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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"school district of Philadelphia"”.
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An Investigation of Parents' Perceptions of BMI and BMI-for-age, School-Based BMI Screening Programs and BMI Report Cards: Using Framing Theory and Perceptual Mapping Methods to Develop a Tailored BMI Report Card for the School District of Philadelphia
School-based body mass index (BMI) screenings seek can improve parents' recall about their child's weight, increase concern about excess weight, and correct parents' misperceptions to help them make informed decisions about their child's health. However, schools have questioned parents' …
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Health and the Cities: The Responses of Educational Leaders to Health Education Policy
… education policies across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as the responses of educational leaders in three school districts—Chicago Public Schools, Oakland Unified School District, and the School District of Philadelphia, to investigate the impact of these policies on …
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Predictors of Outcome for Children with Autism Receiving a Behavioral Intervention
… (ASD) are associated with many different levels of language and social impairment, differences in levels of cognitive impairment, varying levels of aberrant behavior, and discrepancies in the presence or amount of restrictive and repetitive behavior. The heterogeneity found within the ASD …
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Eliminating Food Noise: Using Anthropological Perspectives in an Out-of-the-Box Approach to Changing Schoolchildren’s Eating Choices
… existing methods surrounding healthy-lifestyle school based interventions targeting elementary and lower-middle school children. Although some studies have reported school-based nutrition interventions to be successful, reports of positive outcomes have been variable. Using anthropological …
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Predicting Educational Outcomes For Students Returning From Incarceration
During the 2005-2006 school year, 967 students returned from incarceration and were assigned to RETI-WRAP (Re-Entry Transition Initiative-Welcome Return Assessment Process), a ten-day transition program operated by the School District of Philadelphia designed to review, evaluate, and make …
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Classroom implementation of the practices learned in the Master of Chemistry Education Program by the School District of Philadelphia's High School Chemistry teachers
This dissertation reports the results of an exploratory case study utilizing quantitative and qualitative methodologies intended to ascertain the extent and differences of implementation of research-based instructional practices, learned in an intensive 26-month professional development, in their …