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Bickford, Elizabeth K. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
An achievement gap exists in mathematics between elementary school students with and without disabilities. Guided by the conceptual framework of constructivism, this project study addressed issues related to this achievement gap in the area of mathematics, specifically assessing the cause of this gap from the teachers' perspective. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Elementary School Students, Disabilities, Mathematics Achievement
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Engelmann, Siegfried – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2011
This article presents the author's response to Karen Eppley's "Reading Mastery as Pedagogy of Erasure". Eppley's commentary (2011) on Dr. Stockard's article, "Increasing Reading Skills in Rural Areas: An Analysis of Three Rural School Districts" (Stockard, 2011), uses selected details as points of departure for a critique of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Reading Skills, Basic Skills
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Magnusson, Maria; Pramling, Niklas – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
In this empirical study, the appropriation of a symbolic skill by a five-year old child is analysed. His evolving production and understanding are investigated through his sign-making and his explanations of these when speaking with a researcher. The child is studied in his home. A contrasting case of another child of the same age also making…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Semiotics, Symbolic Language, Communication Skills
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Ito, 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
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Maclean, Rupert; Jagannathan, Shanti – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
The article provides an overview of the global economic landscape in which the contemporary skills development discourse is located. Effective skills development oriented to market needs and to competitiveness in high-value global value chains will help developing economies to avoid the middle income trap. It outlines major issues and challenges…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Global Approach
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Goldfien, Andrea C.; Badway, Norena Norton – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Bridge programs, in which underprepared students gain the academic and technical skills necessary for college level courses and entry-level employment, are a promising initiative for expanding access to, and success in, community college education. For career pathways related to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM), bridge…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Community Colleges, Biotechnology, Basic Skills
Herzenberg, Stephen; Price, Mark; Wood, Michael – Keystone Research Center, 2014
Pennsylvania's deep cuts in funding to K-12 education since 2010-11 have drawn a great deal of attention in recent months. Less widely recognized is the fact that Pennsylvania enacted even deeper cuts, on a percentage basis, to funding for public higher education in the same period. Four-year colleges received the largest reductions in funding,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Investment, Educational Opportunities, Educational Development
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Sayan, Hamiyet – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
This study aims to analyze the relationship between playing computer games and learning basic mathematics skills. It shows the role computer games play in the learning and achievement of basic mathematical skills by students. Nowadays it is clear that individuals, especially young persons are very fond of computer and computer games. Since…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Computer Games, Mathematics Skills
McNally, Sandra – Centre for Economic Performance, 2015
England's performance in international tests of student achievement continues to be disappointing. Further improvement is essential not only for students' themselves but also for economic growth. This briefing considers the impact of Academies, school spending and teacher quality. Research evidence suggests that it is right to protect school…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Achievement, Performance Based Assessment, International Education
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National Center for Special Education Research, 2015
The most recent scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP, 2013) indicate that the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their peers is widening and that 69% of 4th graders and 60% of 8th graders with identified disabilities score below basic levels. The Institute of Education Sciences' National Center for…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Students with Disabilities, Reading Research, Reading Difficulties
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Woerner, Ali, Ed. – Journal of Dance Education, 2010
In this first article as the new editor of this column, the author discusses issues in the private sector for students with goals of pursuing degrees in higher education and aspirations for performance careers. She is well aware that several areas comprise teaching in the private sector, many of which focus on far different goals than these. She…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Dance Education, Basic Skills, Dance
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2016
The pathways for academic career and employment program (PACE) is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of projects that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic and employment training to ensure gain. This is the third…
Descriptors: Career Education, Job Training, Outreach Programs, State Programs
Illinois Community College Board, 2016
The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) continues to build and expand opportunities for adult education students to transition into college and the workforce. Through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the ICCB will better align services with the core partners to assist students in accessing career pathway instructional and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Family Literacy, Community Colleges, Federal Legislation
LeBlanc, Paul – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2013
Southern New Hampshire University's (SNHU) "College for America" (CfA) made history in April 2013 when it became the first degree program to be approved under the "direct assessment of learning" provisions in Title IV. For the first time, federal financial aid can pay for what students actually learn, not how long they sat in a…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Competence, Competency Based Education, College Students
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Hempenstall, Kerry – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2013
Controversy has surrounded the annual National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) since its introduction in 2008. This initiative was designed to provide nationally consistent information on student progress in basic skills in years 3, 5, and 7, replacing the various state-based tests that preceded it. A great deal of criticism has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Difficulties, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
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