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50 Years of ERIC
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Successful Transition to Elementary School and the Implementation of Facilitative Practices Specified in the Reggio-Emilia Philosophy
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Schneider, Barry H.; Manetti, Mara; Frattini, Laura; Rania, Nadia; Santo, Jonathan Bruce; Coplan, Robert J.; Cwinn, Eli – School Psychology International, 2014
Systematic, mandated facilitation of school transitions is an important but understudied aspect of the Reggio-Emilia approach to early childhood education admired internationally as best practice. We studied the links between Northern Italian transition practices and academic achievement, school liking, cooperativeness, and problem behaviors. We…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, Early Childhood Education
Parental Involvement and the Academic Achievement and Social Functioning of Cuban School Children
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Alvarez-Valdivia, Ibis M.; Chavez, Kenia Lorenzo; Schneider, Barry H.; Roberts, Jesse S.; Becalli-Puerta, Laura E.; Perez-Lujan, Dalgys; Sanz-Martinez, Yuri Arsenio – School Psychology International, 2013
The goal of the current study was to investigate whether parental involvement is an important predictor of student outcomes within the Cuban school system, where extensive support for pupils' progress and adjustment are available from the peer group, community, and family. The participants were 188 children in Grades 2 and 3 from four…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
Revisiting the Whole-School Approach to Bullying: Really Looking at the Whole School
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Richard, Jacques F.; Schneider, Barry H.; Mallet, Pascal – School Psychology International, 2012
The whole-school approach to bullying prevention is predicated on the assumption that bullying is a systemic problem, and, by implication, that intervention must be directed at the entire school context rather than just at individual bullies and victims. Unfortunately, recent meta-analyses that have looked at various bullying programs from many…
Descriptors: Bullying, School Security, Foreign Countries, Prediction
The Nature and Basis of Teachers' Concerns about Spanish Secondary-School Students
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Tinoco, Victoria Munoz; Lagares, Irene Jimenez; Moreno, Carmen; Tessier, Nicholas G.; Schneider, Barry H. – School Psychology International, 2009
This study explored the nature and basis of teachers' concerns regarding several behavioural and social difficulties experienced by their secondary-school students. It was hypothesized that teachers would be most concerned about students presenting externalizing behavioural or academic difficulties but not those displaying internalizing problems.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems
Stability and Change in Patterns of Peer Rejection: Implications for Children's Academic Performance over Time
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Greenman, Paul S.; Schneider, Barry H.; Tomada, Giovanna – School Psychology International, 2009
Poor school adjustment is a known correlate of peer rejection in childhood. However, the impact of change in sociometric status on children's academic performance over time is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether improvement or decline in children's sociometric status would predict corresponding changes in their academic…
Descriptors: Sociometric Techniques, Academic Achievement, Student Adjustment, Program Effectiveness
Bullying and the Big Five: A Study of Childhood Personality and Participant Roles in Bullying Incidents.
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Tani, Franca; Greenman, Paul S.; Schneider, Barry H.; Fregoso, Manuela – School Psychology International, 2003
Research on the social context of bullying includes children who help the victim, assist the bully or remain outsiders. Children (N=96) in Central Italy were classified according to an Italian version of the Participant Role Scale as Defenders of the Victim, Outsiders, Victims or Pro-bullies. Results suggest that personality traits might…
Descriptors: Bullying, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Participation