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Tacket, Wendy L.; Pasatta, Kelley; Pauken, Evan – Journal of College Access, 2018
The Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University explained, "Across the country, 10- 40% of seemingly college-intending students, particularly those from low-income backgrounds, fail to enroll in college the fall after graduation. This phenomenon is known as "summer melt" (Castleman, Page, and Snowdon, 2013). In order…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, At Risk Students, College Attendance, Low Income Groups
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Wichadee, Saovapa; Orawiwatnakul, Wiwat – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2012
This paper conceptualizes cooperative language learning, group instruction which is under the learner-centered approach where the groups are formed in such a way that each member performs his or her task to achieve the goal. Previous research indicates that cooperative language learning doesn't only improve learners' language skills, but also…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Language Skills, Group Instruction
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Curran, Vernon; Heath, Olga; Adey, Tanis; Callahan, Terrance; Craig, David; Hearn, Taryn; White, Hubert; Hollett, Ann – Academic Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: This article describes an evaluation of a curriculum approach to integrating interprofessional education (IPE) in collaborative mental health practice across the pre- to post-licensure continuum of medical education. Methods: A systematic evaluation of IPE activities was conducted, utilizing a combination of evaluation study designs,…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Medical Education, Medical Students, Participant Satisfaction
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Pituch, Keenan A.; Murphy, Daniel L.; Tate, Richard L. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2009
Due to the clustered nature of field data, multi-level modeling has become commonly used to analyze data arising from educational field experiments. While recent methodological literature has focused on multi-level mediation analysis, relatively little attention has been devoted to mediation analysis when three levels (e.g., student, class,…
Descriptors: Research Design, Educational Experiments, Models, Mediation Theory
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Devlin, Patricia – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2005
This article describes a preliminary study investigating whether a specific awareness and training for six teacher-paraprofessional teams would have an effect on the inclusion of six students with mild to severe disabilities in elementary general education environments. An experimental design employing a pretest-posttest control group with matched…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Research Design, Interaction, Control Groups