Students negotiate the transition to secondary school in different ways. While some thrive on the opportunity, others are challenged. A prospective longitudinal design was used to determine the contribution of personal background and school contextual factors on academic competence (AC) and mental health functioning (MHF) of 266 students, 6-months before and after the transition to secondary sc...

an investigation of the incidence of colour defects was made in primary school students. the children ranged in age from 7 to 14 years. the frequencies were 7,04 per cent. for males and 0,53 per cent. for females.

background: noise, one of the major environmental nuisances, affects the learning ability of children negatively. objective: with the assumption that in the existing german 4-type school system children are exposed to various noise levels in each type of school, we investigated the association between children's school type and environmental noise level. methods: in this cross-sectional study, ...

Results There are 471 samples met the inclusion criteria, 215 boys and 256 girls. In girls, signs of puberty at age of 9 <10 years are 48.2%, while in age 12 <13 all had puberty. In boys, signs of puberty at age of 9 <10 years are 1.7%, while in age 12 <13 years are 66.7%. Pubic hair sign in girls at the age of 9 <10 years (4.4%), in boys aged 11 <12 years (29%). Occurred menarche at age 10 <11...

background : behavioral disorders in children have relationship with decrease in learning and educational progress in childhood and cause behavioral disorders in adulthood. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of behavioral disorders in iranian children. methods: in this cross-sectional descriptive study, all of the first grade students in three school levels all over the country were e...

Students involved in the interactive whiteboard (IWB) evaluation, sponsored by the Centre for British Teachers (CfBT), were interviewed in regard to their perceptions about IWBs. Twelve group interviews (72 students) were conducted between January and Easter 2004 with Year 6 students (between 10 and 11 years of age) in six Local Education Authority (LEA) areas located in the North and South of ...

an investigation of the incidence of colour defects was made in primary school students. the children ranged in age from 7 to 14 years. the frequencies were 7,04 per cent. for males and 0,53 per cent. for females.

background: screening of students ´ health problems could lead to timely prevention and control of many health disorders. this study aimed to determine the nationwide prevalence of common disorders through school health screening program in iran methods: this cross-sectional national screening program was conducted in 2007-2008 among first- and third-grade- stu­dents in primary schools, first- ...