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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"school perceptions"”.
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Secondary school perceptions of eContent design: an activity theory perspective
This research investigates how Secondary School science learners in Cameroon perceive the design of electronic content (eContent). Perception plays an important role in how learners use eContent; hence the perception of how eContent is designed could affect how learners learn using this digital …
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Summer School: Perceptions of Summer School Teachers in a Northeast Tennessee School District
… of the importance of accountability issues to school systems, it is important to examine ways to help students reach their potential. One tool school districts use to aid in improving student achievement is summer school. This qualitative study provides an overview of the history of summer …
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The Process of Becoming a Blue Ribbon School: Perceptions of Participating Teachers And Principals
… of teachers and principals within selected schools in their quest of achieving the United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award in Georgia. In one sense, these schools are already successful. They were required to document five consecutive years of high and …
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Academically gifted adolescents transferring to an independent gifted school: Effects on academic identity
… explore experiences transferring from multilevel schools to an independent gifted school from low- and high-income school districts in this phenomenological study. Semi-structured interviews inform this study demonstrating how changes in school context shape academic identity. Adolescent students …
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To Educate a Nation: A Case Study on Adult Literacy & Women in Ghana
… in the program, motivation for returning to school, perceptions of the benefits of adult literacy and recommendations for expanding adult literacy for women. Data were collected through interviews with 15 program participants and 3 staff, observation of 3 literacy classes, and field notes.</p>
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Peer mediation in Massachusetts public middle & high schools: Perceptions of educators
<p>While many studies related to school violence and its prevention have focused on the perceptions of elementary students and counselors, there is a dearth of research studies that focus on the perceptions of administrators and teachers. This study examines Massachusetts public middle and high …
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The Relationship Between Academic Performance and Elementary Student and Teacher Attitudes Towards Departmentalizing
… the continued pressure placed on American public schools to increase academic achievement, some schools have begun to reorganize instructional environments in an effort to improve student outcomes. The current study examined one such elementary school that implemented a departmentalized model of …
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Constructing Stage-Environment Fit: Early Adolescents' Psychological Development and their Attitudes Towards School in English Middle and Secondary School Environments
… adolescents’ psychology during pubertal and school transitions. It explored potential associations between attitudes to school, perceptions of school life and transfer, home and peer relations, and puberty over the course of a school year. It compared two groups of UK 11 and 12 year olds …
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Saving our Sons: The Impact of a Single Gender Public School on the Social, Emotional, and Academic Progress of Young African American Males From Low Socioeconomic Urban Neighborhoods
… to be the least likely to secure a regular high school diploma in four years (Schott Foundation, 2012). Their lack of educational progress increases the likelihood that many of them will not live productive and meaningful lives, and they will be trapped in a continuous cycle of poverty. Because …
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The Affective Consequences of Grade Retention.
… of this study was to investigate students’ perceptions of the affective consequences of grade retention and to uncover possible social and academic effects of grade retention on students’ subsequent elementary school experience. The participants were kindergarten through eighth grade …
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Legislating Social Inclusion: Social Interaction and Perceptions of Middle Level Students Toward Those with Disabilities
… Children Act was enacted requiring all schools to develop and provide a free, appropriate public education for all children and youth with disabilities in the regular classroom to ensure an appropriate education. However, mandating inclusion in classrooms does not ensure social …
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Perceptions of a Middle School Reconfiguration: A Descriptive Case Study
… in its reconfiguration goals, and help the school change through deep examination of district personnel's and parents' perceptions of the change process. This was done by acknowledging distinctions and differences between junior high schools, the current middle school, and the new middle …
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The Social Perceptions And Attitudes Held By African American Males Who Participated In A Self-Contained Special Education Middle School Program For Three Years And Dropped Out Of High School After The Ninth Grade
… <p><strong>THE SOCIAL PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES HELD BY AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES WHO PARTICIPATED IN A SELF-CONTAINED SPECIAL EDUCATION MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS AND DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AFTER THE NINTH GRADE</strong></p> <p>by</p> <p><strong>SHERRELL …