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Prins, Renate; Avraamidou, Lucy; Goedhart, Martin – Educational Media International, 2017
Grounded within literature pointing to the value of narrative in communicating scientific information, the purpose of this study was to examine the use of stories as a tool for teaching about natural selection in the context of school science. The study utilizes a mixed method, case study approach which focuses on the design, implementation, and…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Evolution, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Schouten, Dylan G. M.; Venneker, Fleur; Bosse, Tibor; Neerincx, Mark A.; Cremers, Anita H. M. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2018
In this study, we investigate if a digital coach for low-literate learners that provides cognitive learning support based on scaffolding can be improved by adding affective learning support based on motivational interviewing, and social learning support based on small talk. Several knowledge gaps are identified: motivational interviewing and small…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Program Design
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Bartelds, Vladimir; Drayer, Lyndsay; Wolfensberger, Marca V. C. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2012
A mission statement that identifies the goals and aims of an honors program is a key step in program development. The National Collegiate Honors Council's Basic Characteristics of a Fully Developed Honors Program states unequivocally that a successful honors program "has a clear mandate from the institution's administration in the form of a…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Position Papers, Program Development, History
Simovska, Venka; Dadaczynski, Kevin; Viig, Nina Grieg; Bowker, Sue; Woynarowska, Barbara; de Ruiter, Silvia; Buijs, Goof – Online Submission, 2010
The HEPS Tool for Schools provides ideas, guidelines and suggested techniques to help schools in their development of school policy on healthy eating and physical activity. There is growing evidence that a comprehensive whole school policy on healthy eating and physical activity can lead to better academic outcomes of pupils as well as promoting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Public Health
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Ausems, M.; Mesters, I.; van Breukelen, G.; De Vries, H. – Health Education Research, 2009
Higher rates of smoking initiation and continuation by female compared with male adolescents, as found in many developed countries, may call for gender-specific prevention programs. Risk factors of smoking initiation and continuation were examined prospectively (1997-2002) among 3205 Dutch elementary schoolchildren (mean age 11.64) in an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Siblings, Intervention, Smoking
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Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Willemsen, Marc – Health Education Research, 2004
Parents play an important role in the development of young people's smoking behavior, through the modeling effects of their own smoking status, through the ways they raise their children and through the ways they deal with smoking at home. The present study focused on anti-smoking socialization by, first, comparing the perspectives of both parents…
Descriptors: Socialization, Mothers, Smoking, Self Efficacy