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Gasser, Kenneth W. – American Secondary Education, 2011
This article draws on the 21st Century Skills Movement and the successful teaching practices of Asian schools in order to provide five suggestions that secondary math teachers can incorporate into their classrooms in order to promote the skill set necessary for an ever-changing global economy. Problem-based instruction, student-led solutions, risk…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Teachers
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Steward, Robbie J.; Hill, Martin F.; Neil, Douglas M.; Pritchett, Tiffany; Wabaunsee, Ah-Sha-Ni – Educational Considerations, 2008
The purpose of this researcher-school collaborative study was to examine factors which might be intervenable by urban high school counselors in assisting at-risk students. There were two primary objectives. The first was to examine the degree to which urban adolescents' academic competence predicts cumulative grade point average (GPA). The second…
Descriptors: Human Capital, High Schools, Student Behavior, Grade Point Average