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Griffin, Sarah – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2018
Transition curricula are courses, learning modules, or online tutorials typically developed jointly by secondary and postsecondary faculty and offered no later than 12th grade to students at risk of being placed into remedial math or English programs in college. Based on interviews and other data, this brief describes key elements of English…
Descriptors: Success, College Readiness, Transitional Programs, High School Students
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Miller, Samuel D.; Meece, Judith L. – Journal of Educational Research, 1997
Researchers examined how different reading and language arts assignments influenced third graders' (N=187) motivational goals, strategy use, and achievement affect. Teachers (N=8) modified assignments to increase students' complex writing and peer collaboration. Evaluation indicated students became less focused on teacher approval or normative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Instructional Services. – 1985
Representing a significant part of the development of a basic education program for North Carolina's public schools, this teacher handbook and integrated competency-based curriculum guide provides recommended goals (broad statements of general direction or purpose), objectives (specific statements of what the student will know or be able to do),…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education