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PDF pending restorationSiegelman, Marvin – 1975
Funded under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, the Summer Remediation for Incoming Pupils 1975 High School Umbrella #2 program (RIP) was designed to provide remedial instruction in mathematics to incoming ninth and tenth grade pupils who had attended Title I junior high or intermediate schools. The program was designed to bridge the gap…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Extracurricular Activities, Grade 10
Download full textToledo, Victor – 1975
The Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I program, Summer Reading Remediation for Incoming Pupils 1975, had two goals: to improve reading skills by supplying an intensive program of remediation in reading and to orient incoming students to their new school environment and its staff. Participating in the program were 2807 ninth and tenth grade…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Extracurricular Activities, Grade 10
Shore, Marietta S. – 1975
The Summer Remediation for Incoming Pupils Program was designed to provide remedial instruction in mathematics, reading, or English as a second language (ESL) to selected incoming 9th and 10th grade pupils in New York City. This report describes the program and evaluates its effectiveness for the summer of 1975. A major goal of the program was to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grade 10, Grade 9, High School Students
Peer reviewedHodges, Carolyn R.; Welch, Olga M. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1992
A research project is reported that incorporates foreign language study into a transition program at the University of Tennessee designed to improve academic performance and "demystify" the college experience. The immediate goals of the foreign language component as well as its broader implications for minority student achievement are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Change Strategies, College Bound Students
Peer reviewedWelch, Olga M.; And Others – Urban Education, 1989
Describes Project Austin-East EXCEL, a pilot college preparatory program for inner-city minority high school students in Knoxville (Tennessee). Develops an "academic ethos" through the following components: (1) reading, writing, and foreign language program; (2) "demystification" of the college experience; and (3) career…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Black Students, Career Planning, College Environment
Heller, Rachelle S.; Martin, C. Dianne – Computing Teacher, 1992
This project was designed to encourage ninth and tenth grade minority women to develop scientific interests through a series of Saturday seminars and a 10-day summer residential program. Pedagogical and environmental keys to project success included cooperative learning models, computer skills, research skills, communication skills, networking,…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Cooperative Learning, Females, Grade 10
