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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"School Absences"”.
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The differential impact of school absences on general and special education high school students
… Is there a significant correlation between school attendance and academic achievement? Is there a significant difference in the correlations between attendance and academic achievement for students in special education and for those in general education? Is there a difference in the …
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Data-driven analytics to explore associations between risk and protective factors and school absenteeism for secondary school students
… extreme failure for students to be present at school. CA is recognized as a national problem in the U.S. that has devastating long-term impacts on students. However, in consideration of what counts as students missing school, the partial-day absence (PDA) is inconsistently used across the U.S. …
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Parental instruction regarding appropriate asthma management
… room visits, fewer hospitalizations, less school absenteeism, use of more non-routine medication, and fewer phone calls to the emergency room and the physician's office than those children whose parents did not receive the instruction. A secondary purpose was to determine if mothers who …
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The effect of genetic variation on asthma severity and treatment in childhood
… courses of oral steroids, or experiencing school absences
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The Resiliency of Highly Mobile Military Children: Implications for Military and Education Leadership
… borders and typically face multiple school absences and stress related to deployments of their active duty parent(s). There is a lack of research, generally, on the lives of highly mobile military children and, particularly, research that incorporates their own testimony. This …
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A Proof-of-Concept Study to evaluate the benefit from add-on therapy with montelukast versus salmeterol in children with asthma carrying the Arg/Arg-16 β2-receptor genotype
… on therapy to inhaled fluticasone for 1 year. School absences (the primary outcome) were reduced with montelukast compared to salmeterol: p = 0.005. Salbutamol use was also reduced with montelukast compared with salmeterol: p < 0.0001, and improvements were also found in symptom and quality of …
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An analysis of different aspects of test anxiety in children
… grade classrooms in Montgomery County Public Schools participated in the study. These subjects were divided into four categories: Type A (hi test/lo general anxiety), Type B (hi test/hi general anxiety), lo test/hi general anxiety, and lo test/lo general anxiety. Subjects were administered …
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Essays on the Economic Well-Being of Women
… The Impact of Short-Run Interruptions in Schooling</strong></p> <p>This chapter examines a previously unexplored causal mechanism determining the impact of teen motherhood on educational outcomes. Specifically, I identify the impact of the short-term disruption to school attendance induced …
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At-Risk Indicators: The Impact on School Success.
… Addressing the at-risk indicators of excessive absences, discipline referrals, socioeconomic status, disability status, early grade retention, and family composition gives insight into struggles students face.</p><p>Looking at 6 research questions, an independent sample <em>t</em> test was used …