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Direct linkPretlow, Joshua, III; Wathington, Heather D. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
Having garnered national attention, high failure rates in developmental education present a significant barrier to state and national policymakers' goals of increasing the percentage of adults who earn a college credential. However, a majority of the research fails to consider why students place into developmental education. This piece examines a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Summer Programs
Download full textThomas, Terry A. – 1987
A study investigated the long-term impact of acceleration on academically talented youth. Twenty-three females and 20 males completed questionnaires about the California State University at Sacramento (CSUS) Academic Talent Search Program they had attended 4 years previously as junior high students. Students reported on the experiences, academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education), Followup Studies, Gifted
Peer reviewedKolloff, Penny Britton; Moore, Alan D. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1989
The self-concepts of 508 gifted students in grades 5-10 who participated in 3 summer residential programs were examined. Self-concept scores across all grade levels and programs were significantly higher at the end of the programs, compared to the beginning. In one program the scores of sixth-grade boys declined somewhat. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Intermediate Grades, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedde Felix, Judith Walker; Pena, Sylvia Cavazos – Hispania, 1992
A project is reported in which selected bilingual Mexican-American teachers from Texas traveled to Mexico for a four-week study to collect materials appropriate for U.S. classroom use. The effects of the project on language fluency and ethnic self-concept are discussed. (22 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Cultural Background, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
Brounstein, Paul; Holahan, William – 1987
The study attempted to chart the differences in self-concept between academically gifted and non-gifted competent seventh-graders, and also to investigate the attributional patterns associated with self-concept across four domains of activity--social and academic achievement oriented success and failure. The study attempted to measure changes in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Attribution Theory, Enrichment Activities
Peer reviewedGambino, Josie; Rejskind, Gillian – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1990
The effects of a summer program on self-concept scores of 139 gifted students in grades 4 to 8 were examined. Results indicated that regular and special program students did not differ significantly in self-concept; existing gender differences in self-concept were attenuated upon program completion; and self-concept was unrelated to grade.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Change Agents, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
Cognetta, Randall A.; Goodwine, Jean – 1986
Designed for migrant students in grades 9 through 12, the Yo Puedo Program attempted to motivate students to remain in and graduate from high school and to continue their education at the university level. The 5-week summer program, conducted at the University of California at Santa Cruz, provided an academic setting and a positive learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Art Activities, Career Planning
