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Franco, M. Suzanne; Patel, Nimisha H. – Education, 2011
School policy regarding student failure of courses at the K-12 level generally focuses on grade retention or social promotion, neither of which addresses the students' needs. Grade retention has never been effective in helping students gain mastery of course objectives. To reduce the numbers of social promotions, many states require 8th graders to…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, High Schools, Pilot Projects, Academic Failure
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Lei, Simon A. – Education, 2008
Some students at the master-level viewed research methodology courses negatively. This study investigated six factors that changed attitudes of graduate school students toward research during the course of a semester at a mid-sized university (University X) located in a western state. To facilitate this study, a survey instrument (Student Research…
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Student Research, Library Research, Student Attitudes