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"Acting a Play Helped Me." Year 8 Students' Understanding, Inclusion and Empowerment Whilst Using Drama-Focused Collaborative Learning to Explore "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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Powell, Caroline – English in Education, 2021
This case study examines the effects of collaborative, drama-focused activities on the cognitive understanding, social inclusion and empowerment of eight Year 8 students whilst studying "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Each student chose a leadership responsibility throughout their five project-based research lessons, and the majority of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Drama, Inclusion, Learning Activities
Gender Differences in Adolescents' Academic Motivation and Classroom Behaviour
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Bugler, Myfanwy; McGeown, Sarah P.; St Clair-Thompson, Helen – Educational Psychology, 2015
The present study investigated gender differences in adolescents' academic motivation and classroom behaviour and gender differences in the extent to which motivation was associated with, and predicted, classroom behaviour. Seven hundred and fifty students (384 boys and 366 girls) aged 11--16 (M age?=?14.0, 1.59 SD) completed a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Motivation, Academic Aspiration, Classroom Environment
Supporting Behaviour Support: Developing a Model for Leading and Managing a Unit for Teenagers Excluded from Mainstream School
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Solomon, Mike; Thomas, Gaby – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2013
In the UK, mainstream schools can decide to exclude students because of their behaviour. Students are then placed in pupil referral units (PRUs, sometimes known as short-stay schools) until their needs can be more thoroughly assessed so that they can then be placed appropriately. This article outlines the development of one particular approach to…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Student Needs, Secondary School Students
Educational Needs of School-Aged Children Born Very and Extremely Preterm: A Review
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Hornby, Garry; Woodward, Lianne J. – Educational Psychology Review, 2009
Recent decades have witnessed dramatically improved survival rates for infants born prematurely, especially those born very and extremely preterm. Follow-up studies concerned with long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes for children born preterm indicate that these children are at high risk for a range of cognitive, learning, neuromotor, and…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Psychology, Premature Infants, Teacher Educators