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The State of the World's Children 2021: On My Mind--Promoting, Protecting and Caring for Children's Mental Health
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Keeley, Brian, Ed. – UNICEF, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised huge concerns for the mental health of an entire generation of children. But the pandemic may represent only the tip of a mental health iceberg -- an iceberg we have ignored for far too long. For the first time, "The State of the World's Children" examines the mental health of children and adolescents.…
Descriptors: Child Health, Mental Health, COVID-19, Pandemics
Exploring Factors Affecting Learner's Perception of Learning Information and Communication Technology: A HLM Analysis of a National Farmers' Training Program in Taiwan
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Yueh, Hsiu-Ping; Chen, Tzy-Ling; Chiu, Li-An; Lin, Wei-Chien – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
The present study, pertaining to a national information literacy training program for both farmers and rural communities in Taiwan, explores factors that affect learners' perception of learning information and communication technology (ICT). It further analyzes effects of individual characteristics and varied training designs on learners'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Programs, Training, Computer Literacy
Primary School Students' Attitudes towards Computer Based Testing and Assessment in Turkey
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Yurdabakan, Irfan; Uzunkavak, Cicek – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
This study investigated the attitudes of primary school students towards computer based testing and assessment in terms of different variables. The sample for this research is primary school students attending a computer based testing and assessment application via CITO-OIS. The "Scale on Attitudes towards Computer Based Testing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students
Participation in the National School Lunch Program: Importance of School-Level and Neighborhood Contextual Factors
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Mirtcheva, Donka M.; Powell, Lisa M. – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: This study examined the effect of stigma (proxied by school-level peer participation), neighborhood food environment, and demographic characteristics on participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Methods: The 1997 and 2003 waves of the Child Development Supplement to the Panel Study of…
Descriptors: National Programs, Lunch Programs, Student Participation, Context Effect
Late Stop-Outs, Part 2. Data Notes. Volume 4, Number 6, November/December 2009
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Topper, Amy – Achieving the Dream, 2009
Using the data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue of "Data Notes" is the second of a two-part series investigating the characteristics of late stop-outs--students who accumulate at least 30 credits within the first two years, only to stop out without completing credentials or transferring. The data show that male…
Descriptors: Credentials, Community Colleges, Credits, Developmental Studies Programs
Students Earning Zero Credits. Data Notes. Volume 3, Number 5, September/October 2008
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Clery, Sue; Topper, Amy – Achieving the Dream, 2008
Nearly one-quarter of students in community colleges leave school during the first year of enrollment for reasons other than transfer or credential completion. Generally, nontraditional community college students drop out within their first year at higher rates than do traditional students. Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credits, Dropouts, Nontraditional Students