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Reuter-Rice, Karin; Krebs, Madelyn; Eads, Julia K. – Journal of School Nursing, 2016
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in children. We conducted a prospective study, which examined injury characteristics and outcomes of school-age children of 5.0-15.0 years (N = 10) who were admitted to hospital for a TBI. This study evaluated the role of age, gender, the Glasgow Coma Scale, mechanisms and…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Athletics, Play, Trauma
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Spector, Barbara S.; Burkett, Ruth; Leard, Cyndy – Science Educator, 2012
This paper introduces a model for using informal science education venues as contexts within which to teach the nature of science. The model was initially developed to enable university education students to teach science in elementary schools so as to be consistent with "National Science Education Standards" (NSES) (1996) and "A Framework for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Scientific Principles, Experiential Learning, Science Education
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Gunter, Helen M.; Thomson, Patricia – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2010
In the hit BBC TV drama "Life on Mars" Sam Tyler had an accident and woke up in 1973. Is he mad, in a coma or actually back in time? As the drama unfolds he experiences a world without performance audits but also one without the safeguards for arrest, detention and the interviewing of suspects mandated by the Police and Criminal Evidence…
Descriptors: Job Analysis, Principals, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Sweeney, Sophia Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A researcher-developed questionnaire regarding the importance and developmental appropriateness of 12 specific elements of the nature of science (Alshamrani, 2008) for early elementary (kindergarten through fourth grade [K-4]) science instruction was mailed to a random sample of U.S. K-4 teachers. At least half (N = 377) of the respondents…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Science Instruction
Gaylord, Vicki, Ed. – Institute on Community Integration (NJ1), 2005
This issue of the quarterly publication focuses on Fostering Success in School and Beyond for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders. Editorial introduction notes that today's K-12 educators must effectively work with increasingly diverse populations in their classrooms, including educating students identified as having emotional/behavioral…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Student Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Student Diversity
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Donders, Jacobus; Nesbit-Greene, Kelly – Assessment, 2004
The influence of neurological and demographic variables on neuropsychological test performance was examined in 100 9- to 16-year-old children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Regression analyses were conducted to determine the relative contributions of coma, neuroimaging findings, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and gender to variance in…
Descriptors: Verbal Learning, Intelligence Tests, Brain, Head Injuries