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Silvia Torrez Mendoza – ProQuest LLC, 2022
First-year students enrolling into higher education institutions experience multiple transitions requiring the support of student success programs. Students who enter college undecided about a major face additional hurdles to their success and may experience low academic self-efficacy as a result. A strengths-based approach to assisting these…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Self Efficacy, Majors (Students), Academic Achievement
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Noreen, Sidra – Open Praxis, 2020
Over a number of years, the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has encouraged and supported moves to Learning Management System (LMS) replacing aspects of paper-based and face-to-face teaching and learning including, assignments, workshops and examination. The views of learners and academics were explored to consider the advantages of the system…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Program Implementation, Integrated Learning Systems
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Ermeling, Bradley A.; Gallimore, Ronald – Journal of Staff Development, 2013
Making schools learning places for teachers as well as students is a timeless and appealing vision. The growing number of professional learning communities is a hopeful sign that profound change is on the way. This is the challenge learning communities face: Schools and districts need implementation models flexible enough to adapt to local…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Program Implementation, Models, Cooperative Learning
Wang, Crystal; Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2018
This evaluation report presents a baseline description of outcomes for the 2017-2018 school year, the first year of GEAR UP Austin implementation in AISD. Specifically, the report describes program implementation, student participation in GEAR UP Austin, and baseline student academic and college preparation outcomes. [For the executive summary,…
Descriptors: School Districts, Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation, College Readiness
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Aguilar, Sunddip Panesar; Aguilar, Erick – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore the implementation of five life skill components of Brolin's (1979) Life Centered Career Education (LCCE) program in Basic Education classrooms in school districts in the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. Using a case study approach (Yin, 2014), LCCE Knowledge Battery pre-test was administered to a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Daily Living Skills, Career Education
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Timmons-Brown, Stephanie; Warner, Catharine – Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, 2016
In this article, the authors explore using a conference workshop setting to engage mathematics teachers, who serve largely underserved student populations, in culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP). The conference workshop encouraged the exchange of information among teachers of similar grade levels and classroom contexts. The authors' analysis of the…
Descriptors: Workshops, Mathematics Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education, Mathematics Education
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Simon, Patricia; Ward, Nadia L. – Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 2014
This study examined training outcomes for lay service providers who participated in a motivational interviewing (MI) training program designed to help increase intrinsic motivation and academic achievement among urban, low-income minority youth. Seventeen lay academic advisors received 16 hours of workshop training in MI. Additionally, two 2-hour…
Descriptors: Motivation Techniques, Academic Achievement, Workshops, Lay People
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Hibbert, Kathryn M.; Scheffel, Tara-Lynn; Rich, Sharon; Heydon, Rachel – Education 3-13, 2013
With increased attention focused on the economic cache afforded through literacy and numeracy skills, governments around the world have turned their attention to developing the expertise of their teachers. Improving teachers' levels of competency leads to improvement in student achievement. In this qualitative case study, we focus on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Improvement, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Christe, Barbara – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2015
Expanding faculty buy-in to retention efforts may be improved through training and opportunities for assessment. Materials created for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) faculty based on the scholarly literature may dispel the view held by some that student attrition is beneficial to STEM disciplines and may expand an…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Asynchronous Communication, Workshops, STEM Education
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Eley, Peter M.; Charles, Kelly J.; Leeks, Latonya L. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2013
High-quality professional development for public school teachers is directly tied to student achievement, teacher quality and retention, and national education priorities (Kroeger et al. 2000). To stay current with the knowledge, skills, and expertise that students need to succeed in the twenty-first century, educators must increasingly retool…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Science Careers
Houston Independent School District, 2013
The Parent Prep Academy (also referred to as the Academy) is a system of parent trainings and workshops in the Houston Independent School District (HISD). The courses are designed to strengthen families by developing parents as life-long learners. Within the Academy, courses are offered to provide information and resources empowering parents to…
Descriptors: School Districts, Parent Education, Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation
Rainey, Katharine; Sheehan, Daniel; Maloney, Catherine – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2010
This report presents findings from the Year 3 evaluation of Texas' state-level Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, or GEAR UP, grant. GEAR UP grant requirements include an evaluation component designed to assess program effectiveness and to measure progress toward project goals. To this end, the evaluation considers…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Preparation, Advanced Courses, Information Management
Ferderbar, Joseph E.; And Others – 1987
The Neshaminy School District in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, established its Professional Development Center in an effort to help all teachers and administrators to have more impact on student achievement by refining and upgrading their professional skills. The district chose to implement Madeline Hunter's Essential Elements of Instruction Program.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Winecoff, Bonnie Watts – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to describe implemented and planned Latino student success activities in North Carolina community colleges and to examine variations in these activities based on the degree of Latino settlement in the college service area. This study was designed to answer the following research questions: (1) What Latino student…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Statistical Analysis, Deans, Hispanic American Students
Davidson, Mary E.; Kurtz, Norman R. – 1992
An evaluation was done to assess the participation of students from the 70 Creating a New Approach to Learning Project (Project CANAL) schools in training activities organized by Project CANAL. Two activities were included. The first, titled "student Workshops," consisted of a series of five 1-day workshops that sought to provide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
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