A 1999-2000 measles epidemic in the Netherlands started with an outbreak in an orthodox reformed elementary school with 7% vaccine coverage. The overall attack rate was 37%: 213 clinical cases among the 255 participating pupils (response 62%) and 327 household members. The attack rate ranged from 0% for the oldest groups of pupils to 88% for the youngest, who had not been exposed in previous me...

This study examines if interdisciplinary teaching can be said to facilitate the learning and use of fractions by Swedish 12-year-old pupils. Home and Consumer Studies is well suited to interdisciplinary teaching, and young people can therefore find it interesting to study maths since the setting is relevant to them. Building on variation theory and a learning study, we examined pupils’ (n 18) a...

In this paper I address the use of digital tools (GeoGebra) in open ended design activities, with primary school children. I present results from the research and development project “Creative Digital Mathematics”, which aims to use the pupil’s development of mathematical board games as a vehicle for teaching skills with GeoGebra, as well as an entrepreneurial attitude towards mathematics. Usin...

This work is part of a larger action research project aiming to establish critical documentary making as a classroom activity in special needs and mainstream schools. The first part, the Bachelor’s thesis, ascertained the rationale for critical documentary making as a tool for critical pedagogy in schools. The second part, this Master’s thesis, proposes a theoretical framework and pedagogical p...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of photorefractive keratectomy on corneal optical aberrations using a 5.5-mm optical zone and a 7.0-mm transition zone. METHODS Videokeratographs of 72 eyes from 47 patients treated for low to moderate (1-9 diopters) myopia were obtained at the preoperative and 1-, 3-, 6-, 12-, and 18-month postoperative examinations. The videokeratoscopy data files were used...

BACKGROUND Contemporary views on motivation suggest that expectancy-value and social-cognitive perspectives can shed light on the important issue of student motivation. AIMS To test the predictive value of achievement goals on the investment in learning a sport task. Two studies investigated whether investment in learning is affected by achievement goals and perceived ability. SAMPLES Study...

BACKGROUND/AIM Acne is a common problem in adolescent children with considerable emotional and psychological effects. The aim of this study was to determine the self-reported prevalence of acne and to assess its impact on the quality of life in high school pupils in Serbia. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted in May 2011 in two medical high schools in Serbia. Only pupils who gave ...

OBJECTIVE Smoking among people who have asthma may be a serious health problem. We studied the prevalence of smoking and the relations between smoking and asthma, symptoms, medicine, and gender differences among adolescents with asthma. METHODS A national cross-sectional study on health and lifestyles was performed in 1996-1997 using a computerized questionnaire in upper secondary schools in ...

This paper deals with a presentation of an application which was developed to help in education of visually impaired pupils at a secondary school, i.e. at the pupils’ age of 12 to 14 years. The web-based application integrates speech and language technologies to make the education easier in several areas, e.g. in mathematics, physics, chemistry or languages (Czech, English, German). TTS system ...

It is widely recognized that we need to know more about effects of class size on classroom interactions and pupil behavior. This paper extends research by comparing effects on pupil classroom engagement and teacherepupil interaction, and examining if effects vary by pupil attainment level and between primary and secondary schools. Systematic observations were carried out on 686 pupils in 49 sch...