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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2017, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from 29 of April to 1 of May, 2017. Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Anxiety, Cognitive Restructuring, Outcomes of Treatment
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Intrator, Sam M.; Siegel, Donald – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2008
Researchers and educators have long tried to find the connection between participation in sport-related activities and academic and social development among youths. This article traces the conceptual ideas that led to the design of an after-school sports program (Project Coach). This program promotes positive youth and community development…
Descriptors: Community Development, Elementary Education, Academic Achievement, Adolescents
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Shelton, Claudia Marshall – Educational Leadership, 1999
Learning to balance "outersense" and "innersense" is a complex task for adolescents and the focus of one secondary school's social and emotional learning program. Understanding innersense helps students gain outlets for priority interests, master conflict resolution, build personal direction for college and vocational interests, and empathize with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Development
Hamburg, David A. – 1994
The human species seems to have a virtuoso capacity for making harsh distinctions between groups and for justifying violence on whatever scale the technology of the time permits. This essay explores the possibilities associated with using education as a means to avoiding conflicts or resolving them peacefully. Focus is placed on teaching humans to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Bias, Child Development
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Long, Nicholas; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1988
Compared three groups of young adolescents on adjustment in the school setting. Adolescents from recently divorced families reporting high interparental conflict prior to separation and after the divorce functioned at a lower level than those from intact families or from recently divorced families where high levels of pre-separation interparental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Conflict Resolution
Page, Stephen, Ed. – CEIC Review, 2001
These six issues examine education in the inner cities. Titles include: "Pathways to School/Community/Family Partnership Results: Measures of Success and Student Learning" (e.g., promoting community partnerships and active learning through federal policy and linking child development knowledge with partnership evaluation); "Emerging…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Accountability