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Rice, Frances; Frederickson, Norah; Seymour, Joanna – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
Background: The primary-secondary transition can negatively affect pupils' emotional and psychological adjustment. However, methods for assessing concerns regarding secondary school are limited. A reliable and valid measure of transition-related concerns would be useful both in evaluating and shaping the content and delivery of universal and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Psychology, Depression (Psychology)
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Smith, Jeffrey – Ethnography and Education, 2007
This paper reflexively explores an initiatory period of ethnographic fieldwork undertaken in a UK secondary school by a first-time researcher. Concern is expressed over the tendency to memorialise early encounters, the impression being given that reflexive accounts should be "saved" for later in the academic career, when previously…
Descriptors: Research Tools, Feminism, Ethics, Epistemology
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Prodromou, Theodosia; Pratt, Dave – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2006
Our primary goal is to design a micro world which aspires to research thinking-in-change about distribution. Our premise, in line with a constructivist approach and our prior research, is that thinking about distribution must develop from causal meanings already established. This study reports on a design research study of how students appear to…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Computer Software
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Testa, Adrienne C.; Coleman, Lester M. – Health Education Research, 2006
While methods and results of school-based studies have been reported widely in the literature, little published information exists on the practical aspects of recruiting schools and students into a study. This paper reflects on the experiences of a UK-based sexual health survey among 3007 students aged 15-18 years. The survey explored beliefs,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Secondary School Students, Surveys