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Direct linkMartin, Sarah Carrier – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2003
This study was designed to examine the effects of participation in regular outdoor schoolyard environmental education activities on environmental knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and comfort levels of fourth- and fifth-grade students. Results showed that the fifth-grade treatment group showed statistically significant differences in the measures…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Environmental Education, Playgrounds, Grade 5
Graetz, Brian W.; Sawyer, Michael G.; Baghurst, Peter; Ettridge, Kerry – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2006
Objective: To examine whether ADHD gender patterns with respect to social-demographic characteristics, comorbidity, and impairment vary as a function of service use for emotional or behavioral problems. Method: Two hundred and seventy-nine males and 119 females meeting ADHD symptom criteria identified in a nationally representative sample of…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Social Influences
Fidler, Deborah J.; Most, David E.; Booth-LaForce, Cathryn; Kelly, Jean F. – Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2006
Though cross-sectional studies have yielded important information regarding the trajectory of psychopathology in middle childhood and adolescence in Down syndrome, there has been little exploration of maladaptive behaviour in the earliest years of development. In this study, we explore the emergence of maladaptive behaviour in young children with…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Down Syndrome, Infants, Personality Traits
Malloy, Jacquelynn A., Comp.; Botza, Stergios, Comp. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2005
This is a compilation of reports on international literacy research. The report includes 3 separate reports on France, United Kingdom and Brazil. In the first report, research correspondent Jacques Fijalkow presents research into variations of reading motivation related to students' socioeconomic status (SES), age, and gender. Three of these…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Reading Motivation, Foreign Countries, Grade 5
Porter, Christian L.; Hart, Craig H.; Yang, Chongming; Robinson, Clyde C.; Olsen, Susanne Frost; Zeng, Qing; Olsen, Joseph A.; Jin, Shenghua – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
The purpose of this investigation was to examine comparable dimensions and linkages between child temperament and parenting styles with samples from Beijing, China and the western United States. Participants included 404 mothers and fathers from Beijing, China and 325 mothers and fathers from the western United States. Both mothers and fathers…
Descriptors: Mothers, Daughters, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
Andrade, Naleen N.; Hishinuma, Earl S.; McDermott, John F., Jr.; Johnson, Ronald C.; Goebert, Deborah A.; Makini, George K., Jr.; Nahulu, Linda B.; Yuen, Noelle Y. C.; McArdle, John J.; Bell, Cathy K.; Carlton, Barry S.; Miyamoto, Robin H.; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Else, Iwalani R. N.; Guerrero, Anthony P. S.; Darmal, Arsalan; Yates, Alayne; Waldron, Jane A. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objectives: The prevalence rates of disorders among a community-based sample of Hawaiian youths were determined and compared to previously published epidemiological studies. Method: Using a two-phase design, 7,317 adolescents were surveyed (60% participation rate), from which 619 were selected in a modified random sample during the 1992-1993 to…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Identification, Incidence, Anxiety
Tai, Robert H.; Liu, Christine Qi; Fan, Xiato – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2006
In light of shortages of mathematics and science teachers, alternative certification was introduced in the mid-1980s. This study examined the effect of alternative certification among math and science teachers who moved to a different school or left the profession. This was accomplished using the national "SASS" and "TFS"…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Shortage
Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2006
In the UK, there is a marked gender gap in the educational attainment of boys and girls. At the end of compulsory education, 10 per cent fewer boys achieve 5 or more good GCSEs. This gap is by no means confined to GCSE. It is evident at all Key Stages. Furthermore, some indicators suggest that the gap has widened over time. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Females, Compulsory Education, Numeracy, Foreign Countries
Harrison, Colin; Lunzer, Eric A.; Tymms, Peter; Fitz-Gibbon, Carol Taylor; Restorick, Jane – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2004
This paper reports a previously unpublished comparative analysis of data from the ImpaCT2 study investigating the relationship between students' performance in England on national tests and their reported use of information technology (particularly networked technology) for school work, at three age levels (11, 14 and 16), in English, Maths and…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education
Barnes, Geoffrey; McInerney, Dennis M.; Marsh, Herbert W. – Australian Educational Researcher, 2005
In many countries there remain substantial sex differences in enrolments in elective science courses, despite concerted efforts in recent years to alleviate them. This paper explores the reasons for these differences by comparing models of male and female enrolment intentions in elective courses in biology, chemistry and physics. The models are…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Intention, Models, Elective Courses
Wolke, Dieter; Samara, Muthanna M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: The association of bullying victimisation by siblings with a) involvement in bullying at school and b) behaviour problems among lower secondary school children in Israel was investigated. Method: Self-report questionnaires of sibling victimisation, peer bullying experiences and behaviour problems were completed by 921 pupils aged 12-15…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Siblings, Jews, Intervention
Tempelaar, Dirk T.; Gijselaers, Wim H.; van der Loeff, Sybrand Schim – Journal of Statistics Education, 2006
The Statistical Reasoning Assessment or SRA is one of the first objective instruments developed to assess students' statistical reasoning. Published in 1998 (Garfield, 1998a), it became widely available after the Garfield (2003) publication. Empirical studies applying the SRA by Garfield and co-authors brought forward two intriguing puzzles: the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Cognitive Processes, Measures (Individuals), Student Characteristics
Adams, Sue K.; Kuhn, Jennifer; Rhodes, Jean – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2006
The current study investigated how ethnicity and gender affect changes in the self-esteem of early adolescents during the middle school years. Self-report data were collected from more than 4,000 early adolescents from three ethnic groups: European American, African American, and Hispanic and analyzed using a consecutive three-year cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Grade 8, Grade 6, Gender Differences
Rielly, Nicole E.; Craig, Wendy M.; Parker, Kevin C. H. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2006
Objective: This study examines peer and parenting characteristics of 149 boys and girls with and without subclinical attention problems. Method: Multivariate analyses showed that children with attention problems had higher levels of negative peer nominations and conflict and betrayal in friendships, and their parents tended to use higher levels of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Parent Participation, Conflict, Child Rearing
Yang, Nancy Kueifen; Schaller, James L.; Huang, Tzu-Ai; Wang, Meei Huey; Tsai, Shu-Fei – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2003
This study compares generalized effects of a social-emotional skills training for girls and boys with autism in resource rooms on promoting positive social behaviors in general education classrooms in Taiwan. A single subject design was used to compare outcomes for 2 girls and 2 boys with autism in the experimental group with 2 boys with autism in…
Descriptors: Regular and Special Education Relationship, Mainstreaming, General Education, Gender Differences
