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Brown, Michelle J. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2018
The Biggest Mover Program, an educational program to improve daily exercise and healthy eating was developed to address the learning needs of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities and physical challenges. The program was part of a three-part program to improve the knowledge of students, staff, and teachers through the use of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Health Behavior, Health Promotion
Arena, Meaghan L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With six-year degree completion rates for undergraduate students at a dismal 50% nationally (Weddle-West & Bingham, 2010), many institutions of higher education strive to develop programming to increase student retention rates. Summer bridge programs, an example of commonly used retention programs, seek to increase retention rates by…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Social Integration, Undergraduate Students
Rossell, Christine H. – 1986
The Walsh and Carballo evaluation of the effectiveness of transitional bilingual education programs in five Massachusetts communities, has the following flaws: (1) the sample of school districts studied suffered from "self-selection bias"; (2) the sample does not include a single large, urban school district; (3) the student samples…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Control Groups, English Instruction, Experimental Groups