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Direct linkSiitonen, Piia; Vainio, Kirsti; Keinonen, Tuula; Kiviniemi, Vesa; Hämeen-Anttila, Katri – Health Education Journal, 2015
Objective: To describe the association between teachers' beliefs about medicines and teaching about illnesses and medicines-related topics by Finnish comprehensive school teachers. Design: A nationwide postal survey. Setting: Finnish primary and lower secondary school teachers. Method: Data were collected using a nationwide postal survey from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Health Education, Medicine
Download full textVirtanen, Päivi; Niemi, Hannele M.; Nevgi, Anne – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
The study identifies the relationships between active learning, student teachers' self-regulated learning and professional competences. Further, the aim is to investigate how active learning promotes professional competences of student teachers with different self-regulation profiles. Responses from 422 student teachers to an electronic survey…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Self Management, Teacher Competencies, Statistical Analysis
Holopainen, Leena; Taipale, Airi; Savolainen, Hannu – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2017
In this study, the relationship between adolescents' difficulty in mathematics and reading and the influence on academic self-concept and school grades was examined. The participants (N = 585; 299 girls, 286 boys) were one age group of ninth-graders whose mathematics and reading skills were assessed at the end of comprehensive school at age…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Problems, Correlation
Nybacka, Ida; Simberg, Susanna; Santtila, Pekka; Sala, Eeva; Sandnabba, N. Kenneth – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2012
Purpose: Recently, Simberg et al. (2009) found genetic effects on a composite variable consisting of 6 vocal symptom items measuring dysphonia. The purpose of the present study was to determine genetic and environmental effects on the individual vocal symptoms in a population-based sample of Finnish twins. Method: The sample comprised 1,728 twins…
Descriptors: Genetics, Environmental Influences, Twins, Voice Disorders
Asplund, Minna – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
Students with different achievement goal orientations have different approaches towards learning and studying. There is a widespread interest to find an easy access into learning spaces for those students who have low motivation with fear of failure and academic withdrawal. Mobile learning offers an easily accessible chance with low threshold to…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Goal Orientation, Case Studies
Isomaa, Rasmus; Vaananen, Juha-Matti; Frojd, Sari; Kaltiala-Heino, Riittakerttu; Marttunen, Mauri – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
Schools are among the most important setting for preventive interventions among adolescents. There are evidence-based intervention programs for adolescents at risk for and with early signs of mental health problems but one demanding task is to detect the ones who are in need of an intervention. The aim of the present study was to analyze…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Measures (Individuals)
Salmi, Hannu; Thuneberg, Helena; Vainikainen, Mari-Pauliina – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Outreach activities, like mobile science exhibitions, give opportunities to hands-on experiences in an attractive learning environment. We analysed attitudes, motivation and learning during a science exhibition visit, their relations to gender and future educational plans in Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Belgium (N = 1210 sixth-graders). Pupils'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Attitudes, Gender Differences, Outreach Programs
Huurre, Taina; Santalahti, Päivi; Kiviruusu, Olli; Solantaus, Tytti – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The study investigated whether cuts to school resources made during economic recession contribute to children's psychiatric and economic problems in early adulthood. The cohort consisted of 817 Finnish children. Data was gathered from teachers during a recession (child age 12) and from national registers on children's post-recession use of…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Mental Health, Health Services, Budgets
Turnsek, Nada; Pekkarinen, Asko – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2009
The article presents the findings of the comparative survey on attitudes (beliefs, preferences) of 222 Slovenian and 230 Finnish early childhood teachers (Turnsek 2005). They have completed the questionnaire on aspect of democratisation of early childhood education, which consisted of attitude (Likart) scales and questions of ranking the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Multivariate Analysis, Comparative Analysis
Uotinen, Virpi; Suutama, Timo; Ruoppila, Isto – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2003
A person-oriented approach was used in a study of age identification among community-dwelling older people. The study was based on 8-year follow-up data; 843 persons aged 65-84 were involved in the first phase of the study, and 426 persons aged 73-92, in the second phase. Loosely, on the basis of the distinction between successful, usual, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Identification (Psychology), Older Adults, Aging (Individuals)
Papanastasiou, Elena C. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2003
The purpose of this study was to examine how variables related to computer availability, computer comfort and educational software are associated with higher or lower levels of science literacy in the USA, Finland and Mexico, after controlling for the socio-economic status of the students. The analyses for this study were based on a series of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computers, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
Telama, Risto; Nupponen, Heimo; Pieron, Maurice – European Physical Education Review, 2005
The promotion of a healthy lifestyle is the main goal of physical education in many countries. However, very little is known about the relationship between different lifestyles and physical activity patterns among young people. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between lifestyle and physical activity among 12- and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Leisure Time, Physical Activity Level
