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Lafferty, Karen Elizabeth; Summers, Amy; Tanaka, Stephanie; Cavanagh, Jeanne – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2016
Introduction of the Common Core State Standards and assessments like the synthesis performance task pose new challenges for secondary English teachers. As students of all ability levels engage with complex text and in tasks that target higher level cognitive skills, teachers need strategies to support their understanding. This article describes…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Grade 9, Summative Evaluation, Credibility
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Spector, Hannah – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2015
During the Second World War, the Luftwaffe ran a maximum security prisoner of war (POW) camp called "Stalag Luft III," which imprisoned captured Allied air force servicemen. The story of the 1944 escape from Stalag Luft III is one of the most famous stories of the Second World War as described in the firsthand written account and…
Descriptors: War, Nuclear Energy, Facilities, Accidents
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Akturk, Ümmühan; Erci, Behice – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Objective: In this study, it was aimed to determine knowledge, "attitudes" and "behaviors" in mothers with a child aged 0-5 years regarding factors causing "home accidents" and prevention. Method: The target population of the study consisted of mothers with a child aged 0-5 years who were admitted to pediatrics ward…
Descriptors: Accidents, Prevention, Family Environment, Statistical Analysis
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Pérez-Jorge, David; Jorge-Estévez, María Dolores; Gutiérrez-Barroso, Josué; de la Rosa-Hormiga, Milagros; Marrero-Morales, María Sandra – International Education Studies, 2016
Education and training in schools are essential elements in the development and socialization process of children from early childhood. The fact of considering health as a complete physical, mental and social wellbeing (World Health Organization (1848), WHO), and not only as the absence of illness, is closely related to the achievement of optimal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, High School Students, Questionnaires
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Kus, Zafer; Karatekin, Kadir; Öztürk, Durdane; Elvan, Özlem – Educational Media International, 2016
The main purpose of this study is to analyze news stories regarding children in the national print media in the last five years using top eight newspapers in terms of circulation and evaluate these news stories based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was issued by the UN and signed by Turkey. The research was undertaken as a case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childrens Rights, News Media, Foreign Countries
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VanWagner, Michelle; Van Houten, Ron; Betts, Brian – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
In 2008, nearly 31% of vehicle fatalities were related to failure to adhere to safe vehicle speeds (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA], 2009). The current study evaluated the effect of a rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB) triggered by excessive speed on vehicle speed using a combined alternating treatments and reversal…
Descriptors: Traffic Safety, Motor Vehicles, Predictor Variables, Measurement Equipment
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Turner, James C.; Leno, E. Victor; Keller, Adrienne – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2013
This pilot study from self-selected institutions of higher education provides an estimate of the causes and rates of mortality among college students between the ages of 18 and 24 years old. One hundred fifty-seven 4-year colleges participated in an online survey of student deaths during one academic year. A total of 254 deaths were reported. The…
Descriptors: Accidents, Injuries, Mortality Rate, College Students
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Brand, Michael W.; Weiss, Eugenia L. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
This article illustrates the types of situations that U.S. uniformed social workers have experienced in combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with the purpose of preparing current and future social workers to effectively serve military and veteran clients in either military or civilian settings. Vignettes demonstrate the application of the…
Descriptors: Social Work, Educational Policy, Counselor Training, Military Personnel
Domino, Jessica Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The definition of a traumatic event in Criterion A for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was narrowed in DSM-5 for events involving indirect exposure to the death of a loved one. Whereas the DSM-IV definition encompassed the sudden, unexpected death of a loved one regardless of the circumstances, the DSM-5 definition now requires that the death…
Descriptors: Death, Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Stress Variables
Schafbuch, Morgan L.; Vincent, Stacy K.; Mazur, Joan; Watson, Jennifer; Westneat, Susan – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2016
Rural youth in poverty stricken Appalachian communities are the highest at-risk population for tractor rollover accidents (Cole, 2007). The Apprenticeship of Observation theory (Lortie, 1975) concludes that the "apprentice" learns from watching those perceived to be the teacher and their work and so mimic their actions. Thus, farm youth…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Secondary School Students, Control Groups, Cost Effectiveness
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Hill, Anne-Marie; Hoffmann, Tammy; Beer, Christopher; McPhail, Steven; Hill, Keith D.; Oliver, David; Brauer, Sandra G.; Haines, Terry P. – Gerontologist, 2011
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine whether older people are prepared to engage in appropriate falls prevention strategies after discharge from hospital. Design and Methods: We used a semi-structured interview to survey older patients about to be discharged from hospital and examined their knowledge regarding falls prevention strategies…
Descriptors: Evidence, Hospitals, Knowledge Level, Risk
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Rosli, D'oria Islamiah – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2015
Human error is a crucial problem in manufacturing industries. Due to the misinterpretation of information on interface system design, accidents or death may occur at workplace. Lack of human cognition criteria in interface system design is also one of the contributions to the failure in using the system effectively. Therefore, this paper describes…
Descriptors: Manufacturing, Industry, Information Technology, Engineering
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Franciosi, Stephan J.; Mehring, Jeffrey – Research-publishing.net, 2015
Studies suggest that simulations and games not only improve target language skills, but they can also support knowledge creation regarding a broader variety of topics. Thus, we wanted to explore how playing an online simulation game affected knowledge of energy supply and its relationship to environmental and economic factors among learners of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Educational Games
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Education in Science, 2011
This article discusses where teachers stand from a legal point of view when pupils, who have been told to wear eye protection, take it off during the practical lesson, and an accident happens. It also discusses the disposal of dissection and other waste from animal parts used in school science. (Contains 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: Accidents, Accident Prevention, Legal Responsibility, Science Instruction
Castro, Edgar Oscar – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A 30-year contribution of the Space Shuttle Program is the evolution of NASA's social actions through organizational learning. This study investigated how NASA learned over time following two catastrophic accidents. Schwandt's (1997) organizational Learning System Model (OLSM) characterized the learning in this High Reliability…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Learning, Adjustment (to Environment), Learning Processes
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