VEMiTV project involves the establishing of t-learning potential on a specific educational setting: elementary schools. This document describes the working hypothesis and the usability and cognitive procedures being followed in that project, while at the same time discusses t-learning potential as a formal or informal learning strategy.

Using longitudinal data collected over 2 years on a sample of 2,745 urban elementary school children (1st-6th graders, ages 6-11 years) from economically disadvantaged communities, effects of stressful experiences within 3 contexts (school, family, neighborhood), cumulative stress, and multiple context stress on 3 indices of children's adjustment (achievement, depression, and aggression) were e...

This article presents the results of a preliminary trial, in the context of an intervention, developed by a team of ergonomists under the request of the Occupational Health Department of the General Management of Schools in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. We present a reformulation of the request and the results obtained in 2009 from observations and interviews held in three schools in...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between academic achievement and physical fitness in California schools. Data from the academic year 2004-2005 Fitnessgram were compared to reading, mathematics and science scores on the California Standards test (CST) of 253 elementary schools in the Orange County School District. Physical education teachers from the 10 lowest scoring ...

OBJECTIVE We investigated whether having a policy regarding the availability of sweetened beverages in school was associated with children's purchase and total weekly and daily consumption of sweetened beverages. DESIGN Data were obtained from 10 719 children aged 9-13 years and 2065 elementary schools in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten cohort. Multilevel logistic regressi...

Evaluating the impact of different social networks on the spread of respiratory diseases has been limited by a lack of detailed data on transmission outside the household setting as well as appropriate statistical methods. Here, from data collected during a H1N1 pandemic (pdm) influenza outbreak that started in an elementary school and spread in a semirural community in Pennsylvania, we quantif...

OBJECTIVE To analyze polypharmacy (daily use of two or more) of continuous use medication and its associated factors in the elderly. METHODS A cross sectional study conducted with elderly individuals living in an urban area of the municipality of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil from May to December, 2009. The sample consisted of 384 individuals who were 60 years old or older and users of continuous me...

PURPOSE Fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption was examined among children aged seven to 10 years in a London, Ontario, neighbourhood. The goal was to determine areas requiring targeted programs to promote healthy lifestyles. METHODS Data were gathered from 136 students in grades 2 to 4. Each student attended one of four elementary schools within a neighbourhood designated a priority by the Cit...

Introduction Champaign and Urbana, Illinois are considered twin cities that share the University of Illinois. Due to different geographic recruitment procedures, Champaign and Urbana public elementary schools offer a particularly novel opportunity to examine the H1N1 outbreak among students. Urbana schools recruit from specific geographic areas (neighborhoods) designated by the school district ...

Studies about the universe are exciting for children in elementary and junior high schools. They approach such work with energy and curiosity but they also hold naïve ideas that may be difficult to dislodge. Schools now can obtain access to scientific-grade telescopes for educational purposes via the Internet. Using students’ questions as a basis for projects, teachers can provide first-hand sc...