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Direct linkRoss, Steven M.; Potter, Allison; Paek, Jangmi; McKay, Dawn; Sanders, William; Ashton, James – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2008
Supplemental Educational Services (SES), a component of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, provides free tutoring to economically disadvantaged children who are attending Title I schools in their 2nd or more years of school improvement. This research evaluated SES in Tennessee to determine the: (a) impacts on student achievement, and (b)…
Descriptors: Models, Federal Legislation, Educational Objectives, Economically Disadvantaged
Fowler, Catherine H.; Konrad, Moira; Walker, Allison R.; Test, David W.; Wood, Wendy M. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
Federal laws mandate that students with cognitive disabilities receive instruction in academic skills and also support the importance of teaching self-determination. The purpose of this literature review was to synthesize intervention research examining effects of self-determination interventions on academic skills for students with cognitive…
Descriptors: Research Design, Developmental Disabilities, Academic Achievement, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedGordon, Alice M. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Comparisons were made in the conversations of 16 low income children in a preschool intervention program, a group of low income children not in the program, and a group of middle income children. Adults' conversational turns included three types of cognitively complex initiations. Results demonstrated a facilitating effect of day care…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis
Download full textNeimark, Edith D. – 1984
In teaching people to think, a theory is needed about the thought process and about how it is modified by intervention. Most approaches to training people to think focus on an intermediary or mediating process. To explore the effectiveness of a group support training method in modifying cognitive style, the performance of female college student…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Ability, Change Strategies, Cognitive Style
Romberg, Thomas A., Ed. – 1985
This book is a collection of essays by various authors documenting the development and evaluation of Individually Guided Education (IGE), a planned attempt, involving thousands of scholars and practitioners, to produce more effective elementary schools. Part 1, "An Attempt to Restructure Elementary Schooling," consists of three chapters…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1993
This report gathers papers prepared for a design conference for the evaluation of the Federal Talent Search Program, an early intervention program to identify gifted and talented financially needy students and connect them with discretionary grants for higher education. An introductory paper synthesizes major conference themes. These include: (1)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Early Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Bragg, Debra D.; And Others – 1986
A study examined the relative effectiveness of three alternative delivery systems for secondary vocational education--vocational high schools, comprehensive high schools, and area vocational centers. It also ascertained how well secondary vocational education is serving women, minority groups, handicapped individuals, economically disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged
