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High Impact for Youth by Youth: Health and Education Programs in Southern Africa
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Okatch, Dorothy – Childhood Education, 2021
Young people in East and Southern Africa need greater access to reliable information about health and education in order to make informed decisions on health matters--focusing on HIV and teenage pregnancy--and to increase basic education outcomes. Young 1ove organization, established in March 2014 in Gaborone, Botswana, is a grassroots, youth-led,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Health Promotion, Peer Teaching
Year 3 of Implementing the Common Core State Standards: States Prepare for Common Core Assessments
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Rentner, Diane Stark – Center on Education Policy, 2013
With the voluntary Common Core State Standards (CCSS), states have sought to establish clear, high expectations that are consistent across participating states and that signal what K-12 students should learn in mathematics and English language arts (ELA) to be prepared for college and careers. As of July 2013, the CCSS have been adopted by 45…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Mathematics Instruction
Getting Ready for College: An Implementation and Early Impacts Study of Eight Texas Developmental Summer Bridge Programs
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Wathington, Heather D.; Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Weissman, Evan; Teres, Jedediah; Pretlow, Joshua; Nakanishi, Aki – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2011
In 2007, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) funded 22 colleges to establish developmental summer bridge programs. Aimed at providing an alternative to traditional developmental education, these programs involve intensive remedial instruction in math, reading, and/or writing and college preparation content for students entering…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Summer Programs, College Preparation, Program Effectiveness
Raleigh County Remedial Laboratory: Mathematics. Draft.
Capehart, Ernestine – 1982
A project was conducted to develop a program of effective remediation in mathematics for the adolescent learner using the laboratory approach. The project addressed: (1) material development and equipment/supply selection for use within the laboratory which would address individual/small group needs; (2) identification of specific needs of…
Descriptors: High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Related Reading and Mathematics Project. Final Report, 1981-82.
Monmouth County Vocational School District, Marlboro, NJ. – 1982
A project was conducted in the Monmouth County (New Jersey) Vocational School District to examine the combination of in-shop vocational education with reading and mathematics instruction for special needs students. Related mathematics and reading teachers worked with students in small groups and individualized settings in the school shop to teach…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mainstreaming
Precision Teaching: Advancing Student Achievement through Daily Drill and Measurement.
Rawers, Lois J. – OSSC Bulletin, 1983
After reviewing the conceptual bases and practical application of precision teaching, this analysis traces its evolution as the Sacajawea Plan, reports on its implementation in central Oregon school districts, and details the costs and procedures of adoption. Developed by Ogden Lindsley from B. F. Skinner's work in operant conditioning and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Charts, Demonstration Programs, Drills (Practice)