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Blazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2011
Students' academic success may be influenced not only by their actual ability, but also by their beliefs about their intelligence. Studies have found that students enter a classroom with one of two distinct conceptions of their intellectual ability: some students believe their intelligence is expandable (growth mindset), while others believe their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intelligence, Student Attitudes, Correlation
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Haerens, Leen; Kirk, David; Cardon, Greet; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse – Quest, 2011
The purpose of this advocacy paper is to make a case for the development of a pedagogical model for Health-Based Physical Education (HBPE) drawing on Jewett, Bain and Ennis's (1995) and Metzler's (2005) ground-breaking work on models-based practice in physical education. A selective review of what has been learnt about HBPE was made to be able to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Educational Objectives, Social Change
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Rutherford, Gayle E.; Walsh, Christine A.; Rook, John – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2011
To tackle the complexity of issues associated with homelessness, an interdisciplinary lens with direct input from service providers and community members is necessary. Within a community-university partnership between a larger inner-city multiservice shelter serving the homeless population, and faculties of social work and nursing in a Canadian…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Homeless People, Action Research, Social Change