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Iachini, Aidyn L. – Children & Schools, 2023
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a Tier 2 classroom-based motivational interviewing (MI) intervention--the Aspire Group Intervention (AGI)--designed for ninth-grade students identified as being at high risk for school dropout. The nine-lesson AGI curriculum was…
Descriptors: Grade 9, At Risk Students, Dropouts, High School Students
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Hodge, David R.; Gebler-Wolfe, Molly M. – Children & Schools, 2022
Most adolescents have mobile devices (e.g., smartphones) and daily access to the internet. Scholars, however, have only recently begun to consider the impact of this technology on youth. This article draws on attachment theory to explain how adolescents' attachment styles may be represented in their attachment to technology. The authors posit that…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Adolescents, Handheld Devices, Internet
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Ball, Annahita; Skrzypek, Candra – Children & Schools, 2019
This pilot study explored a technology-based intervention aimed at increasing student and family engagement in school, using a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design. All fourth- and fifth-grade students participated in a classroom-based one-to-one program; some students also received take-home tablets and broadband access. Student surveys…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Family School Relationship, Grade 4, Grade 5