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Oregon Department of Education, 2011
Young people are entering college at increasingly higher rates, yet many are under-prepared for the academic challenges they encounter. Educators and policy makers are calling for increased educational opportunities that prepare all students for the rigors of postsecondary education. Accelerated learning opportunities foster smoother and more…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), College Credits, Dual Enrollment, Educational Trends
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Miller, Melissa A.; Fenty, Nicole; Scott, Terrance M.; Park, Kristy Lee – Remedial and Special Education, 2011
Students who are socially competent are more likely to experience school success than those who are not. Students with social deficits experience frequent failures with both peers and adults and often require explicit social skills instruction. Because social skills instruction programs taught in isolation rarely result in successful skill…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Reading Instruction, Interpersonal Competence, Reading
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Alexandersson, Mikael – Oxford Review of Education, 2011
This article describes and analyses some crucial aspects in the latest reforms of Swedish upper secondary education. For decades Sweden stood out as a special case in several respects, in particular the integration of different tracks in upper secondary education; offering second chances to dropouts, and success in terms of equality and…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Secondary Education, Dropouts, Foreign Countries
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Weber, Carolyn A. – American Educational History Journal, 2013
Millions visited the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago between May and October, 1893. World's fairs and exhibitions had grown and developed grander purposes since the first one in London in 1851: "Beginning as large international industrial displays and showcases for the new inventions and discoveries of science and technology, they…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, American Indians, American Indian Culture, Exhibits
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Lovell, Elyse D'nn; Karr, Elizabeth – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2013
The excitement was palpable as the day had finally come -- Research Day! Introduction to Psychology students in a community college who were earning vocational and transfer degrees had become fledging researchers, exuberant to share their knowledge with peers, instructors, their families and community members. Students presented their research…
Descriptors: Psychology, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Research
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Sommer, Lutz – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2013
Introduction: The paper at hand examines the influence of Cognitive Style (CS) and International Experience (IE) on International Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (IESE) and International Entrepreneurial Intention (IEI) as well as the role of Academic Education (AE) in this context. Method: Based on a survey that was conducted among 111 students the…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Cognitive Style, Academic Education, Models
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The "Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School" practice guide was developed by the What Works Clearinghouse™ (WWC) in conjunction with an expert panel to support teachers in providing language instruction. The practice guide provides teachers with guidelines and examples of ways to…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Literacy
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) program studies the progress of several groups of young Australians as they move from school into post-secondary education and work. This technical paper contains the frequency tables for the LSAY 2009 cohort Wave 3 (2011) data set. [For the related questionnaire, see ED536306.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Longitudinal Studies, Educational Attainment
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Hunt, Pam; McDonnell, John; Crockett, Margret A. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2012
The emergence of the standards-based reform movement has raised a number of issues related to the design of educational programs for students with severe disabilities, and a debate has arisen that presents an "either/or" choice between the general education curriculum and an ecological curricular framework that has traditionally guided…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Lifelong Learning, Quality of Life, Curriculum Development
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Ergul, Cevriye; Baydik, Berrin; Demir, Seyda – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the opinions of in-service and pre-service special education teachers on the undergraduate special education programs, field competencies, and their own professional competence. Participants' suggestions for improving undergraduate special education programs and in-service training programs including topics…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Special Education, Undergraduate Study, Teacher Attitudes
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Maaranen, Katriina – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2010
Finnish teacher education has been higher academic education since 1979. Thus, all primary school teachers graduate as Masters and they conduct an MA thesis. For this research 23 teachers were interviewed in order to determine their conceptions of reflection, teacher research and their future research intentions. These teacher students worked…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Teacher Researchers, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Hopwood, Nick – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
Much attention has been paid to formal pedagogic elements of the doctorate--supervision and other structured institutional provisions--but we know less about the role played by non-formal practices in doctoral students' learning. This paper explores the experiences of eight doctoral students involved in editing student-run journals. Editorship and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Prior Learning, Graduate Students, Role
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Shaunessy, Elizabeth; Suldo, Shannon M.; Friedrich, Allison – High Ability Studies, 2011
This exploratory study examined the mean levels of perfectionism among 178 general education students and 141 students enrolled in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, a rigorous academic curriculum. The study also explored perfectionism in relation to grade level and student outcomes (psychological functioning, academic achievement).…
Descriptors: General Education, Life Satisfaction, Academic Achievement, Academic Education
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Gale, K.; Turner, R.; McKenzie, L. M. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2011
The Dearing Report advocated that the traditionally separate post-compulsory education sectors of English higher education (HE) and further education (FE) should bring together the academic and vocational in a working partnership. This has led to significant changes in the working practices of colleges, lecturers and support staff. Drawing on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Adult Education, Academic Education
Wheelahan, Leesa; Arkoudis, Sophie; Moodie, Gavin; Fredman, Nick; Bexley, Emmaline – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
The sectoral divide between vocational education and training (VET) and higher education in Australia is blurring as a consequence of broader social and economic pressures for a more highly skilled population, but also as a consequence of government policies designed to develop tertiary education markets and to diversify institutional types. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Diversity (Institutional), Foreign Countries, Profiles
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