This paper describes the development of a program of project-based learning in Calculus courses at a large urban research university. In this program, students developed research projects in consultation with a faculty advisor in their major, and supervised by their calculus instructors. Students wrote up their projects in a prescribed format…

Little is known about the early educational performance of children in migrant farmworker families. The authors examined the school readiness and early school success of 289 four-year-old preschool children of migrant families attending Redlands Christian Migrant Association centers. Children's school readiness was assessed and public school…

This article tells the story of MetLife Foundation-NASSP Breakthrough Schools. The program's goals are to identify, recognize, and showcase the leadership and successful practices of middle level and high schools that serve large numbers of students living in poverty and that have high levels of student achievement or show evidence of dramatically…

Prior research on Troops to Teachers (TTT) affirms that TTTs are effective instructors likely to work in high-poverty, high-minority schools, teach high-demand subjects, use research-based instructional and classroom management practices linked with student achievement, and plan to stay in the profession. A nonexperimental, mixed method design…

We report the results of an evaluation study of a diversion program, operated by the Miami-Dade County Juvenile Assessment Center in Florida. The Post-Arrest Diversion (PAD) program represents an innovative approach to treatment and intervention within the juvenile justice system that utilizes standardized psychosocial risks and needs assessment…

This study examines hospitality programs from the enabling legislation in 1961, which provided for an advisory committee to the Hotel and Restaurant Commission on education. Its purpose was to employ a director of the programs and two field representatives or consultants to offer on-the-job assistance to managers and employees in the state's…

Characteristics, experiences, attitudes, and present status of 1968-70 Santa Fe Junior College (SFJC) graduates were determined along with existing differences between those now attending school full-time and those not doing so. A questionnaire was mailed to 1202 graduates; 666 (55%) responded. The results concentrate on four areas: demographic…

Florida colleges' own follow-up studies have been valuable to themselves, but statewide research has been needed to assess the system's success--hence this 1969 study of fall 1966 first-time freshmen. From 28,396 students of 26 colleges, a random-stratified sample of 499 was drawn according to each college's enrollment and by sex ratio, with…

INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, AS DO MOST DROPOUT STUDIES, THIS ONE (1) CONSIDERS SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GRADING PRACTICES, (2) ANALYZES THESE PRACTICES WITHIN A GIVEN TERM INSTEAD OF OVER SEVERAL YEARS, AND (3) BROADENS THE DEFINITION OF ATTRITION TO INCLUDE BOTH FAILURE AND WITHDRAWAL. IT ATTEMPTS TO IDENTIFY…

THIS STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH DISCOVERY OF SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL REFERENTS TO ESTABLISH RATINGS OF PATIENT MOTIVATION FOR RECOVERY AND RETURN TO WORK. CRITERION RATINGS OF THIS MOTIVATION, BASED UPON FOLLOWUP DATA, WERE COMPARED WITH A VARIETY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT DATA OBTAINED A YEAR BEFORE THE CRITERION DATA WERE COLLECTED. STRONG PATIENT…

Accountability in higher education promotes measurable outcomes considered indicative of performance, productivity, and quality. One prominent measure in evaluating baccalaureate programs is the proportion of graduates continuing to the graduate level. This study combined a well-established follow-up program, which includes education enrollment…

The study investigated the extent to which coordinating councils for vocational education are fulfilling the requirements of the Florida State Board of Education Regulation 6A-6.67, which mandates that "a coordinating council for vocational education, adult general education, and community instructional services shall be established in each…

Florida's Education and Training Placement Information Program links records of former students to databases of state and federal agencies to obtain follow-up data on employment, military service, and postsecondary education. Results are provided to counselors, teachers, and policymakers for planning, evaluation, and guidance. (SK)

FOLLOWUP STUDIES WERE MADE ON 312 NEGRO CHILDREN, APPROXIMATELY ONE FIFTH OF A SAMPLE OF 1800 STUDENTS TESTED IN A PREVIOUS STUDY. THEY REPRESENTED A STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE OF RURAL, URBAN, AND METROPOLITAN AREAS OF A SOUTHERN STATE. INSTRUMENTS USED FOR SCORING INCLUDED THE STANFORD-BINET, THE CALIFORNIA ACHIEVEMENT TEST, AND THE GOODENOUGH…

The document is a followup, report on dropouts from Dade County, Florida, public schools. It appears that the county's dropout rate is less than the national one. Findings are also presented in 25 tables and an appendix. This report is a follow-up of ED 001 704. (NH)