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Long-term effects of the Positive Action program.

OBJECTIVE: To report long-term effectiveness of the Positive Action program. METHODS: Used matched-schools design and school-level achievement and disciplinary data to evaluate program effects on student performance and behavior in elementary schools. ...
Brian R Flay, Carol G Allred (Am J Health Behav, 2003)
long-term-effects-positive-action-program.asp

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Rasch techniques for detecting bias in performance assessments: an example comparing the performance of native and non-native speakers on a test of academic English.

The use of common tasks and rating procedures when assessing the communicative skills of students from highly diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds poses particular measurement challenges, which have thus far received little research attention. If ...
Catherine Elder, Tim McNamara, Peter Congdon (J Appl Meas, 2003)
rasch-techniques-detecting-bias-performance-assessments-example.asp

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Do the designated drivers of college students stay sober?

PROBLEM: By numerous accounts, alcohol abuse is considered the number one drug problem facing young people today. Alcohol consumption and its negative consequences, especially those due to drinking and driving, continue to have devastating effects on the ...
Mary Ann Timmerman, E Scott Geller, Kent E Glindemann, Angela K Fournier (J Safety Res, 2003)
designated-drivers-college-students-stay-sober.asp

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Do changes in the psychosocial school environment influence pupils health development? Results from a three-year follow-up study.

AIMS: This study analysed the effects of psychosocial factors at school on pupils health and self-worth from a longitudinal perspective. METHODS: A three-year prospective study was started in 1994, including 533 pupils (261 girls, 272 boys) from 25 ...
Katja Gillander Gådin, Anne Hammarström (Scand J Public Health, 2003)
changes-psychosocial-school-environment-influence-pupils-health.asp

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Task demands, task interest, and task performance: implications for human subjects research and practicing what we preach.

Through the continuous investigation of humans in organizations, we have learned much about motivation, attitudes, and performance. For example, Yukl and others have helped increase our understanding of influence tactics and the effect they have on the ...
Daniel M Eveleth, Arun Pillutla (Ethics Behav, 2003)
task-demands-task-interest-task-performance-implications-human.asp

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Predictors of condom use among adolescent Thai vocational students.

PURPOSE: To describe the prevalence of premarital sexual behavior and condom use, and to identify predictors of condom use using the expanded health belief model (EHBM) among vocational students in Bangkok, Thailand. METHODS: A cross-sectional ...
Sathja Thato, Denise Charron-Prochownik, Lorah D Dorn, Susan A Albrecht, Clement A Stone (J Nurs Scholarsh, 2003)
predictors-condom-adolescent-thai-vocational-students.asp

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Priming of strong semantic relations in the left and right visual fields: a time-course investigation.

Prior time-course investigations of cerebral asymmetries in word processing have sometimes reported hemisphere differences in the onset and duration of semantic priming. In the current study, very strongly related word pairs (categorical associates such ...
Christine Chiarello, Stella Liu, Connie Shears, Nancy Quan, Natalie Kacinik (Neuropsychologia, 2003)
priming-strong-semantic-relations-left-right-visual-fields-time.asp

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Sleep, sleepiness and school start times: a preliminary study.

BACKGROUND: High school students are reported to be excessively sleepy, resulting in decreased academic performance, increased psycho-social problems and increased risk of morbidity and mortality from accidents. Early school start times have been noted ...
Donn Dexter, Jagdeep Bijwadia, Dana Schilling, Gwendolyn Applebaugh (WMJ, 2003)
sleep-sleepiness-school-start-times-preliminary-study.asp

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Exploring college student gambling motivation.

The present research combined qualitative and quantitative approaches in examining gambling motives among college student gamblers. A comprehensive set of 16 gambling motives was identified by categorizing 762 open-ended reasons for gambling, provided by ...
Clayton Neighbors, Ty W Lostutter, Jessica M Cronce, Mary E Larimer (J Gambl Stud, 2002WINTER)
exploring-college-student-gambling-motivation.asp

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Moving youth participation into the classroom: students as allies.

The experiences of urban public high school students, told in their own words, offer new and veteran teachers guidance on how to reach adolescent learners and illustrate what youth-adult partnerships in the classroom might look ...
Barbara Cervone, Kathleen Cushman (New Dir Youth Dev, 2002WINTER)
moving-youth-participation-classroom-students-allies.asp