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Zachry Rutschow, Elizabeth; Diamond, John – MDRC, 2015
National studies reveal that 50 percent to 70 percent of community college students are required to take developmental, or remedial, math courses upon enrollment, and only 20 percent of developmental math students ever successfully complete a college-level math course. Taking up the challenge is the "New Mathways Project" (NMP),…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics
Bobby K. Terry – Online Submission, 2011
Texas has some of the lowest SAT scores in the nation. They are ranked 36th nationwide in graduation rates and teacher salaries rank at number 33. The public school system in Texas has problems with overcrowding, violence, and poor performance on standardized testing. Currently 300,000 families have opted out of the public school system in order…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Curriculum Development, Program Development, Learning Theories
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Lee, Mimi Miyoung; Chauvot, Jennifer; Plankis, Brian; Vowell, Julie; Culpepper, Shea – Internet and Higher Education, 2011
iSMART (Integration of Science, Mathematics, and Reflective Teaching) Program is an online science and mathematics integrated graduate program for middle school teachers across the state of Texas. As part of a large design-based research project, this paper describes the initial stages of the design process of the iSMART program for its first…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Masters Programs, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Dissemination. – 1978
Intended for use by visitors to the Demonstration Schools in Individualized Instruction (DSII) network, this guide provides the following information: lists of members of the DSII steering committee and service center contact persons, explanations of the DSII and of Project CITE (Coordinated Information for Texas Educators), a visitor's checklist…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Individualized Instruction
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Staudt, Denise; Risku, Michael; Martinez, Elda – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
The Science and Mathematics Alliance for Recruiting and Retaining Teachers (SMARRT) is a collaborative partnership pursuing aggressive strategies to recruit high quality minority teachers to teach in high-need schools in urban school districts. This partnership is dedicated to recruiting, preparing, and retaining high quality teachers with strong…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Texas Univ., Austin. Extension Instruction and Materials Center. – 1984
This guide was created to provide Texas adult educators with a state-of-the-art resource for practical information about adult education materials and methods for their own growth and that of their students. The guide is organized in four parts. Part I provides preparatory information on the following topics: related resources; characteristics of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Andragogy, Behavioral Objectives