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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"School transition"”.
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Gifted Students' Perceptions of High School Transition
… study examined the perceptions of gifted middle school students who attended one of two middle school gifted service options as they transitioned into high school. Gifted middle school students from either a center-based gifted service option or a school-based gifted service option from middle …
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Freshman Academy: Making the High School Transition
<p>Numerous freshman transition programs are conducted throughout the nation to address the middle school to high school transition issue. The current study focuses on a high school transition model, the Freshman Academy, to improve ninth-grade attendance, academic achievement, and school …
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An Ethnographic Exploration of the Starting School Transition within an English school
This research aimed to investigate the starting school transition by exploring how the transition from home and/or nursery was being understood, interpreted and experienced by school staff, parents and children. Furthermore, it aimed to explore the discourses that surround the transitional …
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Analysis of a Stand Alone Ninth Grade School Transition Program Model: 1993-2003
The movement from middle school to high school is a crucial period as adolescents frequently have a difficult time acclimating to the high school environment and often experience a decline in their academic achievement from middle school to ninth grade (DeLamar and Brown, 2016; Ellerbrock and …
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High School Transition Practices for Ninth Graders: A Descriptive Study of Maryland Public High School
… help rising ninth grade students successfully transition from middle to high school. Various studies depict these transition programs which are related to demographics such as race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status, programs that center on rural, urban and suburban education as well as …
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‘You have to go on a journey’. Looked After Children’s experiences of primary to secondary school transition.
Starting secondary school is a significant time for all pupils. It can be particularly challenging for vulnerable groups such as looked after children (LAC), many of whom have already experienced challenges, instability, and other significant transitions in their lives. Previous research concerning …
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Is Anybody Listening? How Can Young People with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties influence their own Post School Transition Process?
… Learning Difficulties influence their own post-school transition process? Susan Chesworth – candidate for EdD ABSTRACT This research project arose from my experience as head teacher of a special school. I observed that young people with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) did not …
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Middle School Transition: faculty and parent perceptions of the academic, procedural, and social changes that occur between elementary and middle school
… perceptions of parents and faculty regarding the transition from a private special education school to the middle school environment. Research was conducted using a mixed methods design to investigate the attitudes and perceptions of those directly involved with the transition process. Seventeen …
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Collaborative practice to support young people with ASN during the school to post-school transition in Scotland (The perspectives of young people, their families and professionals)
The school to post-school transition has been identified as a time when young people with Additional Support Needs (ASN) need extra support. This thesis focuses on the school to post-school transition planning and preparation process for young people with ASN in Scotland. In particular, the author …
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You can't always be at school, you need to move on: A multi-perspective study exploring the experiences of young people with learning difficulties and their parents during post-school transition
The experience of post-school transition for young people with learning difficulties can be a challenging time as it marks a significant change in their lives. Although government policy has recommended that schools involve both young people and their parents in all aspects of post-school …
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The Development of Social Competence from Early Childhood through Middle Adolescence: Continuity and Accentuation of Individual Differences Over Time
… periods, paying special attention to the transition from middle childhood to adolescence. Using a birth cohort of youths (277 males, 315 females), I examined the stability of social competence across developmental periods, assessed the relation between quality of early parenting and later …
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Rising to the challenge: Exploring the transition from primary to secondary education in a Western Australian school
The ‘Rising to the Challenge: Exploring the transition from Primary to Secondary education in a Western Australian School’ study explored the positive predictors of primary to secondary school transition of a cohort of Year 7 students (n=182) at a school in Western Australia. The transition from …
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The Effect of Classroom Structure and Practice on Transition to Middle School
The passage from elementary school to middle school, along with physical, social, and emotional changes associated with adolescence, often results in personal and social, organizational, and academic declines. The classroom structure of elementary school varies between a team teaching setting and a …
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Parenting and internalizing symptoms in early adolescence: The moderating role of vagal tone
… of typically developing adolescents across the transition to middle school. At Time 1 (5th grade; spring before middle school transition), participants included 100 young adolescents (53% boys; 57% European American; Mage = 11.05 years, SD = .33) and their mothers (Mage = 41.25 years, SD = 6.22; …
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What Academically At Risk Students Need from a Summer Transition Program
The topic of school transitions and school transition programs were examined and reported on. At risk students transitioning from 8th to 9th grade were identified and completed a self reporting survey of 14 questions regarding what they have as academic, social/emotional, and programmatic needs. …
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Readiness and Relationships across the Transition to School: Children’s Experiences and Interactions between Home and School Contexts
Starting primary school is a significant milestone that brings opportunities and challenges for children, their families, and their teachers. Children vary significantly in their ability to adapt into the classroom environment, and intervention efforts require greater understanding of the malleable …
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A longitudinal study exploring post-school transitions of young people with learning disabilities: perspectives of young people, parents and professionals
… and preparation, and experiences of post-school transition of young people with learning disabilities in both, mainstream and special schools within one local authority in Scotland. Data were drawn from semi-structured interviews with the young people, parents and professionals, and also …
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Promoting Smooth School Transitions for Children in Foster Care
… foster care move two times per year on average. School records are not always transferred in a timely manner, which leads to a lack of services. Schools often are not aware of the legal issues surrounding foster care, such as who has legal rights to sign field trip permission slips or consent for …
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The Perception of the Freshman Transition: Taking a Closer Look at the Freshman Academy
… student, and parent perceptions of the high school transition program within a Freshman Academy at one Midwest high school using a mixed-methods approach with a convergent design. Interviews were done with teachers that teach primarily freshman students, and perception surveys were used with …
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