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Canon, Harry J. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1984
Presents two articles describing objectives for the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) in developmental terms emphasizing intellectual maturity, professional life-styles and values, and professional growth. Looks at future trends affecting student affairs and advocates systematic confrontation of these forces through staff development…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Higher Education, Needs Assessment, Professional Associations
Wise, W. Max – NASPA, 1976
The author identifies and discusses those developments during the next decade most likely to affect students and the work of student affairs. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Innovation, Environmental Influences, Higher Education
Download full textHudley, Cynthia; Daoud, Annette; Polanco, Ted; Wright-Castro, Rosina; Hershberg, Rachel – 2003
Engagement is a potentially useful construct for organizing strategies to support adjustment, achievement and retention in school, particularly among our most vulnerable student populations. Even if high quality schooling is available, high levels of achievement will implicitly demand engagement on the part of students. This initial analysis,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Educational Environment, Expectation
Swann-Hudkins, Beverley – 2002
A study investigated the effects of a fine arts program on elementary school students relative to methods used, student development, student attitudes toward school, and student achievement and motivation to learn. After developing and implementing a 12-week integrated fine arts curriculum, 95 elementary school students' pre- and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Wong, Nancy Y. J. – Online Submission, 2004
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program has been around for over 30 years and is seen as "one of the most important means for students to foster mentoring relationships with faculty and research staff." By analyzing data obtained through semi-structured interviews and survey results, a…
Descriptors: Research Opportunities, Mentors, Institutional Research, Undergraduate Students
Young, Barbara N.; Helton, Carol; Whitley, Marilyn E. – 1997
If teenagers do not find support at school, home, or in the community, then they will find it with peers, gangs, or other means. Subsequently, the importance of extra-curricular involvement for at-risk youth is reported in this paper; to what extent this involvement had potential to influence performance in academics is also examined. Involvement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Correlation, Extracurricular Activities
Langston, Camille, A. – 1997
With teacher assistance and computer availability, composition students may use the World Wide Web as a valuable learning tool in the networked composition classroom and during personal studying time. The paper offers a list of six online providers and the number of subscribers for each. The paper then presents 118 selected web sites, including:…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Environment, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Computerized Instruction in Speech Communication and the Development of an Active Learning Approach.
Hemphill, Michael R.; Pledger, Linda – 1996
Recommendations over a decade ago from the National Institute of Education have led to a paradigm shift in the teaching profession, based on changes in how knowledge is acquired, what role students play, and what purpose faculty members serve in the process. In the old paradigm, knowledge was transferred from faculty to student in what was…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education
George, D'Ann – 1997
As part of the research for a dissertation on composition at Bryn Mawr College during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, hundreds of student essays and daily themes were read. Over and over students affirmed the essential worth and significance of events in their daily lives and of their college education in general. More often than not,…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Educational History, Educational Objectives, English Instruction
Sunal, Cynthia S. – 1990
This book presents three models for teaching social studies to young children, each of which is based on use of the senses, concrete experiences, and opportunities to discuss observations. The models can be used as needed with children at differing levels since each addresses a particular level of development. The book focuses on a cognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Course Content, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education
Watts, Caroline L.; Murphy, Jennifer A.; Nikitopoulos, Christina E. – 1997
The Early Childhood Prevention Project (ECP) is an innovative effort to integrate psychosocial and educational approaches for promoting children's healthy development in elementary school. ECP takes a holistic approach to the prevention of academic and psychosocial problems and the promotion of students' educational and interpersonal development.…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Early Intervention, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Luvisi, Christopher L. – 1995
This final report describes accomplishments of Project Discovery, a 3-year project in Kentucky to assist teachers in creating an innovative learning environment for gifted and talented primary-aged children. Major goals focused on and achieved by the project included: (1) increasing the percentage of disadvantaged students identified as gifted in…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classroom Environment, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
Ammerman, Peter A.; McLaughlin, Gerald W.; Brozovsky, Paul V. – 1999
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a variety of academic intervention programs designed to improve the success of "at risk" students at one university. Most programs were designed to either help students in a particular course (such as calculus or chemistry) or in a particular major. The performance benchmark used to assess…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Grade Point Average, High Risk Students
Donaldson, Joe F.; Graham, Steven W.; Kasworm, Carol; Dirkx, John M. – 1999
This symposium paper reviews the literature on adult students in higher education and offers a model of their collegiate experiences. The review is organized according to the following themes: adults' experiences in higher education, social and psychological concerns, the role of the classroom, adult cognition, the adult-world surroundings, and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy, Higher Education
Silva, Diane Yendol – 2000
This study investigated how six mentor teachers understood and negotiated their roles as mentors in an elementary professional development school (PDS). Data were collected over 18 months from mentor and intern journals, field notes, interviews, e-mails, meeting minutes, and transcripts from PDS meetings. Each teacher participated in interviews…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Education
