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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"primary school children"”.
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Nutrient intakes of primary school children
… 2004 Hull City Council introduced free healthy school meals for all primary and special school pupils (approximately 20,500 children from 71 primary schools and 6 special schools) in an attempt to reduce health and education inequalities. The meals were prepared to meet the Caroline Walker Trust …
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Occupational awareness of Singapore primary school children
… of career guidance programmes in Singapore schools had tended to predominantly focus on secondary pupils. The lack of proactive career guidance programmes for the primary school had been due to the misguided belief that children in the primary school still have an extremely long way to go …
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Assessing the creative abilities of primary school children
… viable methods of assessing the creativity of primary school children. Teachers were asked to identify children whom they thought were creative. Two hundred and seventy nine children were assessed subsequently with the Test for Creative Thinking - Drawing Production - TCT-DP (Urban & Jellen …
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A Study of Seven Looked After Primary School Children
… explores the experiences of seven looked after children in two Scottish primary schools. The rationale behind this study is that if looked after children could be supported effectively during their time in primary school then they may be more likely to remain engaged with secondary school and …
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Clinical Studies of Counting Problems With Primary School Children
"Interviews with five primary school children were selected from over 200 videotaped interviews and were analyzed to discover children's conceptions of counting. Using various complex counting tasks, the clinical interviews focused on place value, addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Five …
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Parents’ perspectives of home numeracy practices of primary school children
Background: Parent engagement in children’s home practices is crucial for their numeracy development. In research, qualitative studies have shown that parents’ engagement is complex and impacted by various aspects. Parent questionnaires have been used to explore a range of home practices but have …
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Motivations to attend school: Exploring the perspectives of primary school children
Children’s attendance at school is a key priority due to the current high proportion of absences from England’s state schools. Studies have explored the multifactorial nature of pupil attendance, however these have often focused on reasons for absence. This study presents a novel perspective by …
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The social and emotional adjustment of physically disabled Lusaka primary school children
… adjustment of physically disabled, Lusaka primary school children was compared vfith the adjustment of their non-disabled counterparts.The main purpose of the study was to see if the disabled sample manifested significantly more rejection, ovor-r protection and a lower mental health status …
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The social and emotional adjustment of physically disabled Lusaka primary school children
… adjustment of physically disabled, Lusaka primary school children was compared vfith the adjustment of their non-disabled counterparts.The main purpose of the study was to see if the disabled sample manifested significantly more rejection, ovor-r protection and a lower mental health status …
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Does attachment style affect development of a growth mindset in primary school children?
… the effect of growth mindset interventions on children beginning school to discover if children with insecure attachment styles were more responsive to growth mindset strategies than their securely attached peers. After assessing security attachment style, problem solving skills and initial …
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Effectiveness of using structured aids in learning number concepts for middle primary school children
… of number concepts and of operations in middle primary school. Blockaid is base 10 material designed to model number in multiple representations. The different representations facilitate the modelling of procedures which follow the same steps of the formal algorithms of addition, subtraction, …
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On the farm : an online virtual farmyard for pre-school and primary school children
… that provided the basis for the development of a children website and the conceptual framework that was put into place as a basis for the project development. The website is targeted at young children aged four to seven and is intended to facilitate children's learning about the ecology of farm …
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Preventing smoking among 9-10 year old primary school children: evaluation of SmokeFree Sports
… may be protective against smoking uptake in children and thus physical activity is recommended as an active component for future smoking prevention efforts (Audrian-McGovern et al., 2013). Therefore SmokeFree Sports (SFS) was designed to explore whether physical activity could be used as a …
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How I can Foster Independence in Primary School Children by Encouraging Choice in Learning
… to look at how I could foster independence in children through encouraging choice in learning. By identifying four ways in which choice can be included in the school day – choice in partner, choice in activity, choice in topic and choice in homework, the children were encouraged to make choices …
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Developing heightened listening: A creative tool for introducing primary school children to sound-based music
… note, rarely features in music curricula in schools and currently has a relatively small audience outside of academia. Building on previous research conducted at De Montfort University concerned with widening access to sbm, this thesis investigates whether sbm composition can provide an …
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Physical Literacy and South East Wales Primary School Children: The Role of Fundamental Movement Skills
… addressed the physical literacy attributes of primary school children in South East Wales with a specific focus on the relationships between FMS motor behaviour competency and other aspects of physical literacy. The aims of this thesis were to: (a) examine the factor structure of the Children …
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Socio-ecological influences on physical activity in primary school children: a view from South Africa
… globally with a concurrent decline in both children's physical activity and fitness levels. The socio-ecological model proposes that health behaviour, such as physical activity, is influenced by multiple factors, at an individual, social and environmental level. However, there seems to be a …
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Assessment of the knowledge and perceptions about tuberculosis among primary school children in NTCHEU district, Malawi
… prevalent health problems are included in the primary school curricula to create awareness and promote desired behaviour towards the diseases among children attending schools. It is, however, not known how much the school children know about TB. It is also not known what their attitudes or …
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The prevalence of asthma symptoms in preschool and primary school children in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town
… measure the prevalence of asthma symptoms in preschool and primary school children in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. The seculat trend in symptom prevalences over time (1993-1997) was assessed in a sub-group of 7 to 9 years old children.
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