About 400 million school-age children are infected with roundworm, whipworm and hookworm worldwide. This study aims to assess prevalence of parasitic infections among rural primary school pupils at Minia Governorate, Egypt, and to identify relevant predisposing factors of the school and pupils to intestinal parasitic infections. A total of 264 pupils out of 1,053, aged 6-12 years, were randomly...

Objective: To compare the key differences between school lunches and packed lunches as eaten in eleven secondary schools in England, 21 months after the food-based standards for school lunch became mandatory, but before the introduction of nutrient-based standards. Design: Data on 358 school lunches and 139 packed lunches were collected in May and June 2008 from pupils attending secondary schoo...

At their young age pupils learn the contents of natural sciences by combining different methods and forms of work. This study examined the effect of computer-aided learning on the quality of pupils’ knowledge about the natural habitats. A total of 168 third grade primary school pupils (9-year-old) from the Republic of Serbia took part in this research (84 pupils comprising the control group and...

Objective—To examine the association between school smoking policies and smoking prevalence among pupils. Design—Multilevel analysis of crosssectional data from surveys of schools and pupils. Setting—55 secondary schools in Wales. Subjects—55 teachers and 1375 pupils in year 11 (aged 15–16). Main outcome measures—Self-reported smoking behaviour. Results—The prevalence of daily smoking in school...

OBJECTIVES To explore pupils' and teachers' experiences of physical education (PE). STUDY DESIGN A qualitative investigation employing semistructured interviews. Self Determination Theory was used as a guiding theory and Template Analysis was used to analyse the data. SETTING A secondary school in the North East of England. PARTICIPANTS 14 pupils (aged 13 and 14, boys and girls) with a ra...

BACKGROUND In preschool and primary education, pupils differ in many abilities and competences (giftedness). Yet mainstream educational practice seems rather homogeneous in providing age-based or grade-class subject matter approaches. AIMS To clarify whether pupils scoring initially at high ability level do develop and attain differently at school with respect to language and arithmetic compa...

Tlie study of the facts and the causes of elimination of pupils in any single system of schools, or the comparison of elimination of pupils in different systems of schools, is a more complicated process than might at first appear. A common method of reaching a conclusion in regard to the number of pupils retained in any set of schools is to compare the enrolments in the various grades from firs...

The results of our empirical research clearly show that the social, emotional, and motivational integration of pupils with learning disabilities who attend regular primary schools is lower in comparison to that of the pupils from schools with special education programs. The achievements of pupils with learning disabilities in regular primary schools were also lower, whereas the structure of per...

Recognition of gifted pupils at the junior school age is a very significant factor for development of biologic potentials of the gifted individuals. Recognition of gifted pupils according to the legal norms of the Republic of Serbia a priori implies the right of the gifted pupils on an individual education plan (IEP in the following text) and on the pedagogical and expert support of the expert ...

Practice teaching is an important feature of pre-professional preparation of teachers. This study assessed student teachers' (STs) and pupils': overall evaluation and evaluation of pupils' roles in physical education (PE) and second subject lessons. STs delivered the lessons using either traditional or progressive teaching approaches. Questionnaires were completed by 57 STs and 10,517 high scho...