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Guskey, Thomas R.; Townsley, Matt; Buckmiller, Thomas M. – NASSP Bulletin, 2020
This study sought to determine if the implementation of standards-based learning in high schools affects students' transition to learning in university courses. Surveys and interviews with 13 students who had graduated from high schools implementing standards-based learning and who had completed their first academic semester at a midsize, private,…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Readiness, Academic Standards, Student Adjustment
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Nunnelley, Jeanette C.; Whaley, Janie; Mull, Rhonda; Hott, Glenda – NASSP Bulletin, 2003
Principals set the tone and create visions for innovation and change. Mounting research about the brain tempered with cautions of over interpretations can aid the principals to provide leadership in implementing more brain compatible schools. Practical strategies encompass the emotional environment of the school, policies, and procedures that…
Descriptors: Brain, Principals, Teaching Methods, Secondary Schools
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Flynn, Leslie; Lawrenz, Frances; Schultz, Matthew J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2005
This study investigates differences in eighth-grade mathematics students' engagement in standards-based curriculum and instruction practices between block and traditional-schedule schools. Survey data were gathered from 156 middle level mathematics teachers to access the use of standards-based curriculum and instruction practices in their…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8, Comparative Analysis