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Alex Oberle; C. Fay Gore; Elaine Larson – Journal of Geography, 2025
Social studies instructional time in elementary schools has declined substantially. Responding to this, the National Geographic Society (NGS) developed a professional learning program called the Elementary Social Studies Community of Practice (ESSCoP). This article describes this program's design and content, as well as evaluates its…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Social Studies
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Williamson, Victoria; Larkin, Michael; MacDonald, Ian; Morgan, Fran; Ford, Tamsin; Spence, Susan H.; Reardon, Tessa; Creswell, Cathy – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2022
Schools may be well-placed to identify signs of mental health (MH) problems in children; however, there has been little research into how school-based screening and intervention initiatives should be delivered. One-to-one in-depth interviews were carried out with 15 practitioners that support children's MH within primary school settings. Data were…
Descriptors: Mental Health Workers, Elementary Education, Mental Disorders, Elementary School Students
Angel H. Harris; Darryl V. Hill; Matthew A. Lenard – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
Disparities in gifted representation across demographic subgroups represents a large and persistent challenge in U.S. public schools. In this paper, we measure the impacts of a school-wide curricular intervention designed to address such disparities. We implemented Nurturing for a Bright Tomorrow (NBT) as a cluster randomized trial across…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Talent Identification, Academically Gifted, Gifted Education
Rachel Bolstad – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2024
In 2023, Auckland Council's Sustainable Schools Team (SST) piloted a project called "Mana Ora: Students Decarbonising Schools." The aim was that students, with guidance and support from teachers and SST, would plan and implement climate and sustainability action projects linked to decarbonisation within their schools. Eighteen Mana Ora…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Conservation (Environment), Student Projects
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Morton, Benterah C.; Byrd, Kelly O.; Allison, Elizabeth; Green, André M. – Current Issues in Education, 2021
Each summer families across the globe send their children to summer camps and daycares for what amounts to babysitting. This study takes the discussion beyond babysitting and explores a unique summer enrichment program offered to rising second through fifth grade students in a modified enrichment camp model. During the four-week program, students…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Enrichment Activities, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
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Lechner, Viola; Ortelbach, Niklas; Peter, Charlotte; Scheithauer, Herbert – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2022
Children face increased demands for interpersonal as well as learning-related social skills, especially by the vulnerable stage of school entry, due to the more structured setting, new academic requirements, and the fact that children are supposed to interact successfully within a larger and heterogeneous peer group. Although a plethora of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, Preschool Education
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui – Online Submission, 2016
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Cycle 7 of Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program managed by Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Austin Area in 2015-2016. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, School Districts, Youth Programs, Clubs
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui – Online Submission, 2016
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in 2015-2016. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, School Districts, Outcomes of Education, Elementary School Students
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui – Online Submission, 2016
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Cycle 8 of Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in 2015-2016. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, School Districts, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui – Online Submission, 2016
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Cycle 8 of Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program managed by Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Austin Area in 2015-2016. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, Youth Programs, Clubs, School Districts
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McEvoy, Christian S.; Cantore, Kathryn M.; Denlinger, LeAnn N.; Schleich, Michele A.; Stevens, Nicole M.; Swavely, Steven C.; Odom, Anne A.; Novick, Marsha B. – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a flipped classroom progamme, designed and implemented by medical students, in communicating nutrition education to fourth-grade school students aged 9-10 years and to characterise teachers' assessments of the progamme, which was designed to minimise the burden placed on…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Nutrition Instruction, Pretests Posttests
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Mariani, Melissa; Berger, Carolyn; Koerner, Kathleen; Sandlin, Cassie – Professional School Counseling, 2017
This article describes efforts undertaken to design, deliver, and evaluate a college and career readiness (CCR) unit for fifth-grade students. Preliminary findings from the school counselor-developed and -delivered intervention, Operation Occupation, supported interdisciplinary efforts between counselors and classroom teachers. Pre- and…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Intervention, Elementary School Students
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui; Orr, Aline; Christian, Cinda – Online Submission, 2014
Student outcomes on attendance, discipline, STAAR scores, and GPA were compared between school years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 in Afterschool Centers on Education programs at AISD campuses.
Descriptors: School Districts, After School Programs, Attendance, Discipline
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Dignath, Charlotte; Buttner, Gerhard – Metacognition and Learning, 2008
Due to new standards in fostering life-long learning at school, research has increasingly dealt with the promotion of self-regulated learning, resulting in a large number of intervention studies conducted at primary and secondary school. The current study aimed at investigating the impact of various training characteristics on the training…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Achievement, Effect Size, Secondary School Students
Reed, Carolyn Mascia – ProQuest LLC, 2009
To be effective in providing a writing literacy program, regardless of communication approaches, educators should establish program-wide conditions that promote English writing literacy over time. The researcher's purpose for this study was to identify shared characteristics of writing intervention programs in three different communication school…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Program Design, Intervention, Day Schools
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