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US Department of Education, 2004
The U.S. Department of Education is undertaking a study of credit-based transition programs (CBTPs) called the Accelerating Student Success project. The study is being carried out by the Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University (CCRC); and DTI Associates, Inc. The purpose of the study is to investigate the ways in…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Focus Groups, Interviews, Case Studies
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Kerr, A. S. – Educational Research, 1973
This research note reports an investigation into the relationship tetween date of birth and early performance at school and especially into whether there were more poor achievers'' born during the summer months than in other months. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Age Grade Placement, Birth Order
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Richardson, Richard C., Jr. – Change (Community Colleges Supplement), 1972
Author offers suggestions for improving sagging enrollment at community colleges. (RK)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Enrollment Trends
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Bridge, J. R. – Mathematics in School, 1972
The impact of ROSLA, the raising of the school-leaving age from 15 to 16 in Great Britain, on low achieving students and on the mathematics curriculum is discussed. Incorporating mathematical principles into the teaching of technical subjects is suggested as a possible teaching approach. (DT)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Instruction, Low Ability Students, Low Achievement
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Stephenson, Donald J. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1971
Since the results of this study indicated that students rated high in strength of achievement motivation were superior to students rated low in strength of achievement motivation in both diagnostic problem solving performance and diagnostic problem solving knowledge, the factor, achievement motivation is judged to be predictive of diagnostic…
Descriptors: Achievement, High Achievement, Industrial Education, Low Achievement
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Ferris, William P. – English Journal, 1971
Descriptors: High School Students, Learning Activities, Low Achievement, Self Concept
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LaRocque, Geraldine E. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1971
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, English Education, High Achievement, Low Achievement
Kugel, Robert B. – Children, 1970
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Downs Syndrome, Drafting
Black, Millard H. – Claremont Coll Reading Conf 32nd Yearbook, 1968
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Goal Orientation, Language Handicaps
Conklin, Norma K. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 4, 1968
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Environmental Influences, Identification, Intelligence Quotient
Hardy, Richard E.; and others – Rehabil Counseling Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Services
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Ilyin, Donna – System, 1983
Discusses three types of low ability students--the beginner, the low-ability student at other levels, and the static student. Suggests methods of helping the low ability student in the ESL classroom. (EKN)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques
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Johnson, David W.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1983
The effect of cooperative and individualistic learning experiences within which majority students worked with lower-achieving minority peers were compared. The results support the position that cooperative experiences result in liking regardless of the ethnic membership or achievement level of collaborators. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Desegregation Effects, Elementary Education, Group Activities
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De Soto, Janet L.; De Soto, Clinton B. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
The relationship between reading achievement and ability to process verbal information in achieving and nonachieving fourth-grade readers is examined. Evaluation of verbal processing abilities indicated that achieving readers performed better on all abilities measured except automatic word processing. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Intermediate Grades, Low Achievement, Memory
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Fagan, Michael; Ponder, Arthur – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1981
Students' socioeconomic status and teacher characteristics (general qualifications, area of training and experience) were not significantly related to student performance in the general school population. However, socioeconomic status, teacher qualifications, and area of training were substantially related to student achievement in low-achieving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Characteristics, High Achievement, High School Students
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