A follow-up analysis of data collected in 2003 was conducted to determine the effect of peer helping programs on student achievement at 47 middle schools in Western New York. The mean scores and the percent of students achieving at or above the New York State passing cores on The New York State Eighth Grade Science Achievement Test and The New…

The introduction of the new teacher education model that includes competences and educator roles has marked a major change in teacher preparation programmes. The purpose of this study was to ascertain how novice educators perceive the new teacher education programme, that is, to find out whether novice educators perceive the teacher education…

This paper examines the complex matter of initial principal preparation in a context where traditionally beginning principals have learned their role from experience, on the job. Using data from both novice and experienced primary principals it was found that while what was needed in the job was agreed upon--how to deal with place, with people,…

This article is based on a follow-up study of headteachers of very small Scottish primary schools conducted in 2006. Evidence was collected from a postal survey of 100 headteachers and interviews in nine case study schools. The aim is twofold: first, to provide a "snapshot" of the headteachers, their qualifications, routes to headship…

The effectiveness of early English education was investigated in this study to determine if English should be taught formally in Japanese public elementary schools. We administered English tests and questionnaires to 1466 elementary school students in 2004 and 2005. The results showed significant differences between the…

Purpose: To determine the psychometric properties of the Preschool Repetition (PSRep) Test (Roy & Chiat, 2004), to establish the range of performance in typically developing children and variables affecting this performance, and to compare the performance of clinically referred children. Method: The PSRep Test comprises 18 words and 18…

Several links between aspects of executive functioning and the development of social competence have been established. The present study investigates the relation between executive inhibitory control and cooperative/non-cooperative behavior, in an ecological setting, and from a longitudinal perspective. Elementary school children (n = 195) of…

This report describes Maryland's latest approaches to dealing with restructuring schools and other schools in NCLB improvement. Information for this report was obtained between September 2008 and January 2009 from interviews with Maryland State Department of Education officials and with administrators in three Maryland districts: Anne Arundel…

A physician and an educator organized and conducted an in-service course to prepare school physicians for involvement in sex education programs. One year later, a follow-up study revealed a wide gap between the school physicians' expressed intentions to participate and action. (Author)

THIS GUIDE FOR PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES PRESENTS DISCUSSIONS OF (1) THE NEED FOR CONFERENCES, (2) WHAT PARENTS WANT TO KNOW, (3) METHODS OF HANDLING GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES, (4) EVALUATION AND FOLLOWUP PROCEDURES, AND (5) IDEAS WHICH MAKE CONFERENCES MORE PRODUCTIVE. INCLUDED IS A 17-ITEM REFERENCE LIST. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS…

A questionnaire mailed to 500 former students in the Governor's Honors Program is provided in this appendix. The questionnaire is composed of 26 items, of which 12 provide for suggested changes to the program. (For related documents, see TM 002 391-398.) (DB)

Around 1,000 physicians were contacted in a telephone survey to ascertain their opinions of the weekly televised Clinical Service Seminars of WNYC-TV, Channel 31. These findings were then compared with the results of a written survey conducted in 1964. General practitioners and internists who viewed at least one-fourth of the programs were as…

Extends the findings of previous research which has shown that children who are imitated by an adult are subsequently more imitative of that adult than are children who have not been imitated. Examines the persistence of this effect through additional trials over a seven day period. Subjects were second grade children. (BD/BR)

When forty-eight participants in the 1971 Purdue Adult Fitness Program were retested four years later, it was found that the regularly active group increased significantly in physical fitness over the four-year period and it was (at both test periods) significantly more confident that the nonactive group. (MJB)

Evaluated two strategies for enhancing maintenance of weight loss in the behavioral treatment of obese clients (N=129): relapse prevention training and posttreatment client-therapist contact by mail and telephone. Results showed that all treatments produced substantial initial weight losses, but subjects tended to regain weight during the…