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The study reviewed in this paper examined the effects of "mastery learning" and "student team learning" on the math achievement of high school students. The analysis included 588 ninth-grade students in 16 urban Philadelphia high schools. The study assessed the effectiveness of the different conditions after one year by…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mastery Learning, Outcome Measures, Experiments
Smith, Thomas J. – National High School Center, 2007
This "snapshot" illustrates how one school is managing to make a positive difference for ninth graders. It describes the Ninth Grade Success Academy, a school-within-a-school at Thomas A. Edison High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which has a number of features specifically designed to help ninth-graders make successful…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Transitional Programs, High Schools, High School Students
