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Download full textMercer, Bonnie – 1995
A study was conducted at Rochester Community College, in Minnesota, to compare pass rates in a college-level mathematics class for mathematically underprepared students who enrolled in developmental courses and those who did not. The study population consisted of 73 students enrolled in Math 103, while data were collected on the student's final…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Counselor Performance
Taylor, Ralph – 1994
This practicum developed a program to enhance the job performance of support personnel (behavior modification technicians) who work with students having conduct disorders. The behavior modification technicians provided building-level support for principals and teachers working with black adolescents from socially deprived backgrounds. Inservice…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Objectives, Inservice Education
PDF pending restorationEmbry, Julia E. – 1994
A practicum was designed to increase the expertise of primary teachers in the creation of developmentally appropriate reading/writing curriculum for the multi-age, multi-ability, primary classroom through literacy training staff development sessions. The system of literacy training was constructed over a period of eight months with 34 primary…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Heterogeneous Grouping, Inservice Teacher Education, Performance Based Assessment
Hobbs, Sylvia H. – 1994
A project was undertaken at a suburban community college to develop a Classroom Assessment Technique (CAT) that would enable parent education teachers to determine what parents learned from the lecture/discussion component of the program and whether or not the parents implemented the lessons learned. The CAT was used over a period of 6 weeks by…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods, Outcomes of Education
Fulks, Janet – 2001
No one could have anticipated the devastating results of the political, legal, and economic events occurring in California after the year 2000 and producing stiff competition for education dollars. Community colleges were among the hardest hit by state budget deficits, with over $100 million cut from an already conservative budget. Since…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgets, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges
PDF pending restorationNaffziger, Sue C.; Steele, Martha M.; Varner, Bruce O. – 1998
This action research project evaluated a program of activities to increase the engagement of high school students in their learning. The targeted population consisted of freshman, sophomore, and senior students in a middle class community in central Illinois. The lack of student engagement that posed a problem in academic progress was documented…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Change Strategies, Educational Strategies
Novell, Ireneanne – 1994
This practicum report describes a 15-day in-room suspension strategy designed to reduce the increasing number of principal-initiated student suspensions resulting from inappropriate conduct. The program's distinguishing features entailed a central figure who predetermined the candidates by means of a pre-suspension interview, parental-student…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Contingency Management, Discipline
