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Lee, Helen; McCullough, Colleen – MDRC, 2016
Asthma is the leading chronic health condition among children in the United States and a major cause of childhood disability. It also disproportionately affects low-income and racial and ethnic minorities. Although a wide range of interventions have been implemented to improve asthma-related outcomes among socioeconomically disadvantaged and…
Descriptors: Diseases, Intervention, Outcomes of Treatment, Child Health
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Webb, Thomas L.; Miles, Eleanor; Sheeran, Paschal – Psychological Bulletin, 2012
The present meta-analysis investigated the effectiveness of strategies derived from the process model of emotion regulation in modifying emotional outcomes as indexed by experiential, behavioral, and physiological measures. A systematic search of the literature identified 306 experimental comparisons of different emotion regulation (ER)…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Perspective Taking, Program Effectiveness, Meta Analysis
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Ridley, Charles R.; Kelly, Shannon M.; Mollen, Debra – Counseling Psychologist, 2011
For more than four decades, the microskills approach has been the dominant paradigm for training entry-level counseling students. At its inception, the model met a critical need: instruction in discrete counseling behaviors, which at the time was conspicuously missing from training curricula. Although these behaviors have become essential…
Descriptors: Review (Reexamination), Educational Change, Counseling Psychology, Textbook Evaluation
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Murphy, Joseph – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2008
In this article, we review research from the organizational sciences to develop lessons for educators and policy makers. The approach is an integrative review of the literature. We employ a comprehensive process to unpack and make sense of the turnaround literature from the organizational sciences. We rely on strategies appropriate for document…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Educational Policy
Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (NJ3), 2008
Which comprehensive school reform programs have been proven to help elementary and secondary students achieve? To find out, this review summarizes evidence on comprehensive school reform (CSR) models in elementary and secondary schools. Comprehensive school reform models are programs used schoolwide to improve student achievement. They typically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Secondary Schools, Nonprofit Organizations, Professional Development
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Zeppel, Heather – Journal of Environmental Education, 2008
Marine wildlife tours can provide a range of education and conservation benefits for visitors, including emotional (i.e., affective) responses and learning (i.e., cognition). Interpretive programs cover the biology, ecology, and behavior of marine species; best practice guidelines; and human threats to marine areas. The author reviews the…
Descriptors: Audiences, Ecology, Learning Processes, Empathy