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Suh, Emily – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2021
The domain of literacy includes multiple strategies relevant to studying in college (Alexander, 2005). This thematic analysis examines how Generation 1 learners (adult-arrival immigrants who transition from adult ESL into college) demonstrate their emergent literacy domain competence and how their literacy strategy use aligns with their identity…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ahn, Judie – Institute of Education Sciences, 2017
On September 22, 2017, the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) and the National Center for Education Research (NCER) at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) convened a group of experts in policy, practice, and research related to Career and Technical Education (CTE). The goal of the meeting was to seek input from…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Career Education, Technical Education, Educational Research
Aniban, Diana Grace; Chua, Von Christopher; Garcia, Jellen; Elipane, Levi Esteban – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
Guided by the principles of lesson study as applied to microteaching, this paper discusses the results and conclusions of a series of activities done by some graduate students of De La Salle University, Philippines, in an attempt to test the applicability of the lesson--Sequence and Patterns--to facilitate the transition of seventh graders from…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Algebra, Introductory Courses, Grade 7
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Callahan, Kadian M.; Hillen, Amy F. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2012
We present findings from a study of prospective middle school teachers' reasoning as they transitioned from thinking arithmetically to thinking algebraically about even and odd numbers. Teachers were asked to make sense of and use two representations of even and odd numbers to model them and to make connections between the representations.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Transitional Programs, Arithmetic, Algebra
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Beatty, Ruth – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2012
This study explores the impact of working with online learning activities of linear growing patterns (CLIPS) on students transitioning into Grade 9. Fifty students were interviewed about their understanding of linear growing patterns. Twenty-five students had participated in a study involving an experimental instructional approach that emphasized…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, Transitional Programs, Grade 8
McLoughlin, M. Padraig M. M. – Online Submission, 2008
The author of this paper submits that a mathematics student needs to learn to conjecture and prove or disprove said conjecture. Ergo, the purpose of the paper is to submit the thesis that learning requires doing; only through inquiry is learning achieved, and hence this paper proposes a programme of use of a modified Moore method in a Bridge to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematical Models, Number Concepts, Calculus
Zachry, Elizabeth M.; Schneider, Emily – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2010
One of the greatest challenges that community colleges face in their efforts to increase graduation rates is improving the success of students in their developmental, or remedial, education programs. This literature review seeks to examine research on developmental education strategies and reforms and identify the most promising approaches for…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Developmental Programs, Remedial Instruction, Adjunct Faculty
MacMillan, Bob; First, Cynthia – 1990
This paper describes the progressive/collaborative model high school program, a model designed to facilitate student movement from special day classes into regular classroom environments with an ongoing emphasis on serving at-risk students. Charts outline options available to special education students through this model and differences between…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Hellriegel, Kimberly L.; Yates, James R. – 1997
The educational processes for youth who participated in a county-run correctional facility for juvenile offenders were studied. The county's Leadership Academy, a 48-bed correctional treatment center where juveniles are placed when ordered into direct care, is designed to divert repeat male offenders from the state-run correctional system. The…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Laney, James D. – 1993
This study explored the effect of experiential and experience-based approaches to learning and instruction on transitional first grade students' (a) acquisition and use of economic concepts and (b) economic reasoning ability as indicated by the presence or absence of misconceptions about economic concepts. A pretest-posttest control group design…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Economics, Economics Education
Link, Donald – 1988
The Rural Transition Teacher Preparation Project was designed to train rural special educators to be clinical instructors for the University of Utah's Department of Special Education. These trained educators then serve as delivery agents of courses designed to improve transition services to mildly and moderately handicapped students in rural…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Mild Disabilities
Chatel, Regina G.; Lord, Carlotta – 1998
In a fifth-grade transitional bilingual class in Hartford (Connecticut), a project was conducted to focus on writing to learn in science. The process of writing facilitates development of critical thinking, deepens understanding of science content, and develops collaborative learning skills. The example of a set of lessons on the skeleton…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, College School Cooperation, Elementary School Students, Higher Education
Williams, Gwendolyn M. – 1997
A survey investigating public beliefs about teaching methods of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and bilingual education is reported. An introductory section chronicles the political history of ESL and bilingual education in the United States, describes major program designs, and reviews literature on public opinion concerning these programs.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Educational Strategies
Black, Rhonda S.; Langone, John – 1995
This paper reviews the research and attempts to identify instructional techniques and settings to promote generalization of appropriate work-related social behavior in individuals with mental retardation. First, it provides a definition of transition and discusses the importance of training for generalization, discrimination, and maintenance.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Education Work Relationship, Generalization
Clarke, Debra C. – 1992
This paper describes a course at West Virginia University that teaches academic self-management to beginning university students who have learning disabilities or are otherwise at risk for academic failure. The course uses an integrated approach that emphasizes the development of college study skills, self-management skills, and academic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Freshmen, College Programs, College Students
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