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Madeline Springle; McKenna Sperry; Samantha Jones; Leah Pezer; Thomas O'Neill; David W. Eaton – Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2024
REDEVELOP is a graduate student training program funded by the NSERC-CREATE grant, starting in 2017. Its goal is to support the training of new professionals and researchers (> 100) who will be the next generation of science and engineering leaders and policymakers in Canada. The program has successfully developed a framework for operating…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, STEM Education
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Hatcher, John W., III. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
This study explored a process of mentoring African American males transitioning from high school to college. The researcher used Phinney and Ong's (2007) conceptualization and measurement of ethnic identity development employing the Multi-Group Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised survey. This research is intended to provide insight into the potential…
Descriptors: African Americans, Males, Mentors, Ethnicity
Barron, Kenneth E.; Hulleman, Chris S.; Inouye, R. Bryce; Hartka, Thomas A. – National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools, 2015
In our session, we showcase work from a researcher-practitioner partnership between James Madison University, the University of Virginia, and Harrisonburg City Public Schools that is focused on developing a continuous improvement process to translate social-psychological interventions into teaching practices that enhance motivation and learning.…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Universities, Public Schools
Corsello, Maryann; Sharma, Anu; Jerabek, Angela – Grantee Submission, 2015
Ninth grade is a pivotal year for students. Numerous studies find that academic performance in 9th grade often sets the student's trajectory throughout the high school years, as well as the probability of graduation. The Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR) model is a comprehensive approach that addresses developmental, academic, and school…
Descriptors: Grade 9, High School Students, Transitional Programs, Experimental Groups
Deslandes, Rollande; Rivard, Marie-Claude; Joyal, France; Trudeau, Francois – Online Submission, 2010
This qualitative study used focus groups to identify the knowledge about the "Arts du Cirque" Program implemented in a primary school and to explore perceptions of its impacts. Data are based on the discourse of school staff members, parents and other members of the community of an elementary school. The impacts on students are…
Descriptors: School Activities, Focus Groups, School Community Relationship, Program Effectiveness
Moore, Alfred – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2009
This paper reports on a pilot interdisciplinary graduate Summer School in Theory and Philosophy for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, which aimed to combine research with graduate teaching and learning. The paper will develop reflections on the ways in which interdisciplinary residential learning spaces can promote successful skills…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach, Curriculum Development, Student Development
Stall, Patricia; Elsbree, Anne Rene; Lawler, Brian R. – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this qualitative research was to develop professional dispositions in secondary pre-service teachers. Throughout the one year credential program, we infused a repetitive and deliberate learning sequence directed at practicing habits of reflection. Scenarios, case studies, role plays, simulations and discussions included questions,…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Learning Modules, Student Development, Preservice Teachers
Labas, Gladys; Minaya Rowe, Liliana – Online Submission, 2010
This paper reports on how ten school districts and a state university system address a state-funded college readiness program for high school student achievement in mathematics and English. It addresses in qualitative and quantitative detail: (a) the school-university partnership designed to decrease the number of high school students that require…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, School Districts
Harvey, Barbara H. – 1994
Student retention has been a divisive educational question since the turn of the century. And although early educators found that retention was not particularly effective, they continued using it because their options were limited. Today, educators have many options to retention. Using the database from Project STAR, a study explored the common…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Class Size, Grade Repetition, Primary Education
Harvey, Barbara H. – 1994
Retention of students began soon after the introduction of graded elementary schools in the mid-1800s. As early as 1911, research started to show that retention failed to remedy the difficulties of academic achievement and social adjustment exposed through graded schools. Educators today have a number of options other than retention designed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Class Size, Grade Repetition
Brown, William F.; Forristall-Brown, Dorothy Z. – 1986
The Computer-Assisted Study Skills Improvement Program (CASSIP) uses interactive instruction with a computer in these areas: managing time, improving memory, taking lecture notes, reading textbooks, taking examinations, writing themes and reports, making oral reports, improving scholastic motivation, improving interpersonal relations, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Program Effectiveness
Isakson, Richard; And Others – 1988
This document describes the Heritage Developmental Community (HDC), a program implemented by Brigham Young University's Housing Department and Counseling and Development Center to facilitate and accelerate student development and to create an ecosystem within a university residential setting wherein all parts relate and interact to reach…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Ecology, Higher Education
Freiberg, H. Jerome; And Others – 1989
Teachers who are trained in Consistency Management and who use its principles in the classroom can facilitate improvement in student academic achievement. The Consistency Management Program, consisting of school and classroom management strategies integrated with instructional methods, seems to provide the conditions for learning to occur. Five…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Faculty Development, High Risk Students
Aitken, Joan E. – 1994
Although portfolio evaluation is the key issue with which the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, currently struggles, the department has yet to develop a reliable quantitative method of assessing the portfolios. The department found itself ill-prepared to have the state immediately thrust it into new…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Communication Skills, Educational Assessment, Higher Education
Kruckeberg, Dean – 1995
It is unlikely that Harvard University (Massachusetts) considered "outcomes assessment" for its first class of nine students in 1640, and most certainly the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States did not offer a public relations curriculum. A short history of education in the United States shows increasing numbers of…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Educational History, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
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