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Ji Hoon Ryoo; Saahoon Hong; William M. Bart; Jaehyun Shin; Catherine P. Bradshaw – Grantee Submission, 2018
Many states have scaled up School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SW-PBIS) with the goal of improving student behavior and academic outcomes. Although the effects of SW-PBIS on behavioral and discipline outcomes have been promising, the findings for academic achievement have been inconclusive and are often limited to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior
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Ji Hoon Ryoo; Saahoon Hong; William M. Bart; Jaehyun Shin; Catherine P. Bradshaw – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
Many states have scaled up School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SW-PBIS) with the goal of improving student behavior and academic outcomes. Although the effects of SW-PBIS on behavioral and discipline outcomes have been promising, the findings for academic achievement have been inconclusive and are often limited to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior
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Mostafa, Akram Fathy; Bin Mta'en, Isa Bin Yahya – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2017
Research aims to know the effect of two different designs of screen readers' programs on using the internet skills of blind middle school students, and the research sample consisted of (8) students from El-thoghr middle school students (Fousol El-Noor)-Jeddah where the student has been divided into two experimental groups each of (4) students. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blindness, Middle School Students, Educational Technology
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Jones, Kevin T.; Procopio, Claire H. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2017
Research has demonstrated the efficacy of mentoring at-risk students in a number of fields from physical education to math and science. While separate research has found that many at-risk students lack effective communication skills, little research has explored the potential of communication mentoring in improving at-risk students' communication…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Mentors, Communication Skills, Middle School Students
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Tian, Haili; du Toit, Dorita; Toriola, Abel L. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2017
Background: The absence of Physical Education (PE) from the South African school curriculum before its reintroduction in recent years contributed to health concerns regarding the low physical activity (PA) levels of children and adolescents in South Africa. Purpose: This study evaluated the effects of a once-a-week enhanced quality PE programme on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Physical Education, Physical Activity Level
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Alkaria, Ahmed; Alhassan, Riyadh – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
This study was conducted to examine the effect of in-service training of computer science teachers in Scratch language using an electronic learning platform on acquiring programming skills and attitudes towards teaching programming. The sample of this study consisted of 40 middle school computer science teachers. They were assigned into two…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Programming, Electronic Learning, Inservice Teacher Education
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Al-Dababneh, Kholoud A.; al-Masa'deh, Mu'tasem M.; Oliemat, Enass M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This study aims to investigate the effects of a training programme in creativity on developing creative abilities among 9-10-year-old children with visual impairment in Jordan. The study sample consisted of 41 students from fourth and fifth grades, who were randomly selected and divided into two experimental groups and two control groups. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Nichols-Barrer, Ira; Gleason, Phil; Tuttle, Christina; Coen, Thomas; Knechtel, Virginia – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) is a national network of public charter schools whose stated mission is to help underserved students enroll in and graduate from college. As of 2014-2015 the network included 162 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 59,495 students. Questions remain, however, about the ability of charter school…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Networks, Network Analysis, Educational Trends
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Randel, Bruce; Apthorp, Helen; Beesley, Andrea D.; Clark, Tedra F.; Wang, Xin – Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The authors describe an impact study of Classroom Assessment for Student Learning (CASL), a widely used professional development program in classroom and formative assessment. Researchers randomly assigned 67 elementary schools to receive CASL materials or continue with regularly scheduled professional development. Teachers in CASL schools formed…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
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Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Li, Wei; Miller, Shazia; van der Ploeg, Arie – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
Motivated by the passage of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, all states operate accountability systems that measure and report school and student performance annually. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of interim assessments on the achievement gap. The authors examine the impact of interim assessments throughout the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Mathematics Achievement
Al-Samarrai, Lahab – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study utilizes Allan Guggenbuhl's seven-step Mythodrama method of resolving conflict and bullying in a school setting which has proven successful in Europe, applies this to a school setting in the United States, and measure that application to see if this intervention for addressing conflict and bullying is successful in a setting in the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Middle School Students, Conflict Resolution, Bullying
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DeLamar, Shawna; Brown, Casey Graham – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2016
This study examines the issues surrounding middle school students' transitions to high school and the degree to which freshman orientation models can help them. The attendance, discipline, report card grades, and end-of-course exams of 60 students who participated in a freshman orientation were compared to those of 150 students who were invited to…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Middle School Students, High School Students, Transitional Programs
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Yao, Haogen – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2017
This study develops a sequential mixed model of Delphi-Propensity Score Matching to discuss how an NGO's socio-emotional support affects the decisions of dropout, work, and two types of upper secondary schooling in rural China. Data were collected from 6,298 students in 2012 after a subgroup of them were treated. The analysis shows that…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Academic Aspiration, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
Brown, Rhonda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Middle school students who struggle in reading are likely to also experience difficulty in their other subjects in school. A variety of reading intervention programs exist for schools to utilize to increase reading comprehension. The Scholastic READ 180 program is used as part of this study. This small, focused study of 160 students examined the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Predictor Variables, Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs
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Kanu, Mohamed; Hepler, Nancy; Labi, Halima – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2015
Background: Since 1984, Students Taking a Right Stand (STARS) Nashville has implemented Student Assistance Programs (SAPs) in the middle Tennessee area, to include 14 counties and 16 school districts. STARS Nashville serves K-12 with a focus in middle and high schools. Methods: The current study reviewed studies that utilized quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Middle Schools, High Schools, Meta Analysis
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