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McIntosh, Kent; Bennett, Joanna L.; Price, Kathy – Exceptionality Education International, 2011
This article discusses School-wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS), an evidence-based approach to teaching social competencies and enhancing the school social environment. The focus of this article is on the value of evaluation and evaluation plans at a district level for maintaining and increasing the effectiveness of SWPBS in a district. We…
Descriptors: Evidence, Student Attitudes, School Safety, At Risk Students
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Kitchener, Deborah; Murphy, Janet; Lebans, Robert – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2011
This article reports on the implementation and impact of two blended models of teacher professional learning that promote innovative classroom practice and improved literacy and numeracy in six school districts in Ontario, Canada. The Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning Program (ABEL), situated at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Smith, J. David; Ryan, Wendy; Cousins, J. Bradley – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2007
The problem of bullying has gained attention in recent years. Schools are investing significant resources into antibullying programs, despite scant evidence of program effectiveness. Three hundred ninety-five schools responded to a province-wide survey, whose purpose was (a) to describe the evaluation activities of schools relative to their…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Bullying
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Beran, Tanya N.; Tutty, Leslie; Steinrath, Greg – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2004
This research evaluates an anti-bullying program, Dare to Care: Bully Proofing Your School. Students in Grades 4-6 (N = 197, 77 boys, 120 girls) from four Calgary elementary schools completed the Colorado School Climate Survey (Garrity, Jens, Porter, Sager, & Short-Camilli, 2000) and the Provictim Scale-Short Version (Rigby & Slee, 1991).…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Bullying, Prevention, Pretests Posttests
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Hughes, Andrew S. – Journal of School Health, 1994
Reports results from an evaluation of "Living with Sunshine," a resource to help teachers encourage positive sun-related conduct by children ages 6-8. Results indicate that children who used the materials were knowledgeable about the sun's effects and aware of sun protection methods. Both teachers and students responded enthusiastically…
Descriptors: Cancer, Disease Control, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Pain, K. – 1984
This study evaluated a course designed for parents of kindergarten children. The program was based on Adlerian psychology and had three components: (1) the course for parents, which met once a week for 16 weeks; (2) three teacher inservices; and (3) separate and joint consultations between the course instructors and the teachers and parents.…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education