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Terrion, Jenepher Lennox; Daoust, Jean-Luc – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2012
The University of Ottawa (UofO) in Ottawa, Canada offers a formal supplemental instruction program, called the residence study group program (RSGP), to residence students registered in first year courses that are associated with a high degree of failure or attrition. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of this program by comparing…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Motivation, Program Effectiveness
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Lee, Valerie E.; Burkam, David T.; Ready, Douglas D.; Honigman, Joanne; Meisels, Samuel J. – American Journal of Education, 2006
Do children learn more in full-day kindergartens than half-day programs? If full-day kindergarten increases learning, are kindergartners in some schools particularly advantaged by their full-day experience? We address these questions with a nationally representative sample of over 8,000 kindergartners and 500 U.S. public schools that participated…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, School Schedules