is administered every other year to sponsors with children in pre-kindergarten-12th grade and to students in grades 4-12. For the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Public Education, Public Schools, Mass Media
Preston, James T.; Clark, W. B.; Glessner, H. H.; Hennessey, D. L. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
This bulletin demonstrates that Berkeley, California's educational problem is and has been that of meeting the varied needs of a population such as may be found in any typical American city. The varied population needs, together with the rapid growth, have brought many difficult problems to Berkeley, just has they have to other cities. Based on…
Descriptors: Instructional Program Divisions, School Counseling, School Organization, Counseling Services
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Zeman, Laura Dreuth – ERS Spectrum, 2003
Research suggests positive interaction between students and teachers is a hallmark of a safe and effective school. Yet to date there is no literature presenting findings or case examples of what constitutes positive engagement or how to measure its frequency. This paper shares observations of a "model" rural middle school in an attempt…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Educational Environment, School Safety, Teacher Student Relationship
Stiles, Deborah A. – Online Submission, 2005
In most ways the island nations of Iceland and Singapore could not be more different from each other: Iceland is sparsely populated, located near the Arctic Circle, and a very free and individualistic democratic society; Singapore is densely populated, located near the equator, and a very regulated and collectivist meritocracy. But both nations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values, Democracy, Cognitive Development
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