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C. A. Simpkins; D. Pendergast; B. Hopwood; R. Rossiter – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2025
Transitioning across different schooling sectors presents various challenges for young people. This is evident in the transition from primary to secondary schooling, when factors such as student belonging and positive connections are vital. Students with learning support needs or living in isolated localities may experience additional challenges.…
Descriptors: School Transition, Secondary Schools, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
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Chukwuere, Joshua Ebere – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Student voice in this digital age and across higher learning institutions is increasing exponentially with the function of social media. Student voice provides a vibrant communication pathway to extended curriculum programme students in higher education institutions. Social media ensures active participation of extended curriculum programme…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Social Media, Higher Education, Educational Experience
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Chan, Bernard S.; Wahl, Lindi M. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
Published accounts of pedagogical experience and pedagogical research are critical resources to post-secondary mathematics instructors, and yet the quantity and scope of this literature is rarely summarized or reviewed. In this contribution, we analyze recent peer-reviewed journal publications regarding post-secondary mathematics, published by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Postsecondary Education
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Uvaas, Trina; McKevitt, Brian C. – Preventing School Failure, 2013
This article synthesizes the current research in the area of school transitions for all students from junior high to high school and the effect of the transitions on students. The authors discuss current common high school transition practices and make recommendations for high school transition programming. The authors present a case study…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Transitional Programs, Middle School Students, High School Students
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Hodgen, Jeremy; Foster, Colin; Marks, Rachel; Brown, Margaret – Education Endowment Foundation, 2018
This document presents a review of evidence commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation to inform the guidance document "Improving Mathematics in Key Stages Two and Three" (Education Endowment Foundation, 2017). The review draws on a substantial parallel study by the same research team, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, which…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Skills, Feedback (Response)
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Berumen, Juan Gabriel; Zerquera, Desiree D.; Smith, Joshua S. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2015
While a number of studies have examined outcomes associated with early intervention programs that have a financial aid component, few have examined the experiences of student beneficiaries of those programs and the administrators charged with carrying out state mandates associated with the implementation of the programs. This gap in the literature…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Academic Support Services, Role Perception, Program Effectiveness
Boroch, Deborah; Hope, Laura – Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2009
In 2007, the Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) was launched in California's 109 (now 110) community colleges. This initiative responds to an increasing awareness that state policies favoring "open access" also result in the enrollment of large numbers of students who are underprepared to succeed in college-level work. Identified as a key…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, High Schools, Transitional Programs, Community Colleges
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Zeedyk, M. Suzanne; Gallacher, Joanne; Henderson, Margie; Hope, Gillian; Husband, Bruce; Lindsay, Kenny – School Psychology International, 2003
Describes the results of a study undertaken in the UK, in which the views of primary pupils, secondary pupils, parents and teachers were ascertained in regard to the transition process from primary to secondary school. Results showed that bullying was a major concern for all groups, followed by fear of getting lost, increased workload and peer…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes
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Odegaard, Sandra L.; Heath, Jay A. – Middle School Journal, 1992
Through a review of the transition literature and a survey of 225 students about to enter middle school, the most significant anxieties identified were the following: (1) space concerns about a new and larger building, especially getting lost and being late to class; (2) contact with older and possibly rougher students; and (3) heavy homework…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students
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Midgley, Carol; Urdan, Tim – Middle School Journal, 1992
Describes approaches for solving the problem of students' declining motivation and performance when they move to middle-level schools. Urges educators to examine school policies, practices, and procedures, and to make changes that will make it very clear to students that effort, challenge, improvement, and mastery are the goals of schooling. (16…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Educational Environment, Intermediate Grades
Nichols, Geoff – Horizons, 2001
Questionnaires completed by 777 participants evaluated 32 pilot summer programs in the United Kingdom designed to help high-risk 16-year-olds make the transition from secondary school to adult life and to enhance eight personal and social skills through outdoor activities. Results indicate the programs had a positive impact, but numerous…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students
Flaga, Catherine Therese – 2002
This dissertation examines transfer shock and its impact on community college students after transfer to four-year institutions. The author utilized the concept of consequential transition as developed by King Beach as a lens for examining progress over time in the relationship of the transfer student to the new four-year university. Thirty-five…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Institutional Cooperation
Black, Harry; And Others – 1992
This report presents results from questionnaires administered to a range of individuals (N=41) involved in the organization and management of college provision for secondary pupils as well as questionnaires administered to S3 and S6 secondary students (N=863) within Scotland's Lothian Region concerning the effectiveness of college provision,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advanced Courses, College Preparation, College School Cooperation
Hughes, Katherine L.; Bailey, Thomas R.; Mechur, Melinda J. – 2001
A literature review of 132 studies of School-to-Work programs and consultations with the staff of the National School-to-Work Office, researchers, and practitioners in the field drew conclusions about the effectiveness of the School-to-Work initiative. Some of the study's conclusions were the following: (1) School-to-Work students maintain good…
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Preparation, Course Selection (Students), Education Work Relationship
Wiseman, Alexander W.; Alromi, Naif H. – 2003
Using questionnaire data collected in 2000 from 524 senior general high school students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, researchers explored the gap between national development goals and student educational interests. They analyzed the relationship between available curriculum and student perceptions of the curriculum's ability to prepare them for the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
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