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Swearer, Susan M.; Turner, Rhonda K.; Givens, Jami E.; Pollack, William S. – School Psychology Review, 2008
This study examined effects of adolescent males' perceptions of being bullied because of verbal taunts related to gender nonconformity (i.e., "They say I'm gay"). Participants included 251 ninth- (n=77), tenth- (n=96), and eleventh- (n=78) grade students in a private, all-male college preparatory school. Participants were divided into two groups…
Descriptors: Intervention, Bullying, Homosexuality, Males
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Cokelez, Aytekin; Dumon, Alain; Taber, Keith S. – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
The purpose of this study is to identify how upper secondary school French students (Grade 10-12) interpret chemical transformation with regards to the changes within molecules and atoms, and in terms of intramolecular and/or intermolecular bond breaking. In order to identify and describe the students' assimilated knowledge, four questions were…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Grade 9
Lazarev, Valeriy; Atienza, Sara; Lai, Garrett; Ma, Boya; Sterling, Laurel – Empirical Education Inc., 2010
A quasi-experimental study designed to provide evidence of the effectiveness of the "Jamestown Reading Navigator" ("JRN") program for students in grades 9-10 was conducted in the Miami Dade Public School District (MDCSD). "Jamestown Reading Navigator" is a reading intervention program developed by McGraw-Hill…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Reading Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Intervention
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Hawley, Patricia H.; Little, Todd D.; Card, Noel A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
Recent theory on social dominance suggests that aggressive individuals should be socially successful if they also display prosocial behavior. The combination of coercive and prosocial strategies of resource control (i.e., bistrategic control) is thought to facilitate hierarchy ascension. Adolescents (N = 929, grades 7-10) were queried about the…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Aggression, Intimacy, Friendship
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Gehlbach, Hunter – Journal of Educational Research, 2006
Do students tend to set similar types of goals throughout the school year, or do their goal orientations shift over time? If students become more oriented toward mastery or performance over the course of the year, do they improve in their academic achievement, have a more positive affect toward class, and develop the cognitive propensities that…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, Social Studies, Grade 9
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Robbins, Mandy; Francis, Leslie J. – Research in Education, 2008
This study draws together two research traditions: John Greer's pioneering research among pupils in Protestant and Catholic schools in Northern Ireland and Leslie J. Francis's research concerning teenage religion and values in England and Wales. A sample of 1,585 13- to 15-year-old male pupils attending Catholic schools (n = 712) and Protestant…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Protestants, Catholics, World Views
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Attar-Schwartz, Shalhevet; Khoury-Kassabri, Mona – Social Work Research, 2008
The present study examines the correlates of indirect and verbal victimization by peers at school. The research is based on a nationally representative sample of 16,604 students in grades 7 through 11 in 324 schools across Israel. Self-administrated anonymous questionnaires were completed during class. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Victims of Crime, Bullying
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Mellor, Liz – Music Education Research, 2008
This article investigates computer-based music composition using the CD Rom "Dance eJay" with pupils from a secondary school setting (13-15 years). Three issues are explored: the extent to which participants adopted different strategies during the composition process, how the strategies differed with respect to prior experience of formal…
Descriptors: Creativity, Music Education, Musical Composition, Secondary School Students
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Goldstein, Sara E.; Young, Amy; Boyd, Carol – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
The present study examines how exposure to relational aggression at school is associated with adolescents' perceptions of, and participation in, a hostile school environment. Participants were 1,335 African American and European American adolescents in grades 7 through 12 (52% female, 49% African American). Results indicate that exposure to…
Descriptors: Aggression, School Safety, Adolescents, Social Environment
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Vlaardingerbroek, Barend; El-Masri, Yasmine Hachem – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2008
Vocational and technical education (VTE) has traditionally been stigmatised in Arab societies owing to the lowly image of manual work and the perception of VTE as a last resort for weak school students. This paper focuses on the transition to upper secondary VTE from the regular Lebanese school system and on students' aspirations once they have…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Technical Education, Arabs
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Wilkins, Julia – High School Journal, 2008
This study examined the reasons that four high school students who had previously refused to attend school willingly attended an alternative K-12 school for students with special needs. The two research questions that framed this study were (a) why do students who refused to attend their regular schools willingly attend Brookfield Park? and (b) in…
Descriptors: Traditional Schools, Attendance Patterns, Student Motivation, Educational Environment
VanMetre, Jason Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of a ninth grade transition program at a suburban high school in Louisiana. Student data were analyzed from two groups of first time freshmen who indicated a need for help in mathematics: one without a transition program and one with a transition program. Academic data included standardized test…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Test Results, Educational Assessment, Standardized Tests
Arbreton, Amy – Public/Private Ventures, 2009
The third in a series of reports from P/PV's three-year study of the role Boys & Girls Clubs play in the lives of the youth they serve, "Making Every Day Count" examines how Club participation is related to youth's positive and healthy development in three outcome areas identified by Boys & Girls Clubs of America as central to its mission: good…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Youth Programs, Program Effectiveness, Grade 9
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Bulgren, Janis A.; Marquis, Janet G.; Lenz, B. Keith; Schumaker, Jean B.; Deshler, Donald D. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2009
This study examined the effectiveness of a Question Exploration Routine and associated graphic organizer for enhancing the performance of students of diverse abilities when assessed on knowledge and comprehension of content and quality of written responses. Participants were 36 students with and without learning disabilities (LD) in Grades 9…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Learning Disabilities, Academic Achievement, Instructional Materials
Rajbhandari, Mani Man Singh – Online Submission, 2008
The pivotal issue in today's world talks about HIV/AIDS transmission, it is also understood by virtue that almost every one has the knowledge of the disease and are aware how it is transmitted to others. Despite such understanding, the numbers of infected people are increasing everyday in all part of the world. The drastic scenario of developing…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Organizations, Sexuality
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