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Matsumoto, Yuki; Shimizu, Eiji – School Psychology International, 2016
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for childhood anxiety is effective in schools; however, researchers have reported mixed results and expressed concerns regarding sociocultural differences in treating childhood anxiety. This study examined the efficacy of the FRIENDS program, which is a CBT program used at a universal school level. Students (N =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Treatment, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring
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Lowe, Patricia A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
The psychometric properties of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale-Second Edition (RCMAS-2) were examined in a sample of 1,003 U.S. elementary and secondary students in Grades 2 to 12. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were performed comparing the five-factor (target) model consisting of three anxiety (Physiological Anxiety, Social…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Anxiety, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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Hacieminoglu, Esme; Yilmaz-Tüzün, Özgül; Ertepinar, Hamide – Education 3-13, 2014
The purposes of this study were to develop and validate an instrument for assessing elementary students' nature of science (NOS) views and to explain the elementary school students' NOS views, in terms of varying grade levels and gender. The sample included 782 students enrolled in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Exploratory factor analysis…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Scientific Principles, Test Construction, Program Validation
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Merchie, Emmelien; Van Keer, Hilde; Vandevelde, Sabrina – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
Independently learning from informative texts becomes increasingly important from the age of 11. Little information is available, however, on (a) how and to what extent late elementary education students already apply specific text-learning strategies, and (b) whether different learner profiles can already be distinguished. In this study, a…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Grade 5, Grade 6, Profiles
Waber, Dietmar – Education Canada, 2006
The article focuses on Fraser Institute's (Vancouver, British Columbia) "Report Card on Elementary Schools in British Columbia." The rating of a school is based on reading, writing, and numeracy levels for both Grade 4 and Grade 7 students, gender differences in reading and numeracy in Grade 7, and the percentage of students not meeting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Examiners, Report Cards, Reading