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Cardace, Amy; Wilson, Mark; Metz, Kathleen E. – Education Sciences, 2021
This paper gives an example of how to address the challenge of designing a learning progression that describes student thinking, with the necessary specificity to align instructional opportunities and assessment tools. We describe the Conceptual Underpinnings of Evolution project and the iterative process of developing a novel learning progression…
Descriptors: Evolution, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students
DeJong, William; Anderson, Jerry; Colthurst, Tom; Davidson, Laurie; Langford, Linda M.; Mackay-Smith, Virginia L.; Ryan, Barbara; Stubbs, Helen – US Department of Education, 2007
In response to ongoing concern about unacceptable levels of AOD (alcohol and other drug) use on campuses, in 1998 Congress authorized the Department of Education to identify and promote effective prevention through a model grants program. In 1999, OSDFS (Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools) launched an important component of the Department's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Prevention, Drug Abuse
Allen, Dave – 1994
This paper uses the analogies of the Iliad and the Odyssey to examine different types of college student withdrawal behavior in the context of a study an integrated model of student retention at Angelo State University (ASU) in Texas. The study selected 824 first time freshmen of whom 343 responded to the mailed ASU Freshman Experiences survey.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropouts
Bolge, Robert D. – 1993
A study was conducted at Mercer County Community College (MCCC), in New Jersey, to compare the perceptions of full-time faculty and administrators of the impact of selected societal factors on the college and provide MCCC with a theoretical basis for implementing its strategic planning model. A survey inventory of 34 societal factors was…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Planning, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis