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Direct linkGolda 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
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
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
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
Peer reviewedBuntaine, 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
Ostrowski, Patricia Maslin – 1987
This monograph reviews pertinent research and issues concerning grade retention in an effort to understand the implications for retention and promotion policies, especially in elementary schools. The monograph discusses 11 topics, including: (1) the historical context of retention and promotion; (2) the link between grade retention and dropouts;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Estimates, Court Litigation, Dropout Prevention
Peer reviewedJones, Bernard; And Others – Florida Journal of Educational Research, 1984
The effect on achievement of the timing of the transition from elementary to intermediate school was investigated. Focus was on determining whether it matters if children transfer to an intermediate school at grade 6 or at grade 7. The Otis-Lennon School Ability Test was administered to grade 5 students in spring of 1981. The sixth and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Grade 6
Download full textTexas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
As mandated by state law, the Texas Education Agency presents a summary of data relating to grade-level retention of students reported by grade, ethnicity, and gender. The reported total number of students who repeated a grade in Texas schools in 1992-93 was 118,888. An additional 3,243 students, or 1.24% of the first grade, were placed in…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Differences, Dropout Rate, Educational Trends
Busta, Colleen – 1990
The purpose of this study was to survey the affective and cognitive progress of three classes of pre-first grade transitional students. An introduction discusses the issue of social promotion, or the promotion of a student regardless of the student's degree of mastery of the previous level, as opposed to grade retention. In an extensive literature…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Grade Repetition
Mayfield, Margie I. – 1980
Children's orientation to school and various aspects related to children's transition to first and fourth grades are examined in this study. The primary strategy for gathering information was use of questionnaires administered to teachers, principals, and a stratified random sample of parents. Results are reported in terms of seven topics: the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Design
