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Kielsmeier, James C. – Education and Urban Society, 1996
Describes the urban-centered WalkAbout summer program, which involves hands-on service learning emphasizing the importance of students being authentically invested in their own learning. Program goals include increasing academic achievement, providing opportunities for community-based learning, developing a service ethic in youth, and improving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, College Students, Critical Thinking
Kinzig, Karen; Nakai, Janet – 1995
Kindergarten and third-grade students in two suburban communities located in northern Illinois participated in the implementation of a program for improving student's engagement in social interactions and academic activities. The problem documentation indicated a need for teacher's intervention in order to improve student's social academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment
Ruppert, Nancy Bell; Smith, Margaret J. – 1996
This study examines components of a middle school program designed to enable at-risk students to complete the 3 years of middle school in 2 years, and it looks at the progress of eight graduates of the program during their first semester in high school in South Carolina. Over-age students who entered sixth grade and displayed potential were…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Acceleration (Education), Articulation (Education), Grade 9
Tucker, Adam; Sze, Sarah – 1994
This fact sheet describes a six-week, tuition-free workshop program, Citybridge in Concord, Massachusetts, in education where motivated middle school students work with talented high school and college students who are interested in teaching. The inservice curriculum is designed to prepare urban youth for the challenging high school curriculum and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Course Objectives, Curriculum Design
Peddie, Roger – 1992
Standards-based assessment is the student evaluation method favored by the National Qualifications Framework developed by the New Zealand National Qualifications Authority. Before determining an assessment method, definitions of key terms and concepts such as assessment, validity, and reliability must be determined. Good assessments are developed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1992
This loose-leaf compendium includes three types of brief research summaries: "topical synthesis,""close-ups," and "snapshots." The single topical synthesis is entitled "School-Community Collaboration to Improve the Quality of Life for Urban Youth and Their Families" (Kathleen Cotton). Close-ups consist of…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Richardson, Richard C., Jr.; And Others – 1992
This guide provides information for policy leaders who need to develop or revise action plans aimed at improving learning environments for an increasingly diverse student clientele. The self-assessment is organized into three sections. The first section introduces the self-assessment, defines key terms, discusses the conceptual framework that…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Students, Cultural Differences, Data Collection
Winchell, Anne; Schwartz, Charles P. – 1993
In 1985, Kingsborough Community College (KCC), in Brooklyn, established the New Start Program to assist students who began their postsecondary education at senior colleges, but encountered academic difficulties there. New Start applicants are admitted to KCC as matriculants in good academic standing. They take regular courses and are expected to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, College Transfer Students, Colleges
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Nashville. – 1990
Tennessee's challenge for the future is to further change and revitalize the state's educational system by sustaining the momentum of the 1980s reform movements. Data collected during 1984-89 indicate that gains from school reforms are illustrated by improved standardized test scores, increased student readiness for college and work, a better…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, College School Cooperation, Educational Change
McConnell, Beverly – 1983
The 1982-83 report on the Individualized Bilingual Instruction (IBI) Interstate Training Project evaluates Project activities in Washington and Texas, funded through Section 143 of the Migrant Education Interstate and Intrastate Coordination Program. The purpose of the Project is stated: to disseminate the Pasco (Washington) School District's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cooperative Programs
Winchell, Anne – 1989
In 1985, Kingsborough Community College (KCC) in Brooklyn, established the New Start Program to assist students who began their post-secondary education at cooperating senior colleges, but encountered academic difficulties there. The program offers individual and group counseling to help participants overcome previous difficulties and work toward…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, College Transfer Students, Colleges
Winchell, Anne – 1987
Kingborough Community College's (KCC's) New Start Program was initiated in 1985 to give students who were unsuccessful at senior colleges a second chance at higher education. Following a very successful first year during which retention and academic performance were significantly improved, the New Start Program was expanded from 63 to 240 students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, College Transfer Students, Colleges
Carroll, Joseph M. – 1987
The Copernican Plan is a way to organize high schools on the basis of research and experience concerning more effective and efficient instruction. Research indicates that large-block scheduling has proven to be very successful. In the plan, each student will enroll in one class at a time for about 4 hours each day for a period of 30 days. An…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Class Organization, Educational Change
Tchudi, Stephen N. – 1986
College instructors concerned about student writing quality are provided with information on writing in the content areas and writing across the curriculum. Following an overview of writing in the content area, the chapters focus on writing and learning--"workaday" writing (personalizing knowledge through writing, forms of workaday…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assignments, College Faculty, College Instruction
Grubb, W. Norton; And Others – 1985
This report describes and evaluates the initial effects of the 1984 Texas Education Reform Bill (House Bill 72), in which the Texas legislature enacted a massive attempt to enhance both equity and effectiveness in the State's system of elementary and secondary education. Chapter 1 describes the Bill's various financing components and focuses on…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
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