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Assessing the impact of garden education programs on motivational engagement and academic achievement

Creator:

Gupta, Abha

Abstract:

School garden programs have become increasingly popular for their diverse, positive benefits. School gardens are often promoted as a relatively low cost means to offer hands-on learning opportunities that may foster academic achievement, particularly in the sciences, however only six studies have been published on the impact of garden education...

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Masters Thesis
Reducing aggressive student behaviors through block scheduling

Creator:

Link-Jobe, Jannice

Abstract:

This qualitative and quantitative study examines the potential improvement in aggressive student behaviors when a block schedule is implemented in a rural, low socio-economic and multi-cultural middle school. The number of incidents of physical aggression and harassment were obtained from official school records for the years 1992-1996. Interviews were also...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
The use of motivational interviewing within school counseling programs for academically unmotivated eighth grade students

Creator:

Hadraba, Heather D.

Abstract:

School counselors are challenged with creating a wide range of programs to address three developmental domains: personal/social, career, and academic, with an increasing requirement to provide accurate and sufficient data substantiating their professional contributions to students’ academic achievement. At the same time, the professional literature reports that during adolescence there...

Resource Type:

Dissertation