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Kati Marie Graham Begen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Studies show that students are less successful in their freshman year of high school than in elementary and middle school. The causes of this decline in success range from new schedules, changing of relationships, increased rigor, and less involvement from educators. This applied study will explore the effectiveness of soft skill interventions in…
Descriptors: Soft Skills, Skill Development, Low Achievement, High School Freshmen
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Allison Hahn Elowson; Greg Wickliff; Paul Thompson Hunter; Alisa Wickliff; Kristen Fye; David Pugalee; Christopher Gordon – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics is a four-week summer enrichment program where high school students study a variety of STEM topics. This article explores how participation in the Mathematical Evolution course affected students' skills in research, communication, and scientific reasoning and changes in self-efficacy towards STEM. Data…
Descriptors: Student Research, Scientific Concepts, Thinking Skills, Secondary School Mathematics
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Zappala-Piemme, Kerri E.; Sturman, Edward D.; Brannigan, Gary G.; Brannigan, Michael J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
We evaluated a curriculum that focused on bolstering grit and locus of control in seventh grade students at a school in upstate New York. The intervention included lessons aimed at building a growth mindset and determination, along with writing projects and collaborative work. A pre-post design was utilized such that surveys measuring grit and…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Resilience (Psychology), Persistence, Student Characteristics
Antionette Marie Stith – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In cyber charter schools, middle-school students face many barriers to developing STEM identity. My theory of improvement was to address sense of belonging in a large virtual classroom to develop STEM identity in my students. By utilizing diverse STEM role models that reflected my students' racial or ethnic identities and an inquiry-based approach…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Role Models, Self Concept, Charter Schools
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Watthikorn Phochaito; Wirot Sanrattana; Phrasrivajiravati – World Journal of Education, 2024
This research aims to conduct research using the Research and Development (R&D) methodology to obtain an educational innovation called "online self-training program for empowering teachers' learning to foster innovative work behaviors of students" that is effective and can be applied in schools serving as the target population in…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Student Behavior, Educational Innovation, Teacher Student Relationship
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Albedry, Brandon; Ammons, Lillie; Marenus, Michele W.; Hammoud, Dianna; Jandali, Danny; Chrzanowski, Mark; Chen, Weiyun – American Journal of Health Education, 2023
Background: Research on the effects of adventure education lessons on social emotional skills (SEL), psychological outcomes, and physical activity (PA) is limited. Purpose: This study assessed the effectiveness of adventure education lessons in improving high school students' SEL competencies, resilience, and PA. Methods: 95 10th grade students…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Social Emotional Learning, Resilience (Psychology), Physical Activity Level
Zachary Wyatt Moulds – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the perceptions of community college administrators in Mississippi regarding the early college high schools located on their campuses. While the ECHS model has become prominent in several states, Mississippi's efforts to implement the model have yet to be fully examined. Six administrators from…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Administrator Attitudes, Dual Enrollment, High Schools
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Yunus Emre Avcu; Yavuz Yaman – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2025
The aim of the research was to explore the effect of educational interventions implemented in desktop-based VR and immersive virtual reality (IVR) settings on gifted students' nature relatedness and attitudes towards environment. A a single group pretest-posttest weak experimental model was implemented. The participants involved in the study…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Computer Simulation, Academically Gifted, Environmental Influences
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Nuria Garcia Blanc; Raquel Gomes; Agnes Ros Morente; Gemma Filella; Barbara Hanfstingl – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2024
Introduction: Adolescence is a crucial stage for emotional and social development. Therefore, fostering emotional skills is key to improving well-being, social adaptation and providing tools to face the challenges characteristic of this period. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a program for developing emotional skills in adolescents.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Secondary Education, Competence, Secondary School Students
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Roxana Hobai – Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 2024
In this study, the positive aspects that active participation in the Erasmus+ project "Different but together" has on students are highlighted. In the project initiated and coordinated by the Technological High School "Gheorghe Sincai" from Târgu Mure? (Romania), high schools from Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic and Turkey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, International Educational Exchange, Study Abroad
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Munadi, Muhammad; Khuriyah – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2023
Islamic education (Madrasah) mostly accepts students with economic backgrounds whose parents are poor. their psychological performance is low as they lack self-confidence, and also lack achievement motivation. In strengthening psychological performance, it can be intervened through students' participation both in student organizations and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extracurricular Activities, Student Development, Secondary School Students
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Panjwani, Sonya; Garney, Whitney R.; Harms, Kathy; Rodine, Sharon; Ajayi, Kobi M.; Lautner, Shelby C.; Wilson, Kelly – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2022
The Sexual Health And Peer Education (SHAPE) program implemented in middle schools in Oklahoma County utilizes a hybrid adult and peer educator model to deliver sexual health programming. While peer educators have been incorporated into school-based sexual health programs in the past, this program is unique in its approach to preparing and…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Middle School Students, Health Education, Sex Education
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Muammar, Omar M. – Gifted Education International, 2023
This study assessed the impact of Mawhiba-IAU (an innovative gifted summer program in Saudi Arabia to prepare gifted students to thrive in an innovation-based economy) on students' achievement, soft skills, and satisfaction. The convenience sample consisted of three datasets of gifted students for the various research questions. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Summer Programs
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Ahmed Raad Yousif; Hutkemri Zulnaidi; Syed Kamaruzaman Syed Ali – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2024
The ongoing underrepresentation of Iraqi school students in science, mathematics, and PE (physical education) (SMPE) in general, and especially in PE demonstrates the need to develop and implement strategic high impact practice, such as new effective teaching strategies that not only improve students' academic outcomes but also foster student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Physical Education, Teaching Methods
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Hatcher, John W., III. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
This study explored a process of mentoring African American males transitioning from high school to college. The researcher used Phinney and Ong's (2007) conceptualization and measurement of ethnic identity development employing the Multi-Group Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised survey. This research is intended to provide insight into the potential…
Descriptors: African Americans, Males, Mentors, Ethnicity
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