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Marie-Andrée Somers; Michelle Dixon; Claudia Solís-Román; Megan Schwartz; Olivia Lalanne; Bryce Marshall; Lauren Lee; Osvaldo Avila – MDRC, 2025
LifeSkills Training is the only program to prevent substance use disorder among adolescents that has evidence of effects on substance use outcomes from multiple randomized controlled trials. Evaluations have shown that the version for middle school students reduces their use of substances in high school, but these studies were conducted in the…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Middle School Students, Substance Abuse, Drug Use
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O'Reilly, Aileen; Barry, James; Neary, Marie-Louise; Lane, Sabrina; O'Keeffe, Lynsey – Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 2016
The use of peer education has been well documented within the discipline of health promotion, but not within the youth mental health domain. This paper describes an evaluation of an innovative schools-based peer education training programme that involved preparing young people to deliver a mental health workshop to their peers. Participants…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Youth Programs, Questionnaires, Secondary School Students
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Passey, Don – Education and Information Technologies, 2014
This paper explores the management and outcomes of a specific model of intergenerational learning, concerned with student digital leader support in a number of secondary schools in England. A local educational partnership set up a student digital leader project late in 2011, which aimed to develop a range of skills and outcomes for both the…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Educational Practices, Technology Education
Krohn, Cheryl Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This qualitative study examines a model of instructional coaching in a middle school using interviews and observations of both teachers and their coaches. During the 2012-2013 school year, Creekside Middle School implemented a new model of instructional coaching that differed from the traditional model of coaching; it focused on student learning…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Instructional Improvement, Qualitative Research, Interviews
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Mekinda, Megan A. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2012
This article examines four influential programs--Citizen Schools, After School Matters, career academies, and Job Corps--to demonstrate the diversity of approaches to career programming for youth. It compares the specific program models and draws from the evaluation literature to discuss strengths and weaknesses of each. The article highlights…
Descriptors: Models, Career Academies, Program Effectiveness, Career Development
Theodos, Brett; Pergamit, Michael R.; Edelstein, Sara; George, Taz; Freiman, Lesley – Urban Institute, 2014
This report presents baseline and process study findings of an evaluation of the Urban Alliance high school internship program, which provides training, mentoring, and work experience to high school seniors from distressed communities in Washington, DC, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, and Chicago. The report, which focuses on the program's…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Internship Programs
Ewing-Taylor, Jacque M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A longitudinal evaluation study of a science professional development program for K-12 teachers was conducted using the CIPP evaluation model. Eleven years of program data were described and analyzed. Elementary teachers comprised 62% of the 384 participants, 17% of all participants were middle school teachers, and 13% of all participants were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
McVeigh, Francis – Online Submission, 2014
Purpose - This research project has investigated the "Company Programme" of the charity YE and how effective it is at increasing Life Skills in young people. Data has been obtained using student questionnaires and teacher interviews. Previous studies have been completed on "Life Skills" and "Enterprise Programmes",…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Questionnaires, Interviews, Youth Programs
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2011
For the thirty-fourth year, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Jacksonville, FL. A limited quantity of these Proceedings were printed and sold in both hardcopy and electronic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Educational Technology, Conference Papers