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Direct linkPotts, Glenn; Schultz, Brian – College Student Journal, 2008
The goals of increasing student retention and developing effective learning communities led the College of Business and Economics faculty to experiment with freshmen learning communities. In this study we investigate the effects of combining academic cohorts with a freshman seminar. Academic performance and retention of this group are compared to…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, At Risk Students, School Holding Power, College Freshmen
Montiel, Arturo – College and University, 2009
This investigation sought to measure the success rate and frequency of drop/withdraw in a mentored education paraprofessional cohort group as compared to a control group at a predominantly Hispanic two-year college. The project was funded by a college student success grant aimed at developing innovative ways to increase the retention and…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mentors, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), School Holding Power
Zvoch, Keith; Stevens, Joseph J. – Journal of Educational Research, 2006
The authors analyzed mathematics achievement data from a longitudinally matched student cohort from a large southwestern U.S. school district to investigate school context and practice effects on the academic performance and growth of middle school students. Investigation of the degree to which aspects of the school environment related to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Longitudinal Studies, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Middle School Students
Download full textDynarski, Mark; Agodini, Roberto; Heaviside, Sheila: Novak, Timothy; Carey, Nancy; Campuzano, Larissa; Means, Barbara; Murphy, Robert; Penuel, William; Javitz, Hal; Emery, Deborah; Sussex, Willow – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2007
The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance produced this major study of the effectiveness of education technology. Mandated by Congress, the report uses scientifically based research methods and control groups to focus on the impact of technology on student academic achievement. Thirty-three districts, 132 schools, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Grade 1, Grade 4
Peer reviewedJenkins, Joseph R.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1994
Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition was implemented with elementary school regular, remedial, and special education students as an approach for organizing reading and language arts instruction. Compared to a control school, the experimental school found significant effects on reading vocabulary, total reading, and language scores but…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Heterogeneous Grouping
Peer reviewedStevens, Robert J.; Slavin, Robert E. – Elementary School Journal, 1995
A two-year study determined the effects of a comprehensive cooperative-learning approach to reading and language arts instruction on students' achievement, attitudes, and metacognitive awareness. Students in second through sixth grades, some mainstreamed academically handicapped, worked in heterogeneous learning teams on reading and writing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Munoz, Marco A.; Dossett, Dena; Judy-Gullans, Katalina – 2003
This study assessed the effect of the Success for All school reform model on the standardized reading scores, attendance, and disciplinary needs of 217 students in three elementary schools using the program and 132 similar students in three other urban schools. The schools were also compared using teacher, student, and parent perception data on…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
