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Understanding How Incoming First Year College Students Develop Academic Performance Expectations: A Qualitative Case Study
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Christina Marie Coovert – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this research study was to explore how incoming first year students develop their academic performance expectations, differences between students in the development of academic performance expectations, and lastly the role of the university has in communicating expectations to students. The researcher utilized case study research to…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Expectation
Students' Learning Performance and Transitions in Different Learning Pathways to Higher Vocational Education
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Biemans, Harm; Mariën, Hans; Fleur, Erik; Tobi, Hilde; Nieuwenhuis, Loek; Runhaar, Piety – Vocations and Learning, 2016
To improve students' transitions between successive educational levels, continuing learning pathways are being designed and implemented in many countries. This study was carried out to examine the effects of the Green Lycea (GL) as critical cases of continuing learning pathways in vocational education in The Netherlands. The GL were compared with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Higher Education, Continuing Education
Indicators of Postsecondary Employment and Education for Youth with Disabilities in Relation to GPA and General Education
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McConnell, Amber E.; Martin, James E.; Hennessey, Maeghan N. – Remedial and Special Education, 2015
This study examined the relations among research-identified non-academic indicators of post-school education and employment measured by the Transition Assessment and Goal Generator (TAGG), student grade point average (GPA), and percentage of time students with disabilities received instruction in the general education classroom. Participants…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Disabilities, Grade Point Average, Employment Level
Indicators of Postsecondary Employment and Education for Youth with Disabilities in Relation to GPA and General Education
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McConnell, Amber E.; Martin, James E.; Hennessey, Maeghan N. – Grantee Submission, 2015
This study examined the relations among research-identified non-academic indicators of post-school education and employment measured by the Transition Assessment and Goal Generator (TAGG), student grade point average (GPA), and percentage of time students with disabilities received instruction in the general education classroom. Participants…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adolescents, Disabilities, Employment Level
A New Beginning for LEP Students?
Ariza, Maria J. – 1990
New Beginning is a transitional program for limited-English-proficient (LEP) secondary school students in Dade County, Florida whose prior school experience was interrupted or limited. The program currently serves 102 students in four schools. Most participants are Hispanic or Haitian. Students are selected by district-wide criteria and grouped in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language), Haitians
Transition Behavior Scale. Second Edition. School Version. Technical Manual.
McCarney, Stephen B.; Anderson, Paul D. – 2000
This school-version technical manual provides an overview of the "Transition Behavior Scale-Second Edition School Version" (TBS-2 SV), an assessment that was developed to be a direct observation screening measure of behavior characteristics most predictive of behavior in society in general and employment specifically. Those students (ages 12-18)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Rating Scales, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Transition Behavior Scale. Second Edition. Self-Report Version. Technical Manual.
McCarney, Stephen B.; Anderson, Paul D. – 2000
This technical manual provides an overview of the "Transition Behavior Scale-Second Edition Self-Report Version" (TBS-2 S-RV), an assessment that provides the means by which student behavior, which is predictive of employment and societal transition behavior, can be documented. Those students (ages 12-18) most likely to have problems in employment…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Rating Scales, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship