Descriptor
| Mexican Americans | 6 |
| Program Evaluation | 6 |
| Tutorial Programs | 6 |
| Academic Achievement | 5 |
| Pilot Projects | 4 |
| Academic Persistence | 3 |
| Basic Skills | 3 |
| College Attendance | 3 |
| College Students | 3 |
| Cultural Context | 3 |
| Educational Counseling | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| McConnell, Beverly | 2 |
| Garfield, Joan B. | 1 |
| Hansen, Evelyn Unes | 1 |
| Melaragno, Ralph J. | 1 |
| Newmark, Gerald | 1 |
| Romano, Joan L. | 1 |
| Zanoni, Candido P. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 5 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Washington | 2 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
PDF pending restorationMcConnell, Beverly – 1976
The early education program uses paraprofessional teachers to provide bilingual multicultural education to children of migrant and seasonal farm workers. The program operates on an interstate and interdistrict basis. Interstate migrant children from south Texas are followed from their home base community to northern locations. By working…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Early Childhood Education
Download full textMelaragno, Ralph J.; Newmark, Gerald – 1968
In order to bridge the gap between educational research and practice, a study was concluded to identify specific reading skills which posed particularly difficult problems for Mexican American first grade children, but apparently caused little difficulty for their Anglo counterparts. Seventeen words emerged as being particularly difficult for the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, English (Second Language), Grade 1, Individualized Reading
McConnell, Beverly – 1977
Project objectives included: the children would increase their grade equivalent (GE) score in reading and math by one or more months GE for each 20 days of attendance; children dominant in Spanish would have a higher mean score in Spanish than norm group children of comparable age after 100 or more days of attendance; the children's bilingual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Early Childhood Education
Zanoni, Candido P. – 1980
Efforts of the General College of the University of Minnesota to increase student retention during the 1979-80 academic year are described. The target groups were high-risk students, especially representatives of minority groups from traditionally nonacademic populations. The college mounted a pilot education program (PEP) comprising three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Basic Skills
Romano, Joan L.; Garfield, Joan B. – 1980
An end-of-year evaluation of the 1979-80 University of Minnesota's General College (GC) Pilot Education Program (PEP) for academically underprepared minority group students is presented. The results show that compared to other GC students, the PEP students came to the college with weaker academic skills, and had different personal characteristics.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Basic Skills
Hansen, Evelyn Unes – 1980
As part of the General College of the University of Minnesota's Pilot Education Program (PEP) (1979-80) for academically underprepared minority group students, background information is presented about the development of the Chicano/Latino PEP package, the way that the Chicano/Latino team functioned; the nature, content, and teaching methods; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, College Attendance
