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Fong, Kelley; Visher, Mary G. – MDRC, 2013
For the past decade, MDRC has evaluated a number of interventions designed to improve the outcomes of community college students, including enhanced counseling, learning communities, and financial incentives. Encouragingly, many of these strategies have produced positive effects, affirming that changes in institutional practices and policies can…
Descriptors: Intervention, Developmental Programs, Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Malofeeva, Lena; Daniel-Echols, Marijata C.; Xiang, Zongping; Epstein, Ann S. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for conceptualizing and assessing fidelity of implementation (FOI) in the context of a cluster-randomized design study. A research-validated mathematics curriculum for preschool children called Numbers Plus is used as an example to describe the role of curriculum implementation fidelity in the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation, Fidelity
Fong, Kelley; Visher, Mary G. – MDRC, 2013
For the past decade, MDRC has evaluated a number of interventions designed to improve the outcomes of community college students, including enhanced counseling, learning communities, and financial incentives. Encouragingly, many of these strategies have produced positive effects, affirming that changes in institutional practices and policies can…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Community Colleges, College Programs