School effectiveness and truancy: a multilevel study of upper secondary schools in Stockholm [PDF]
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2019 Truancy is a problem associated with a range of negative consequences at the individual and societal level, both in the short and the long term. Few earlier studies have investigated the association between school effectiveness and truancy.
Joacim Ramberg +3 more
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The Relative Age Effect, Height and Weight Characteristics among Lower and Upper Secondary School Athletes in Norway and Sweden [PDF]
Sports, 2017 The relative age effect (RAE) has been found among youth elite athletes within a range of sports. However, the RAE has been studied to a lesser degree among youth non-elite athletes, and even less among school pupils attending sport specialisation ...
Stig Arve Sæther +2 more
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Professional strategies in upper secondary school dropout management among youth in the Sami areas of Norway: a focus group study [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2023 The upper secondary school dropout rate is a challenge in many western countries, and measures have been taken to prevent dropout. The dropout rate in Norway is stable but is the highest in the northernmost counties.
Tone Aashild Dinesen +2 more
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Celiac disease and upper secondary school achievement in Sweden A retrospective cohort study [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2022 Background Both undiagnosed celiac disease and some chronic childhood diseases are associated with lower academic achievement. However, there is little knowledge of achievements in those diagnosed with celiac disease.
Katarina Johansson +6 more
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Non-completion of upper secondary school among female and male young adults in an Arctic sociocultural context; the NAAHS study [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2016 Background Education is closely associated with health. Non-completion of upper secondary school influences academic achievement, employment, income and personal well-being.
Elisabeth Valmyr Bania +2 more
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COMPLETE – a school-based intervention project to increase completion of upper secondary school in Norway: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Drop out from upper secondary school represents a risk for the future health and wellbeing of young people. Strengthening of psychosocial aspects of the learning environment may be an effective strategy to promote completion of upper secondary
T. Larsen +10 more
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Moringa oleifera L. Microgreens and their Antioxidant Activity [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 This research aims to study the growth and antioxidant activity of Moringa oleifa L. microgreens. The microgreen phase occurred at 7 d after germination with a height of 36.72 cm ± 4.20 cm, fresh weight of 7.30 g ± 0.92 g 10 plants−1 , and the proportion
Bagus Made Artadana Ida, Pandji Edward
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Systematic Work with Speaking Skills and Motivation in Second Language Classes
IAFOR Journal of Education, 2022 Learning a foreign language is more difficult for some students than others, and particularly speaking out loud in class may be a challenge. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential of a systematic approach to facilitate mastery, motivation ...
May Olaug Horverak +5 more
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Schools as learning organizations where everyone thrives
IUL Research, 2022 Since the start of the pandemic, keeping the learners at the core of the learning process has assumed an increasing importance, inspiring assessment for learning and learner agency while being connected with the so-called “visible thinking”. But schools
Anna Raneri, Antonella Nezzo
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Applying balanced scorecard methodology in public sector: The case of a vocational school in Greece [PDF]
Journal of Contemporary Education Theory & Research, 2018 Balanced Scorecard is a very important tool for management and evaluation of the long-term organization strategy, which simultaneously observes the improvements at the efficient function, exploiting the most of the organization’s potentials and diffusing
Marianthi I. Mylona +4 more
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