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Exploring Students' Visual Conception of Matter: Towards Developing a Teaching Framework Using Models
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Espinosa, Allen A.; Marasigan, Arlyne C.; Datukan, Janir T. – Teaching Science, 2016
This study explored how students visualise the states and classifications of matter with the use of scientific models. Misconceptions of students in using scientific models were also identified to formulate a teaching framework. To elicit data in the study, a Visual Conception Questionnaire was administered to thirty-four (34), firstyear, general…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts
Improving Access to Further and Higher Education for Young People in Public Care: European Policy and Practice
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Jackson, Sonia; Cameron, Claire – Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014
Across Europe young people in public care are around five times less likely to attend tertiary education than those who have not been in care. This book provides a comprehensive account of why this shocking discrepancy exists and outlines ways to address the imbalance. Drawing extensively on new original research, the book examines the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Adult Education, Higher Education
Farm-to-School Programs: Perspectives of School Food Service Professionals
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Izumi, Betty T.; Alaimo, Katherine; Hamm, Michael W. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2010
Objective: This qualitative study used a case study approach to explore the potential of farm-to-school programs to simultaneously improve children's diets and provide farmers with viable market opportunities. Design: Semistructured interviews were the primary data collection strategy. Setting: Seven farm-to-school programs in the Upper Midwest…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Food Service, School Personnel, Agricultural Occupations
Evidence for the Efficacy of Systemic Models of Practice from a Cross-Sectional Survey of Schools' Satisfaction with Their Educational Psychologists
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Boyle, James M. E.; MacKay, Tommy – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2007
A follow-up cross-sectional survey of the involvement of educational psychologists in pupil support in mainstream primary and secondary schools was conducted using questionnaires employed in a study carried out 10 years previously. The questionnaires were sent to the head teachers of 112 primaries and 24 secondaries in four education authorities.…
Descriptors: School Surveys, Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools
Planning for the Vocational Implications of Head Trauma.
Sauer, G. C., Jr.; And Others – 1984
A model using career interest test results and career specific information to formulate vocational recommendations was tested on four head trauma patients who had been involved in car or motorcycle accidents at least 2 years before. As part of a psychological evaluation, patients completed the Self Directed Search (SDS), the Adjective Checklist…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Case Studies, Counselor Role, Head Injuries
Identifying the Effects of Idiosyncratic Variables on Functional Analysis Outcomes: A Case Study.
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Edwards, William H.; Magee, Sandy K.; Ellis, Janet – Education and Treatment of Children, 2002
Functional analysis of one elementary student with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder indicated high levels of target behavior in both demand and attention conditions. False positives in the demand condition were revealed by within-session data analysis; modified functional analysis yielded reduced target behavior in demand and increases in…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Case Studies