Teachers' use of health curricula: implementation of Growing Healthy, Project SMART, and the Teenage Health Teaching Modules. (Research Papers): An article from: Journal of School Health

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From the author: This quasi-experimental study assessed impact of factors associated with classroom implementation of health curricula by North Carolina teachers School representatives selected and implemented one of three tobacco prevention curricula -- Project SMART, Growing Healthy, or the Teenage Health Teaching Modules-in either sixth or seventh grades. Prior to implementation, experimental teachers and administrators received extensive curricula training. Implementation data were collected through teacher completed checksheets and classroom observations for two time periods -- initial implementation (n = 69) and maintained implementation (n = 136). While training was associated significantly with whether teachers implemented a curriculum (p [is less than] .05), other factors also were important. Variables outside of teachers' direct control, such as supportive administrators, context in which health instruction is taught, and turbulence, affected quantity and quality of curricular implementation. (J Sch Health. 1993;63(8):349-354)

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Title: Teachers' use of health curricula: implementation of Growing Healthy, Project SMART, and the Teenage Health Teaching Modules. (Research Papers)
Author: Dennis W. Smith
Publication:Journal of School Health (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 1993
Publisher: American School Health Association
Volume: v63 Issue: n8 Page: p349(6)

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