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Coutts, Richard; Chinien, Chris A.; Boutin, France; Letteri, Charles; Cap, Orest; Porozny, George – 1995
Although workplace requirements are mandating that employees possess higher-order skills, an alarming proportion of young Canadians are dropping out of secondary school before acquiring the skills they need to survive in a super-symbolic economy. Dropout prevention programs can curtail these trends and the effectiveness of one such program, the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Gayle; Smith, Don – 1989
This practitioner's guide is designed to provide an overview of a schoolwide study skills program that accommodates individual student learning styles of at-risk students who may be potential dropouts at the secondary education level. The schoolwide skills model described here is appropriate for all grade levels especially secondary levels as it…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Content Area Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
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Kozma, Robert B.; Croninger, Robert G. – Education and Urban Society, 1992
Discusses ways that media and technology facilitate learning. Considers cognitive, motivational, and social needs of at-risk students; underlying causes of school failure; ways technology might improve at-risk students' learning; how technology might facilitate school restructuring; and ways schools must be restructured to increase the effective…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Computer Uses in Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Brickle, Woodrow, II – 1990
The negative impact of low attendance and the lack of effective, alternative classroom learning strategies are factors that mitigate against student interest and success in mathematics, particularly with respect to inner-city at-risk students. The goal of this practicum was to improve the problem-solving skills of a group of 50 alternative high…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning