School Science and Educational Values

Mental Discipline and Educational Values

great an undertaking in hand, it is just as well that Mr. Heck puts himself on the safe side by adding, "The problems of mental discipline are too unsettled at present for anyone to be dogmatic or to attempt more than brief suggestions." The author's secondary purpose is "to sum up and organize the discussions and experiments," and this he has done most ably. He remarks, "In class discussion of...

Society, science, and values.

The Influence of Neighborhood Quality on Adolescents’ Educational Values and School Effort

Interview data from a sample of 262 poor African American single mothers and their 7thand 8th-grade children were used to investigate the relations between neighborhoodconditions and adolescents’educational values and school effort. The model tested incorporates both subjective and objective assessments of neighborhood quality and controls for several familyand school-related constructs. United...

Integrating Science and Human Values

The burden of cancer continues to increase globally, with substantial personal, societal, and economic consequences. Population growth and aging underlie this increase—a reflection of the effect of population health interventions in the last two centuries. Much of this gain has come through observation, derivation of evidence, and rigorous application of valid science to the public, both health...

Implementation science and school psychology.

The APA Division 16 Working Group on Translating Science to Practice contends that implementation science is essential to the process of translating evidence-based interventions (EBIs) into the unique context of the schools, and that increasing attention to implementation will lead to the improvement of school psychological services and school learning environments. Key elements of implementati...