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De Riggi, Melissa E.; Moumne, Samira; Heath, Nancy L.; Lewis, Stephen P. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2017
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), the immediate and deliberate destruction of one's own body tissue, without suicidal intent, and not for purposes that are socially accepted, is a critical concern for youth in schools. Despite significant scholarly advances and increasing clinical awareness of NSSI, many school mental health professionals (MHPs)…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Self Destructive Behavior, Adolescents, Mental Health Workers
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Schwery, Denise; Hulac, David; Schweinle, Amy – School Psychology Forum, 2016
This literature review provides school psychologists with an understanding of the important issues related to the gender gap in mathematics achievement. The extant literature suggests that girls tend to receive lower scores than boys on standardized math tests, but in general these differences tend to be small. However, girls have better classroom…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Mathematics Achievement, Self Efficacy
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Greenberg Motamedi, Jason; Jaffery, Zafreen; Hagen, Allyson; Yoon, Sun Young – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2017
Getting a student's name right is the first step in welcoming him or her to school. Staff members who work with student-level data also know the importance of accurately and consistently recording a student's name in order to track student data over time, match files across data sets, and make meaning from the data. For students whose home…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Chinese, Indo European Languages, Korean
Holt, Janet; Hoppes, Emily – Peace Corps, 2017
This resource was developed to support Peace Corps Volunteers who are working with schools to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities and programming. It is intended to provide guidance, resources, and ideas to support comprehensive WASH programming that is focused on behavior change and sustainability. There is no "one-size…
Descriptors: Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, Females
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Greenberg Motamedi, Jason; Jaffery, Zafreen; Hagen, Allyson – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2016
Getting a student's name right is the first step in welcoming him or her to school. Staff members who work with student-level data also know the importance of accurately and consistently recording a student's name in order to track student data over time, to match files across data sets, and to make meaning from the data. For students whose home…
Descriptors: Sino Tibetan Languages, Indo European Languages, Russian, Afro Asiatic Languages
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Ford, Donna Y.; Wright, Brian L.; Washington, Ahmad; Henfield, Malik S. – School Psychology Forum, 2016
Black and Hispanic students are consistently underrepresented in gifted education. Several factors contribute to their low identification and lack of access to such programs and services. While teacher underreferral is a significant contributing factor, problematic also is testing and assessment, which is often administered by school…
Descriptors: African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Academically Gifted, Talent Identification
Peace Corps, 2014
Data-driven decision making is part of our everyday lives. For example, we examine our children's immunization charts in order to indicate what vaccinations they have received, as well as what vaccinations are missing and expired. We use information, like a chart, to make decisions about what to do and what not to do. Data-driven decision making…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Volunteers, Training
Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen, Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This book paints a portrait of adolescent psychology in 4 major regions: Africa/the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Featuring 24 revised and updated chapters from the "International Encyclopedia of Adolescence" (2007), readers are introduced to the way the majority of the world's adolescents actually live. Most contributors…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Economic Progress, Family Relationship, Adolescents
Bonner, Fred A., II, Ed.; Marbley, Aretha F., Ed.; Howard-Hamilton, Mary F., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
While many institutions have developed policies to address the myriad needs of Millennial college students and their parents, inherent in many of these initiatives is the underlying assumption that this student population is a homogeneous group. This book is significant because it addresses and explores the characteristics and experiences of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Ethnicity, Race
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Wu, Max B.; Stemler, Steven – NASPA Journal, 2008
Resident Advisors (RAs) have a significant hand in helping students adjust and thrive in college life. Given the importance of selecting high-performing RAs, this study sought to examine how well various measures of intelligence (e.g., general, emotional) in addition to personality and additional "internal belief" characteristics predict…
Descriptors: Resident Advisers, Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Personality
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Yoh, Taeho; Yang, Heewon; Gordon, Brian – College Student Journal, 2008
This study examined the status of participation in physical activity among international students attending colleges and universities in the United States. Participants for the study were 521 international students from five universities in the Midwestern part of the United States. Descriptive statistics revealed that international college…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Universities, Physical Activity Level, Foreign Countries
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Bresciani, Marilee Ludvik – College Student Journal, 2008
Students' interactions with student affairs personnel should provide opportunities for students to reinforce their global citizenship, since many opportunities to practice such citizenship are provided in the co-curricular (e.g., service learning, leadership development, negotiation of differences). As such, student affairs personnel need to be…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Global Approach, Competence, Literature Reviews
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Maramba, Dina C. – Journal of College Student Development, 2008
As Filipina/o Americans comprise the largest Asian immigrant population in the United States, the experience of college-aged children of immigrants becomes an increasing concern at the university level. The purpose of this qualitative research investigation was to explore the ways Filipina American students negotiated their home environment and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Family Environment, Gender Differences, Immigrants
Oswalt, Sara B.; Riddock, Christina C. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2007
Few studies have examined graduate students and stress. At a large, Southeastern university, 223 graduate students completed a survey about factors contributing their stress, current coping strategies and related university services. A majority felt stressed (48.9%) or very stressed (24.7%). There were significant differences in coping strategies…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Coping, Stress Management
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2011
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is an epidemiologic surveillance system that was established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help monitor the prevalence of behaviors that not only influence youth health, but also put youth at risk for the most significant health and social problems that can occur during…
Descriptors: Reservation American Indians, American Indian Students, Comparative Analysis, Urban Schools
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