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Somers, Marie-Andrée; Garcia, Ivonne – MDRC, 2016
Ninth Grade Academies (NGAs)--also called Freshman Academies--have attracted national attention as a particularly intensive and promising approach for supporting a successful transition for high school freshmen. An NGA is a self-contained learning community for ninth-graders that operates as a school within a school. NGAs have four core structural…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Transitional Programs, High School Freshmen, Student Adjustment
Golding, Jonathan M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2011
A review of prior research on the role of attendance policies in large lecture classes (including psychology) is presented. This research showed that although students often did not attend class, various policies were effective in getting students to the classroom. Moreover, some research showed that an attendance policy did not lower instructor…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Lecture Method, Correlation, Attendance Patterns
Jonasson, Charlotte – Educational Research, 2011
Background: Studies of absence in educational settings have primarily been concerned with the causes for and results of student absence. However, recent research has argued that distinguishing between different forms of absence could be important. In consequence, studying the way in which different forms of absence are interrelated provides…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, Participant Observation, Attendance, Interviews
Houston Independent School District, 2015
The Houston Independent School District's (HISD) goal is to produce capable, confident young adults who are poised to excel in whatever they do. Whether they emerge from high school with dreams of pursuing higher education or choose to enter the workforce immediately, HISD wants its graduates to be ready to succeed. One way they assess their…
Descriptors: School Districts, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools
Jaworski, Barbara – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2008
A mathematics module in the undergraduate programme for first year engineers aims to enable those with low mathematical qualifications to understand and use efficiently calculus and related topics. The teaching approach is designed to develop student's fluency, understanding and responsibility through creating an inquiry community, encouraging…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Calculus, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Study
Freeman, Scott; O'Connor, Eileen; Parks, John W.; Cunningham, Matthew; Hurley, David; Haak, David; Dirks, Clarissa; Wenderoth, Mary Pat – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2007
We tested five course designs that varied in the structure of daily and weekly active-learning exercises in an attempt to lower the traditionally high failure rate in a gateway course for biology majors. Students were given daily multiple-choice questions and answered with electronic response devices (clickers) or cards. Card responses were…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Active Learning, Biology, Introductory Courses
Armstrong, Norris; Chang, Shu-Mei; Brickman, Marguerite – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2007
This study examined the impact of cooperative learning activities on student achievement and attitudes in large-enrollment (greater than 250) introductory biology classes. We found that students taught using a cooperative learning approach showed greater improvement in their knowledge of course material compared with students taught using a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Learning Activities, Science Achievement, Cooperative Learning

Hirst, Winifred – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1986
After some attention to the what and why of open learning in general, aspects of learning situations in open learning systems in Melbourne and Manchester are raised for discussion. These aspects include mode of attendance, mode of learning, pace of learning, interaction with others, resources for learning, and content of learning. (CT)
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Cognitive Style, Educational Resources, Educational Theories
Gersten, Russell; Carnine, Douglas – 1983
The present study examines the impact of the Direct Instruction (DI) program on the high school careers of the economically disadvantaged students who participated in the DI model of Project Follow Through. The study involves six sites: East St. Louis; New York City; Flint, Michigan; Williamsburg County, South Carolina; and Uvalde, Texas. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, Compensatory Education
Muir-Herzig, Rozalind G. – Computers and Education, 2004
Recent findings have shown that at-risk students in grades k-12 are being deprived of challenges and of the chance to use complex thinking skills. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect that the level of computer technology use in the classroom has on at-risk students' grades and attendance. A teacher technology survey is used to…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Attendance Patterns, Thinking Skills
Yagi, Kan – 1985
This report evaluates four off-campus private alternative schools in Portland, Oregon, serving students mainly of high school age and supported by the Portland Public Schools. The students are largely dropouts or on the verge of dropping out; many are referred from other schools and law enforcement agencies. Since 1966, the Albina Youth…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Yagi, Kan – 1986
This report evaluates four off-campus private alternative schools in Portland, Oregon, serving students mainly of high school age and supported by the Portland Public Schools. The students are largely dropouts or on the verge of dropping out; many are referred from other schools and law enforcement agencies. Since 1966, the Albina Youth…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Kanu, Yatta – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2006
As a consequence of the Civil Rights Movement and related social movements, the past 30 years have witnessed an unprecedented rise in higher education enrollments among ethnic minority groups, women, and low-income students, as well as increases in the financial aid available to these groups. However, certain ethnic minority populations, such as…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Civil Rights, Attendance Patterns, Student Participation
Reichstetter, Rosemary; Baenen, Nancy – Wake County Public School System, 2005
In 2003-04, 11 Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) high schools moved from a traditional student schedule of six full-year courses to a block schedule of four courses each semester (4x4). Implementation went fairly smoothly, with 90% of teachers trained prior to the change. Academic course opportunities and course enrollment numbers increased…
Descriptors: Counties, School Districts, High Schools, Public Schools
Hayes, Elisabeth – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999
The growing number of youth enrolling in adult literacy education is a little-documented trend across the nation that is having a major impact on programs in some areas but appears to be unnoticed by educational policymakers and researchers. A central question is whether youth enrollments provide an opportunity for adult literacy education to…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Literacy