Lists recent ERIC resources that show how community college transfer students perform on a number of measures, including grade point average, student satisfaction, and social adjustment to the different culture of four-year institutions. States that the citations will aid administrators and scholars, as well as counselors attempting to prepare…

A study examined the executive functioning of 55 elementary school children with and without problems in written expression. A model that reflects some of the executive function domains (initiate, sustain, set shifting and inhibition/stopping) which significantly separate good writers from poor writers was used, however, none of the executive…

Analyzed the impact of clustering a first-year seminar with an English composition course on new students' retention rates at a small, independent college in the northeast. Found no statistical difference in retention rates between students taking the clustered first-year seminar and students taking a non-clustered first-year seminar. (EV)

This annotated bibliography cites 39 published and unpublished papers, Web sites, or other materials based on recent scholarship concerned with recruitment, remediation, and retention of college students. (DB)

Proposes that a truly "seamless" student retention effort by colleges and universities is one that begins before students are enrolled and anticipates and identifies the needs of students as they progress in the educational system. Discusses demographic trends in the higher education market, the geography of minority enrollment, and the impact of…

Presents qualitative information about the persistence of GED students enrolled in a four-year institution; in-depth interviews of twelve students taken from a sample of 251 GED students enrolled during a specific semester provide themes of persistence. Many financial, social, and academic factors were found to influence whether students remain in…

Patterns of relationships were explored among developmental age, teacher ratings of global engagement, and observed engagement for 9.5- to 63.6-month-olds. Analysis revealed two uncorrelated patterns of relationships: (1) a positive relationship between developmental age and high levels of engagement and a negative relationship with lower…

Summarizes findings and data about income level and equality of educational opportunities, conditions of Alabama school facilities, and factors affecting a student's level of academic orientation in high school. (PKP)

The shortage of teachers in America's classrooms is reaching epidemic proportions. The National Education Association (2003) predicted that nearly one million veteran teachers will retire within the next decade, and reported that the number of classrooms without qualified teachers increases each year. In this article, the authors contend that a…

Using Achievement Goal Theory as a theoretical framework, this study examined an elementary physical education running program called Roadrunners and assessed relationships among achievement goals, perceived motivational climate, and student achievement behavior. Roadrunners promotes cardiovascular health, physical active lifestyles, and mastery…

The objective of this study was to investigate how different components of achievement goal theory were related to each other and to students' motivation, cognitive engagement, and achievement in mathematics. Junior high school students (N=525) completed a self-report survey that assessed their perceived classroom goal structures; personal goal…

There are many synonyms for the word "mentor": coach, guide, role model, peer advisor, and sponsor, among others. The plethora of terms would suggest that we know something about this role, but most of the research on mentoring has been conducted in business and industry rather than in education. In fact, junior and senior faculty and…

The article presents some findings from the York-Jyvaskyla Teacher Professionalism project. The project was a follow-up study to earlier case-study research in six schools in Finland and six schools in England on the impact of educational reforms on teachers' work. Data were collected by re-interviewing a sample of teachers from the original…

School officials and policymakers have grown increasingly concerned about their ability to attract and retain talented teachers. A number of authors have shown that in recent years the brightest students--at least those with the highest verbal and math scores on standardized tests--are less likely to enter teaching. In addition, it is frequently…

The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of teacher retention to teacher education programs and state-mandated teacher certification examinations (PD exam). Identified participants completed either a traditional field-based teacher education program or emergency permit program and had passed a professional development…