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Vezeau, Susan Lynn; Powell, Robert B.; Stern, Marc J.; Moore, D. DeWayne; Wright, Brett A. – Environmental Education Research, 2017
This investigation examines the development of two scales that measure elaboration and behaviors associated with stewardship in children. The scales were developed using confirmatory factor analysis to investigate their construct validity, reliability, and psychometric properties. Results suggest that a second-order factor model structure provides…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Environmental Education, Behavior Change, Pilot Projects
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Vissing, Yvonnne; Moore-Vissing, Quixada – Education and Society, 2016
Human Rights Education (HRE) is a mandate in both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Globally, children may be learning about their rights, and the rights of others, in schools from preschool through college. HRE is not universally or systematically implemented. How much do…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Student Rights, Knowledge Level, College Students
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Quigg, Robin; Gray, Andrew; Reeder, Anthony Ivor; Holt, Alec; Waters, Debra L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Socioecological theory suggests that there are a range of influences that affect the physical activity levels of children, including parents' perceptions of the neighborhood. A questionnaire instrument to quantify parental neighborhood perceptions was developed for the Location of Children's Activity in Their Environment study as a potential…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Physical Activity Level, Content Validity, Pilot Projects
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Ylven, Regina; Granlund, Mats; Persson, Carina – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2012
Problem solving is recognized as a skill, helping families of children with disabilities to manage problems in everyday life. Family problem-solving skills may therefore be seen as an important outcome of a child and youth habilitation service. The aim of this pilot feasibility study was to examine the design of a future web-based questionnaire…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Problem Solving, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Pears, Katherine C.; Healey, Cynthia V.; Fisher, Philip A.; Braun, Drew; Gill, Colt; Conte, Holly Mar; Newman, Judy; Ticer, Sara – Education and Treatment of Children, 2014
Children from low-income backgrounds demonstrate poorer school readiness skills than their higher-income peers. The Kids In Transition to School (KITS) Program was developed to increase early literacy, social, and self-regulatory skills among children with inadequate school readiness. In the present study, 39 families participated in a pilot…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness
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Honess, T.; Kline, P. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
This study examines a neglected area: the relationship between personality and academic achievement for school children in a non Western culture. (Editor)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Educational Psychology, Personality Assessment
Zweizig, Douglas L.; And Others – 1985
The result of a pilot study funded by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this document is both a report of a test of adaptations of "Output Measures for Public Libraries" for the measurement of children's services in Wisconsin public libraries, and a manual for children's librarians to use for future data collection. The…
Descriptors: Children, Library Services, Library Statistics, Measurement Techniques