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Relevance of Student and Contextual School Variables in Explaining a Student's Severity of Violence Experienced
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Mooij, Ton – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
Teachers conceptualise and interpret violent behaviour of secondary students in different ways. They also differ in their estimates of the relevance of student and contextual school variables when explaining the severity of violence experienced by students. Research can assist here by explicating the role of different types of contextual school…
Descriptors: Violence, Student Behavior, Secondary School Students, Student Characteristics
Fluent Reading in Special Primary Education
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Houtveen, Anthonia A. M.; van de Grift, Wim J. C. M.; Brokamp, Saskia K. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
The learning gains in reading of students in 57 classrooms in special primary education doubled as a result of implementing the Reading Impulse in Special Education (RISE) programme. Raising the scheduled reading time with 1.5 hr in all classrooms and implementing standards-based teaching characterised by "monitoring of pupil progress",…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Reading Fluency, Reading Instruction
Norms and Screening Utility of the Dutch Version of the Children's Depression Inventory in Clinical and Nonclinical Youths
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Roelofs, Jeffrey; Braet, Caroline; Rood, Lea; Timbremont, Benedikte; van Vlierberghe, Leen; Goossens, Lien; van Breukelen, Gerard – Psychological Assessment, 2010
This study aimed to (a) assess relationships between the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and "DSM"-oriented depression and anxiety scales of the Youth Self Report, (b) develop reliable norms for the CDI, and (c) determine CDI cutoff scores for selecting youngsters at risk for depression and anxiety. A total of 3,073 nonclinical and…
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Norms, Foreign Countries, Depression (Psychology)
Fundamental Factors of Influence on the Literacy Performance of Older Adults and Their Functioning in Society.
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Scheeren, Jo – 2001
Within the framework of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), a collaborative effort was made by a large number of industrialized countries to get insight into the level of literacy of their adult populations. In the Netherlands, older adults (918 out of 3,090 respondents) were over sampled to get insight into their specific literacy…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Age Differences