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Operation Occupation: A College and Career Readiness Intervention for Elementary Students
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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
Extension Sustainability Camp: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Brain, Roslynn; Upton, Sally; Tingey, Brett – Journal of Extension, 2015
Sustainability Camps provide an opportunity for Extension educators to be in the forefront of sustainability outreach and to meet the growing demand for sustainability education. This article shares development, implementation, and evaluation of an Extension Sustainability Camp for youth, grades 4-6. Camp impact was measured via daily pre-and…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Extension Education, Program Design, Program Implementation
Beautiful from the Inside Out: A School-Based Programme Designed to Increase Self-Esteem and Positive Body Image among Preadolescents
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Norwood, Sarah Jane; Murray, Marisa; Nolan, Amanda; Bowker, Anne – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2011
The goal of the present study was to design, implement, and evaluate a school-based programme that aimed to increase self-esteem and positive body image among preadolescent boys and girls. Participants in grades five and six (N = 77; M [subscript age] = 10.86, 53.2% girls) from a public school in Eastern Ontario completed a battery of validated…
Descriptors: Human Body, Self Concept, Preadolescents, Foreign Countries
Immersion Education: Practices, Policies, Possibilities. Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
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Tedick, Diane J.; Christian, Donna; Fortune, Tara Williams – Multilingual Matters, 2011
This volume builds on Fortune and Tedick's 2008 Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education and showcases the practice and promise of immersion education through in-depth investigations of program design, implementation practices, and policies in one-way, two-way and indigenous programs. Contributors present new…
Descriptors: Program Design, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, Program Implementation
Using Media Resources to Explore Drug Use in Society: A Special 5th Grade Drug Education Lesson That Makes Use of Library Media Resources.
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Packer, Kenneth L.; And Others – 1984
This teaching guide, written for elementary school teachers and librarians, combines drug education for fifth grade students with library skill development. Following a preface to the guide, the affective model upon which the program is based (development of positive self-image and self-concept, and communication and coping skills) is presented.…
Descriptors: Children, Communication Skills, Content Analysis, Drug Education
A Systematic Behavior Modification Program To Increase Appropriate Behavior of the Exceptional Student in the Mainstream Classroom.
Bearey, Elizabeth G. – 1990
An exceptional student education specialist implemented a 10-week practicium intervention designed to decrease the inappropriate behavior and increase the appropriate behavior of exceptional students who had been mainstreamed into regular fourth- and fifth-grade classes. A total of 16 students classified as learning disabled or emotionally…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Emotional Problems, Grade 4, Grade 5