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Direct linkHacker, Douglas J.; Dole, Janice A.; Ferguson, Monica; Adamson, Sharon; Roundy, Linda; Scarpulla, Laura – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2015
Our purpose for this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the short-term and maintenance effects of the self-regulated strategy development writing instructional model by Graham and Harris with 7th-grade students in an urban, ethnically diverse Title I middle school. We compared the writing skills of our intervention students with those of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Writing Instruction, Quasiexperimental Design, Instructional Effectiveness
Addressing Size Stereotypes: A Weight Bias and Weight-Related Teasing Intervention among Adolescents
Download full textMiyairi, Maya; Reel, Justine J.; Próspero, Moisés; Okang, Esther N. – Journal of Health Education Teaching, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a weight-related teasing prevention program implemented for both female and male students in a school setting. Methods: Junior High School students (N = 143) in seventh grade were invited to participate in the program. One hundred eighteen participants completed pre- and posttest surveys to assess…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Stereotypes, Human Body, Self Esteem
Principal Leadership, 2013
Ask a room full of sixth and seventh graders at Fossil Ridge Intermediate School in St. George, UT, to name their favorite part of the day and the answer is, in unison, always the same: REAL (respect, explore, achieve, lead) Time. This 35-minute block embedded into the school's schedule three days each week provides immediate, specific…
Descriptors: Principals, Educational Change, Student Diversity, Underachievement
Miyairi, Maya – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to implement a weight-related teasing prevention program and evaluate the effectiveness of the program among adolescents. One hundred forty-three students in 7th-grade in health classes at the middle school were asked to participate in the study. The weight-related teasing prevention program was implemented as part of…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Obesity, Prevention, Program Effectiveness
Luthy, Karlen E.; Thorpe, Aubrey; Dymock, Leah Clark; Connely, Samantha – Journal of School Nursing, 2011
State immunization laws necessitate compliance for students enrolling in a public or private school system. In support of state laws, school nurses expend hours to achieve immunization compliance with school-age children. For the purpose of creating a more efficient system, researchers implemented an educational and incentive program in local…
Descriptors: Intervention, Incentives, School Nurses, Immunization Programs
Montgomery, Joel R. – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this working paper is to review current literature on literacy programs for parents of English language learners (ELLs). The paper includes a summary of five literacy programs for ELL parents throughout the United States of America. Four of these were system-wide interventions affecting more than one school or classroom. Each…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning, Parent School Relationship
