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Cook, Bryan G., Ed.; Tankersley, Melody, Ed.; Landrum, Timothy J., Ed.; Scruggs, Thomas E., Ed.; Mastropieri, Margo A., Ed. – Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, 2012
The focus of this volume is to identify and review issues and outcomes associated with behavioral concerns of students with learning and behavioral disabilities. Students must navigate a number of environmental conditions, task demands, and social interactions with peers and adults throughout the school day. To be successful, they must employ a…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Students with Disabilities
Johnson, Genevieve M.; Andrew, Howell J. – Online Submission, 2005
Pre-service teacher education is concerned with producing graduates who move into the field able, in terms of both skills and attitudes, to implement research-based conclusions that may not always coincide with the attitudes of previously trained teachers. We sought to assess attitudes and attitude change regarding contemporary issues in education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Inclusive Schools
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Battaglini, Janis K. – Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2004
This report contains the retention and graduation patterns of full-time undergraduate students at Maryland's public four-year colleges and universities from 1982 to 2002. Specifically, it looks at the number and percentage of students who were retained at their original public four-year campus and those who graduated from any senior public college…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Public Colleges, Higher Education, Graduation Rate
Paredes, Vicente – 1991
The transition to high school is a crucial time in a student's academic career. This summary is presented as a caution to students, parents, teachers, administrators, and the public to warn of some of the hazards of the transition year (grade nine). In 1989-90, ninth-graders in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District had the lowest…
Descriptors: Attendance, Discipline Problems, Dropout Rate, Enrollment
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Lorence, Jon; Dworkin, Anthony Gary.; Toenjes, Laurence A.; Hill, Antwanette N. – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2002
Although considerable research examines the impact of grade retention on student academic achievement, various shortcomings exhibited across these studies make it difficult to derive any concrete generalizations about the effectiveness of requiring students to repeat a grade. By utilizing data based on a cohort of all low-achieving elementary…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade Repetition, Reading Tests, Social Promotion
Hayes, William – 2000
Case studies described in this book reflect conditions present in today's public schools. Situations described in these case studies are intended to introduce education students to the variety of problems existing in today's schools. The 38 case studies highlight: student cheating; teacher's observation by administrator; inclusion; contract…
Descriptors: Art Education, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, Block Scheduling