Johnson, Karen E Thurman, Whitney Hoskote, Ashwini Preston, Angela Rew, Lynn Maughan, Erin D
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The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses
School nurses represent cost-effective investments in students' health and educational success. Alternative high schools (AHSs) serve an understudied population of youth who are at risk for school dropout and face numerous social inequities, heightening their risk for poor health outcomes. In this two-phase explanatory sequential mixed methods stud...
Molnár, András Raffai, Péter
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Physics Education
We review the impact of an online course on gravitational-wave astrophysics aimed at high school students. We launched the video course in 2021 on the web page Webuni in Hungarian. Since then, there have been more than 300 participants attending the course. Our case study aimed to determine how well such a course can give an overall picture about t...
Velasquez, Rafael Moore, Mary E. Sheets, Gabrielle Nieves-Rivera, Christian Van Nuland, Sonya Cuccia, Martha Tsien, Fern Hollenbach, Andrew D.
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Frontiers in Sociology
Despite improvements in the awareness and acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender diverse (LGBTQ+) individuals, the LGBTQ+ community continues to experience discrimination, which can result in adverse health outcomes. In particular, LGBTQ+ youth have an increased risk of experiencing depression, substan...
Juriševič, Mojca Krnjaić, Zora Šimon, Jana
Research suggests that the effect of emergency remote education on the motivation of gifted students during the COVID-19 pandemic differs from that observed in traditional students. The main aim of the present study was to explore the lived experience of academic motivation among gifted high school students in Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia. Semistr...
Woreta, Getachew Tassew
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Frontiers in Psychology
The potential of academic engagement to enhance academic outcomes and well-being has been empirically supported, yet studies addressing its predictors are too limited. Hence, the current study collected self-report cross-sectional data from randomly selected 614 (male = 323) high school students in Ethiopia and examined the relations of academic so...
Manzano-Sánchez, David Belando-Pedreño, Noelia Carlos-Vivas, Jorge Martins, Paulo Jorge Gómez-López, Manuel
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Frontiers in Psychology
Spooner, Zeke T Encerrado‐Manriquez, Angela M Truong, Tina T Nicklisch, Sascha CT
We created a 2-week, dual-module summer course introducing high school students to environmental toxicology by teaching them quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) as a way to quantify gene expression of chemical defense proteins in response to exposure to environmental pollutants. During the course, students are guided through the various s...
Tate, Tamara P Kim, Young-Suk Grace Collins, Penelope Warschauer, Mark Olson, Carol Booth
This article provides three major contributions to the literature: we provide granular information on the development of student argumentative writing across secondary school; we replicate the MacArthur et al. model of Natural Language Processing (NLP) writing features that predict quality with a younger group of students; and we are able to examin...
McKean, Thomas Bates, LaShall Bates, Gary Wiersma-Mosley, Jacquelyn D. Wickramasinghe, S. Ranil
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Frontiers in Education
Introduction A research and mentoring program was developed to provide local first-generation students, students returning to school after a professional experience, and underrepresented minority students resources and relationships to guide them toward a STEM degree from a four-year university. Methods A multi-tiered mentoring community was formed...
Rovšek, Barbara
Assigning students the seemingly simple task of drawing the Moon’s trajectory in the heliocentric system can ignite a profound discussion about the intricacies of the trajectory. This article presents a diverse set of plots depicting suggested trajectories, alongside a detailed discussion of their differences and the implications of various details...
