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Stokes, Erin Willie – Research Issues in Contemporary Education, 2018
Reform is a common tool used by policymakers to increase student achievement, yet some reform efforts are more successful in some schools and not others. This study looks specifically at the following constructs related to both student achievement and reform: school culture, school climate, teacher efficacy, and collective efficacy. The…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Restructuring, Academic Achievement, Surveys
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Blackburn, J. Joey; Bunchm, J. C.; Haynes, J. Chris – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
Agricultural education has faced a national shortage of qualified teachers since 1965. Initiatives, such as NAAE's TeachAg Campaign, seek to alleviate this shortage through recruitment of new agriculture teachers. However, turnover in the teaching profession remains a problem, with attrition rates approaching 60% reported in some research studies.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Attitudes, Family Work Relationship
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Condrasky, Margaret D.; Johnson, Glenda; Corr, Anne; Sharp, Julia L. – Journal of Extension, 2015
Children participating in cooking classes gain confidence in their abilities to prepare food. If children are to make informed, healthy, food ingredient and cooking method choices, they need to be equipped with these necessary skills, as well as with nutrition competence. Extension programs that incorporate nutrition and hands-on cooking can…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Cooking Instruction, Food, Nutrition Instruction
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Wheeler, Erin R.; Wischusen, Sheri M. – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2014
The Louisiana State University Biology Intensive Orientation for Students (BIOS) Program has been found to be an effective retention initiative for freshman Biological Science majors (S. M. Wischusen, Wischusen, & Pomarico, 2010; S. M. Wischusen, Wischusen, W. E., 2007). Students who attended the five-day camp out-perform their non-participant…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Metacognition, Learning Strategies
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Webster, Collin A.; Erwin, Heather; Parks, Melissa – Physical Educator, 2013
This study used an uncontrolled pre-post design in the context of a 16-week comprehensive school physical activity promotion (CSPAP) course to examine relationships between and changes in preservice classroom teachers' (PCTs; N = 103) efficacy beliefs about integrating movement in the academic classroom, willingness to integrate movement, and…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Physical Activity Level, Movement Education, Barriers
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Brannagan, Kim – Health Education Journal, 2011
Objectives: The focus of this study was to examine the relationship among precursors to physical activity, including exercise self-efficacy, perceived exertion, stress, and demographic factors, among college students. Design: This study employed an associational design. Setting: The study population was college freshmen in southeast Louisiana who…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Natural Disasters, Physical Activities, Health Promotion
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Murimi, Mary W.; Sample, Alicia; Hunt, Alice – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2008
This study compared attitudes and confidence levels, regarding classroom nutrition education, of seventh grade teachers of nutrition, family and consumer sciences (FCS), or health education. A 17-item online questionnaire was used to obtain the data from randomly selected schools in Louisiana. Teachers who reported an educational background in FCS…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Health Education, Consumer Science, Nutrition