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Measuring HL in Adolescent Students: A Preliminary Report on the Development of a Task- and Skills-Based Assessment Instrument for Use in Educational Settings
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Lies Sercu – Discover Education, 2023
Health Literacy (HL) refers to personal competencies for accessing, understanding, appraising, and applying health-relevant information in order to make sound decisions in everyday life that promote the prevention of bad and maintenance of good health. Schools are seen as promising intervention settings for promoting these skills in adolescents.…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Construct Validity, Health, Knowledge Level
A Preliminary Examination of a General Social Outcome Measure
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Stichter, Janine Peck; Herzog, Melissa J.; O'Connor, Karen V.; Schmidt, Carla – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2012
Individuals with Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) have social competence impairments that can result in negative adult outcomes. Despite considerable research on social skills training, little is available to evaluate these programs. This study describes the development, administration, and utility of a progress-monitoring tool for…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Progress Monitoring
Supporting Students' College Success: The Role of Assessment of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies
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Herman, Joan, Ed.; Hilton, Margaret, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2017
The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainment--the number of years a person spends in school--strongly predicts adult earnings, as well as health and civic engagement. Yet relative to other developed nations, educational attainment in the United States is lagging, with young Americans who heretofore led the…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation, Interpersonal Competence
The Home of Whose Brave? Problems Confronting Native Americans in Education
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Beuf, Ann H. – Journal of the NAWDAC, 1976
Native Americans have various sorts of serious problems in the realm of education. The author considers and discusses the specific problems native Americans have during preschool, elementary, high school and higher education. She makes a number of suggestions for change in the educational system to help Native American students. (Author/SE)
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
Community Involvement in Adapting and Testing a Prevention Program for Preschoolers Living in Urban Communities: Parentcorps
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Caldwell, Melissa B.; Brotman, Laurie M.; Coard, Stephanie I.; Wallace, Scyatta A.; Stellabotte, Debra J.; Calzada, Esther J. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2005
We describe a university-community collaborative effort to tailor and deliver a prevention program for families of preschoolers living in low-income, urban communities. ParentCorps, which builds on efficacious interventions with parents and young children, aims to promote child social competence and prevent conduct problems by strengthening…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Prevention, Testing, Community Involvement
Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales. Test Manual.
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Merrell, Kenneth W. – 1994
The Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales (PKBS) is a behavioral rating instrument for use in evaluating social skills and problem behavior patterns of preschool- and kindergarten-aged children, aged three through six. It is a norm-referenced, standardized instrument developed specifically for use in assessing young children in a variety of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Educational Assessment