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Hinojosa, Trisha; Miller, Shazia; Swanlund, Andrew; Hallberg, Kelly; Brown, Megan; O'Brien, Brenna – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
The Stock Market Game[TM] is an educational program supported by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Foundation for Investor Education. The program is designed to teach students the importance of saving and investing by building their financial literacy skills. The primary focus of the study was to measure the impact…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Program Content
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Meyer, Stephen J.; Fredericks, Linda; Borden, Cindy M.; Richardson, Penny L. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2010
Participation in postsecondary programs in correctional settings is low, despite evidence of positive outcomes and national emphasis on postsecondary education to meet labor market demands. Research related to implementation of correctional education programs has focused on adult basic and secondary education programs while less is known about…
Descriptors: Evidence, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Focus Groups
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Yousey-Elsener, Kimberly; Keith, Diana Richter; Ripkey, Staci Lynne – About Campus, 2010
Going green? For many, this phrase has a definitive ending, such as an "!" or a strong "." For the authors, the journey began with the questions: (1) What should students be "learning" about sustainability?; and (2) How do we know that they "are" learning? Their journey to understand the relationship between student learning and sustainability…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Sustainability, Knowledge Level, College Outcomes Assessment
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Bursuck, Bill; Blanks, Brooke – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
Many students who experience reading failure are inappropriately placed in special education. A promising response to reducing reading failure and the overidentification of students for special education is Response to Intervention (RTI), a comprehensive early detection and prevention system that allows teachers to identify and support struggling…
Descriptors: Intervention, Early Reading, Reading Instruction, Evidence
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Downs, Robyn Conley; Downs, Andrew – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
The National Research Council (2001) report was reviewed to identify and document recommended practices for programs serving young children with autism spectrum disorder. Twenty seven surveys inquiring about program practices were sent to educational service districts, school districts, and neurodevelopmental centers in Oregon and Washington that…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Autism, Young Children, Comparative Analysis
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Francis, Dennis A. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
Sex education is the cornerstone on which most HIV/AIDS prevention programmes rest and since the adoption of Outcomes-Based Education (OBE), has become a compulsory part of the South African school curriculum through the Life Orientation learning area. However, while much focus has been on providing young people with accurate and frank information…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Outcome Based Education, Disease Control, Sex Education
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Iannelli, Cristina – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2013
This paper focuses on the role of curricular content on social mobility, an issue largely neglected by social mobility studies. Using data from the National Child Development Study we investigate the extent to which secondary school curricula account for social class differences in the chances of entering into the service class and avoiding a…
Descriptors: Role, Program Content, Social Mobility, Secondary School Curriculum
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Torres, Vasti; Zerquera, Desiree – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2012
This article seeks to identify and assess the readiness of "Potential" Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)--institutions located within Latino communities projected to increase the number of Latino/a high school graduates. Institutions are described based on evaluation of institutional missions, planning documents, programs, and marketing…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Educational Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics
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Stearns, Michael; Margulus, Lisabeth; Shinsky, John – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2012
Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in conjunction with the Grand Rapids Michigan Public Schools (GRPS) collaborated to implement a Wallace Foundation Grant Program designed to develop urban school leaders. The theoretical constructs of the program were evident in the research on leadership and change. This research formed a basis for the…
Descriptors: Universities, Grants, Leadership Training, Urban Schools
National Education Association, 2010
For many years, there have been efforts to promote the development of national standards for education in the United States. In the Spring of 2010, the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) completed a project to develop Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Leading education organizations, such…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Educational Policy, Educational Improvement, Partnerships in Education
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Dickinson, Pauline; Joe, Tara – Youth Studies Australia, 2010
The Young Mothers Support Group program was designed to engage pregnant teens and young mothers in a youth-driven program tailored to meet their identified needs. Central to the success of the program were the premises that young women would engage in healthy relationships with adults and peers within the program, and were able to actively…
Descriptors: Mothers, Early Parenthood, Program Content, Adolescents
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Skinner, Barbara – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2010
This paper addresses training for teaching English as an Additional Language (EAL) at initial teacher education (ITE) level in Northern Ireland. This small-scale qualitative study describes 15 primary and post-primary teachers' perspectives on their preparation for teaching EAL in Northern Ireland. It explores reflections on EAL content in ITE…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Coping, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Ballard, Sharon M.; Gross, Kevin H. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2009
We examined parental perspectives about parent-child sexual communication through four focus groups conducted with 25 parents of young children. Participant comments fell into six areas: 1) personal experience with sexuality education, 2) current sexuality education efforts, 3) comfort and confidence, 4) content and timing, 5) importance of a…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Focus Groups, Sexuality, Parent Attitudes
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Love, Jessa R.; Carr, James E.; Almason, Season M.; Petursdottir, Anna Ingeborg – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
Early and intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) has been demonstrated to be a highly effective treatment for early childhood autism. As EIBI programs have proliferated, they have also begun to mutate and evolve such that between-program differences in specific practices are quite common. Unfortunately, the extent of this procedural variability…
Descriptors: Autism, Early Intervention, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Niehaus, Elizabeth Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to and ways in which student participants in Alternative Break (AB) programs report that their AB experience influenced their intentions or plans to volunteer, engage in advocacy, or study or travel abroad, or their major or career plans. Additional analysis explored the specific program…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Student Experience, Intention, Volunteers
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