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Jean Grossman; Betsy Tessler; Keith Olejniczak; Francesca Ciaramella – MDRC, 2024
Job Corps is the largest and most comprehensive education and job training program in the United States for young people ages 16 to 24 who are not in school or working. Most students live at and take classes at its approximately 120 residential centers. To explore ways to improve student outcomes and reduce per-student costs, Job Corps pilot…
Descriptors: Job Training, Partnerships in Education, Pilot Projects, Program Effectiveness
Jones, Kiante Eli – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Throughout the history of the United States there have existed gaps in the educational achievement outcomes of different groups of students. One of the most well-known and persistent achievement gaps is seen in the academic performance of Black versus White students, which is also known as the Black-White student achievement gap (BWSAG). The BWSAG…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Achievement Gap, Public Schools, Charter Schools
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Holzman, Brian; Thrash, Courtney; Chukhray, Irina – Houston Education Research Consortium, 2023
High-performing first-generation and economically disadvantaged students are more likely to attend colleges and universities that are less competitive than their academic qualifications allow, which makes them less likely to graduate. EMERGE is a multiyear, personalized college advising program that aims to address this problem by preparing…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Academically Gifted, First Generation College Students
Val Lazarev; Adam Schellinger; Jenna Zacamy – Empirical Education Inc., 2023
This report leverages state educational agency data to explore the association between Alabama Science in Motion (ASIM) implementation and student outcomes. We conducted this study in Alabama to evaluate the potential of teacher implementation of ASIM lab activities to improve high school level student achievement in science. This study follows a…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Achievement, Institutional Characteristics, Student Characteristics
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Méndez Martínez, Emilio; Fernandez-Rio, Javier – Research in Drama Education, 2021
The goal was to assess the effects of a Theatrical Improvisation programme on students' motor creativity. 163 Secondary Education students participated: the experimental group, who experienced a Theatrical Improvisation unit, and the comparison group, who experienced a Drama in Education unit (based on the current Spanish educational law). A…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Program Effectiveness, Creative Activities, Motor Development
Hargis, Mary B. – Online Submission, 2023
The goal of this study was to further evaluate the impact of IXL Math on math learning outcomes. Using a quasi-experimental design with matched treatment and control groups, this analysis utilized data from 312 public schools in Mississippi during the 2021-2022 school year. The middle school analysis included 272 schools (136 treatment, 136…
Descriptors: High School Students, Mathematics Education, Outcomes of Education, Comparative Analysis
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Westbrook, Anne L.; Adams, Catrina T.; Taylor, Joseph A. – American Biology Teacher, 2023
A feature of student--teacher--scientist partnerships (STSPs) involves students working with scientists for the purpose of helping them learn more about how scientists work and think. Previous research on STSPs has generally focused on identifying the best practices of partnerships and on identifying challenges of these partnerships. The study…
Descriptors: Scientists, Biology, Science Instruction, Partnerships in Education
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Fiona L. Macphee; Stephanie K. Brewer; Margaret H. Sibley; Paulo Graziano; Joseph S. Raiker; Stefany J. Coxe; Pablo Martin; Shauntal J. Van Dreel; Mercedes Ortiz Rodriguez; Aaron R. Lyon; Timothy F. Page – Grantee Submission, 2023
Background: Youth with ADHD are at risk of academic impairments, dropping out of high school, and dysfunction in young adulthood. Interventions delivered early in high school could prevent these harmful outcomes, yet few high school students with ADHD receive treatment due to limited access to intervention providers. This study will test a…
Descriptors: Intervention, High School Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Comparative Analysis
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Ueda, Yukiko; Sawamoto, Mayuri; Kobayashi, Tomomi; Myojin, Chiho; Sakamoto, Chikae; Hayami, Naomi; Watanabe, Hitoshi; Hongu, Nobuko – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of nutrition education programme using the Convenient, Attractive, Normative (CAN) framework to facilitate changes in mindset, attitudes and behaviours towards food among high-school male baseball players. Design: Quasi-experimental design. Setting: Two public high schools in Osaka,…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, High School Students, Team Sports, Intervention
Jahan, Afroze – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the effect of Project Lead the Way(TM) Engineering Curriculum on the academic performance of Grades 9-12 students in a Southwest Texas school district. Study participants were comprised of 9-12 graders who participated in Advanced Placement (AP) Testing in a large Southeast Texas school…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Advanced Placement, Science Tests, Program Effectiveness
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Donna Cross; Kevin C. Runions; Therese Shaw; Janice W. Y. Wong; Marilyn Campbell; Natasha Pearce; Sharyn Burns; Leanne Lester; Amy Barnes; Ken Resnicow – International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 2019
Peer bullying in schools is a significant public health problem that contributes to poor health and wellbeing outcomes for those who bully or are bullied. Meta-analyses of the efficacy of secondary school bullying prevention interventions have typically found no effects or an increase in student bullying. Consequently, few secondary school studies…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Intervention, Secondary School Students
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Prati, Gabriele; Mazzoni, Davide; Guarino, Antonella; Albanesi, Cinzia; Cicognani, Elvira – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Youth-led participatory action research (YPAR) is a theoretical-methodological approach that has been designed to promote positive development (e.g., well-being and health, social-emotional and cognitive development, academic or career advancement) and civic engagement among young people. Although YPAR holds particular promise, there has been…
Descriptors: Action Research, Participatory Research, Citizen Participation, Program Effectiveness
Souribio, Christine N. – Online Submission, 2023
"Gamification is the process of using game thinking and game dynamics to engage audiences and solve problems", Zichermann (2011). The aim of this research is to facilitate the least-learned competencies in the English subject of students of Grade 8 in Tupi National High School for the academic year 2022-2023. With this, the researcher…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Game Based Learning, High School Students, Language Tests
Hernan, Colleen J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Academic engagement has been shown to decline as students progress through elementary and middle school, reaching the lowest levels in high school. Increasing student engagement has been an explicit goal of many school and district improvement efforts, especially at the high school level. As the capabilities of portable technology continue to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Handheld Devices, Intervention, Contingency Management
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Torcasso, Gina; Hilt, Lori M. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2017
Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death among youth. Suicide screening programs aim to identify mental health issues and prevent death by suicide. Objective: The present study evaluated outcomes of a multi-stage screening program implemented over 3 school years in a moderately-sized Midwestern high school. Methods: One hundred ninety-three…
Descriptors: Suicide, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, High School Students
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