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Direct linkGuesno, Erin – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2012
Elementary school students at a suburban K-12 charter school are facing a difficult transition into the secondary program. In an effort to ease this transition and retain students, the principal requires the secondary teachers to implement a study skills program into the daily curriculum. Initially, the teachers do not voice any objections to the…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Charter Schools, Preservice Teacher Education, Negative Attitudes
Lovitt, Thomas C. – PRO-ED, Inc., 2007
Like its two predecessors, "Preventing School Dropouts" [C1991] and "Preventing School Failure" [C2000], this third edition is a book about teaching. Although primarily written for teachers, tutors and parents may also find this book helpful. It is a collection of carefully selected teaching techniques aimed at helping young adults learn important…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Success, Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques
Chamot, Anna Uhl – 1983
This paper discusses and advocates the application of structured immersion, or transfer instruction, to the elementary school curriculum in English as a second language (ESL). It is proposed that transfer instruction, bridging bilingual or ESL programs and the mainstream all-English curriculum, helps children transfer the concepts and skills they…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Immersion Programs
Download full textJanopoulos, Michael – 1989
A procedure used by a university-affiliated intensive English language program to mainstream students into regular academic courses is described. The program, affiliated with Southeast Missouri State University, includes traditional English-as-a-Second-Language courses with heavy emphasis on writing and reading skills, and courses in American…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Articulation (Education), College Faculty, College Students
Saks, Norma Susswein, Ed.; Killeya, Ley A., Ed.; Rushton, Joan, Ed. – 2000
This study skills curriculum is part of a "pipeline" program designed to recruit, matriculate, and graduate educationally disadvantaged students at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (UMDNJ-RWJMS). It is an integral part of the Biomedical Careers Program (BCP) and the Science…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Counseling, College Bound Students
Platt, Jennifer M.; Olson, Judy L. – 1997
This textbook provides information on how to teach middle and high school students with mild disabilities both in school settings and in out-of-school settings and how to prepare these adolescents for future postsecondary and work environments. Part 1, "The Student and the Secondary School Environment," addresses the following topics:…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Course Content, Cultural Differences
