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Download full textIto, Hiroshi – International Journal of Higher Education, 2014
Learning assessments of the First-Year Experience (FYE) at universities have drawn increasing attention. Despite its current popularity, few pieces of literature on the FYE learning assessment exist in Japan. To present a case of FYE in the context of Japan, this paper examines the FYE course called the Vision Planning Seminar (VPS) at the Nagoya…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Student Experience, Strategic Planning
Direct linkBarnes, Randall A.; Piland, William E. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
Recent efforts to improve developmental education have included references to learning communities as examples of effective practices in basic skills education. The study "Basic skills as a foundation for student success in California community colleges" (2007) cited research from Tinto that suggested that learning communities and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Community Colleges, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
McIntosh, Joshua Grant – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the impact of basic skills curricular learning communities on academically underprepared community college students to determine if participation in such programs significantly contributed to student persistence from year one to year two. The conceptual framework that informed this study was Tinto's (1993) longitudinal model of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Basic Skills, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"High School Redirection" is an alternative high school program for youth considered at risk of dropping out. The program emphasizes basic skills development (with a particular focus on reading skills) and offers limited extra-curricular activities. The schools operate in economically disadvantaged areas and serve students who have…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, High Schools, High School Students, High Risk Students
Curby, Vicki M. – 1984
An evaluation of an academic support program at the University of Missouri-Columbia is discussed. The Learning Center's support program provides assistance in writing, math, study skills, reading, science, and other subjects, as well as individual and small group tutoring. The Learning Center keeps computer records of each student's participation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills
Platt, Gail M. – 1993
The Learning Center (LC) at South Plains College (SPC), in Texas, offers remedial reading instruction, college-level reading and human development, Success Seminars, orientation services, tutoring, and independent study for academic skills development. The center, which has the most successful remedial reading program in the state, combines the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Tait, Tony; Frankland, Gillian; Smith, David; Moore, Sharon – 2001
To support schools and colleges across England in implementing Curriculum 2000, England's Learning and Skills Development Agency worked with more than 40 schools and sixth form and further education (FE) colleges to identify the challenges institutions will likely face when preparing for the second year of advanced-level Curriculum 2000 programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Administrator Attitudes
Brooks, Greg; Giles, Kerry; Harman, John; Kendall, Sally; Rees, Felicity; Whittaker, Sara – 2001
Research on adult basic skills in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the English-speaking world was reviewed. The most-researched areas of adult basic skills were literacy, numeracy, English for speakers of other languages, information and computer technology, and oracy. Oracy skills for monolingual English speakers and numeracy skills for…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Sawbridge, Stephen J. – 2001
This document is intended to help practitioners and researchers in the United Kingdom find and use Internet-based research resources dealing with raising achievement. The introduction discusses the state of research into school effectiveness in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Part A, which reviews available World Wide Web sites devoted to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adoption (Ideas), Basic Skills
