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Brickle, Woodrow, II – 1990
The negative impact of low attendance and the lack of effective, alternative classroom learning strategies are factors that mitigate against student interest and success in mathematics, particularly with respect to inner-city at-risk students. The goal of this practicum was to improve the problem-solving skills of a group of 50 alternative high…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Smith, Gayle; Smith, Don – 1989
This practitioner's guide is designed to provide an overview of a schoolwide study skills program that accommodates individual student learning styles of at-risk students who may be potential dropouts at the secondary education level. The schoolwide skills model described here is appropriate for all grade levels especially secondary levels as it…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Content Area Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Download full textPresseisen, Barbara Z., Ed. – 1988
This collection of research reports explores teaching cognitive skills to at-risk students. Focus includes the following: (1) broad issues guiding the research; (2) historical perspective; (3) student characteristics; (4) student needs; (5) research on teaching thinking and problem solving; (6) teacher training; and (7) instructional and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedCohen, Sandra B.; deBettencourt, Laurie V. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1991
This article examines school dropout rates, the impact of dropouts on society, and the prevention of dropouts by early identification of "reluctant learners" and early instructional interventions that address motivation, self-concept, attention, and learning strategies. At the secondary level, intervention should focus on school conditions that…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Dropout Prevention, Early Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit, Edinboro, PA. – 1999
Although the emphasis elsewhere is on learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder as possible causal factors for high dropout rates and associated student deficiencies in adult education (AE), a project explored an alternative etiology: intention deficit disorder. The hypothesis was that higher level "executive" regulatory…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Dropout Prevention, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Connor, Timothy J. – 1990
Many organizations and experts in the field of mathematics education have recommended the inclusion of technology and, more specifically, computer programing within the course of study for the teaching of school mathematics. The incorporation of these recommendations with respect to the teaching of remedial mathematics poses a problem, since…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, High Risk Students, High Schools
