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Magdalena Pawlowski; Molly Bujold – Childhood Education, 2024
Building a strong and vibrant school community is a vital component of fostering an environment where students thrive academically, emotionally, and socially. The APPLE Schools (appleschools.ca) health promotion project identifies eight essential elements that provide a steady formula for cultivating this environment. Backed by world-class…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Health Programs, School Community Relationship
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Lisnyj, Konrad; Pearl, David L.; McWhirter, Jennifer E.; Papadopoulos, Andrew – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: We examined the influence of human and psychological capital variables on the reporting of stress affecting Canadian post-secondary students' academic performances. Methods: This cross-sectional study used the Spring 2019 National College Health Assessment-II data collected across 58 Canadian post-secondary institutions from 55,284…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Human Capital, Academic Achievement, Mental Health
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Bassett-Gunter, Rebecca; Yessis, Jennifer; Manske, Steve; Gleddie, Doug – Health Education Journal, 2016
Background and context: Healthy school communities aim to optimise student health and educational achievement. Various models, terms and resources have been used to describe healthy school communities. Policy makers and practitioners have reported confusion around many of the key concepts involved because of the varying models and terms.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Academic Achievement, School Health Services
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Sallaffie, Moriah; Cherba, Maria; Healey Akearok, Gwen K.; Penney, Jessica – Canadian Journal of Education, 2021
Little is known about Nunavut students' experiences in high school and post-secondary education, in particular their self-defined determinants of success. This study aimed to understand factors that influence secondary school completion, post-secondary education, and education success for students from Nunavut. An online survey was conducted with…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Student Attitudes, High School Graduates, Postsecondary Education
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Stewart, Shannon L.; Klassen, Janell; Hamza, Chloe – Exceptionality Education International, 2016
Previous research linking school disruption with mental health problems has largely relied on assessments of academic achievement to measure school disruption. Early disruptive classroom behaviour (e.g., conflict with school staff, negative attitudes toward school), however, may precipitate poor academic performance and may stem from emerging…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Children, Youth, Clinical Diagnosis
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Stack-Cutler, Holly L.; Parrila, Rauno K.; Jokisaari, Markku; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
We examine (a) what social ties university students with a history of reading difficulty (RD) report assisting them to achieve their goals, (b) outlets available for developing social ties, (c) resources mobilized within these relationships, and (d) the impact of social ties' status on academic achievement. Participants were 107 university…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Difficulties, Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication
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Ungar, Michael; Liebenberg, Linda – School Psychology International, 2013
In this article we examine how cultural and community factors interact with individual level factors to predict school participation. Participants were 497 Atlantic Canadian youth purposefully selected because of their concurrent use of more than one government service or community program at the time they were interviewed. Results revealed that…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Learner Engagement, Ethnicity, Cultural Background