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Franz Carrillo-Higueras; T. R. Walton – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2024
Homesick disposition, an individual's expectation about becoming homesick in the future, has been identified as an important predictor of homesickness. Homesick disposition can be detected and measured even before the separation from home has taken place, making it particularly relevant to understanding feelings and perceptions of rural school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Adjustment, Psychological Patterns
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Golda S. Ginsburg; Jamie LoCurto; Kevin M. Rodriguez; Adam Panek; Grace Chan – School Mental Health, 2025
The transition from elementary to middle school is associated with increases in anxiety and related impairment, yet few evidence-based interventions exist to support students with impairing anxiety during this transition. This study describes the feasibility of a novel intervention, delivered by school mental health professionals (SMHPs), for…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Stress Management, Anxiety
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Garrity, Sarah M.; Bridi, Julia; Kotas, Jaqueline; Gianzero, Gina – Journal of School Leadership, 2022
Research and theory suggests that children and families are best served by a preschool to third grade approach (PreK-3) to early childhood education that is aligned, integrated, and based on developmentally appropriate practice. Because of the recent expansion of publicly funded preschool programs, principals are becoming increasingly responsible…
Descriptors: Principals, Competence, Early Childhood Education, Communities of Practice
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Quarmby, Thomas; Luguetti, Carla – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: Several studies demonstrate the benefits of socially critical work in sport pedagogy, which value young people's strengths, capabilities, knowledge, and resources. This body of research argues that young people have the agency to analyse their social contexts and to negotiate the forces that impede their choice of possibilities. While…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Foster Care, Transitional Programs
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Heather J. Nuske; Tristram Smith; Lynne Levato; Briana Bronstein; Nicole Sparapani; Consuelo Garcia; Fernanda Castellon; Hyon Soo Lee; Sarah F. Vejnoska; Samantha Hochheimer; Amber R. Fitzgerald; Jenny C. Chiappe; Amanda Dimachkie Nunnally; Jennica Li; Wendy Shih; Ashlee Brown; Michelle Cullen; Lisa M. Hund; Aubyn C. Stahmer; Suzannah Iadarola; David S. Mandell; Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick; Sheryl Kataoka; Connie Kasari – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
New school transitions can be challenging for students on the autism spectrum. No published, evidence-based interventions exist to support families and teachers of students transitioning to elementary and secondary school during this critical period. Using Community Partnered Participatory Research, we developed "Building Better Bridges…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Student Promotion, Transitional Programs, Educational Planning
Sekerci, Reyhan – Online Submission, 2019
The purpose of this study is to determine the views and approaches of preservice teachers on the comparison of the Turkish education system and the inter-grade transition systems of other countries. In the study using qualitative research methods and techniques, the preservice teachers were asked to present their views and suggestions on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Educational Attitudes
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Holt, Deborah; Hardley, Stephanie; Gray, Shirley; McQuillan, Ruth – Pastoral Care in Education, 2023
The transition from primary school to secondary school can be a difficult time for young people, yet little is known about what schools do to support the social, emotional and mental wellbeing (SEMWB) of their pupils during this period. The purpose of this research is to explore the ways in which an urban Scottish secondary school and two of its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Student Promotion
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Gormley, Matthew J.; Dupaul, George J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
Teacher-to-teacher consultation (TTC) is an extension of standard behavioral consultation that seeks to transfer an established and effective intervention across a grade-level transition by including teachers from both grade levels as conjoint consultees at the beginning of the second school year. The purpose of the current study was to determine…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teacher Collaboration, Consultation Programs, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Siddiqui, Nadia; Gorard, Stephen; See, Beng Huat – International Education Studies, 2014
In England, some children have not reached what are considered to be expected levels in literacy and maths by the time they move from primary to secondary school. This is more likely for children living in disadvantaged areas. One proposal to address this is the provision of summer holiday schools for potentially disadvantaged pupils who are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Summer Schools, Transitional Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Quick, Heather; Manship, Karen; González, Raquel; Holod, Aleksandra; Cadigan, Michele; Anthony, Jennifer; Hauser, Alison; Madsen, Shannon; Blum, Jarah; Mercado-Garcia, Diana – American Institutes for Research, 2014
In 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Kindergarten Readiness Act into law, which changed the kindergarten entry age so that children must turn 5 by September instead of December to enroll. The new grade level was put into place to promote school readiness for California's youngest learners. It also established a new grade…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Transitional Programs
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Akos, Patrick – Professional School Counseling, 2002
This study sought to learn more about student perceptions during the transition from elementary to middle school. In response to students' concerns, it is suggested that school counselors implement preventive or proactive programming to assist students with the elementary to middle school transition. (Contains 22 references.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Elementary Education, Middle Schools
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Burrow, Denise – Kairaranga, 2005
Research identifies that a percentage of students are less successful than others in transitioning from Year 8 to Year 9. A positive support programme was developed to target some of these students and help them ease from the nurturing climate within the primary system into the multi-faceted secondary environment. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 9, Transitional Programs, Student Promotion
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Nelson, Regena Fails – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2004
The transition to kindergarten is a significant event for young children and their families. The methods teacher use to orient children and families to formal schooling can have a long term effect on academic achievement. This study examined the transition activities of over 3000 kindergarten teachers that participated in the Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Transitional Programs, Preschool Teachers, Child Development
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Buntaine, Roberta L.; Costenbader, Virginia K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Investigates the academic effectiveness of a prekindergarten program in a suburban, predominantly Caucasian upper middle class school system. Matched children who spent an extra year in prekindergarten with youngsters who proceeded directly to regular kindergarten. Using achievement test scores and other measures, found no significant differences…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, High Risk Students
Dolan, Lawrence – Exceptional Child, 1982
In response to the problems of nonpromotion, a school district near Rochester, New York introduced the transition class (TC) as a placement alternative after kindergarten for students not ready for the grade one program. Follow-up evaluation investigated the effects of four treatment conditions over a six-year period. (Author)
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Learning Problems
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