Download or read book The Effects of a Smaller Learning Community Program on Student Academic Performance in Math and Student Engagement in High School written by Tamara Ilene Hall and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Effect of a Smaller Learning Community on Students in a Large High School written by Herbert Carleton Cox and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is an investigation into the impact that Smaller Learning Communities might have on students in a large high school. It is a single site study that occurred over the course of three years. Three separate groups of students were involved in this study: Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) students, randomly selected students who had never taken a Pre-Advanced Placement or Advanced Placement course, and randomly selected students who had taken Pre-Advanced Placement or Advanced Placement courses. The Smaller Learning Community that had been applied at this high school was the Advancement Via Individual Determination or AVID program. The three different groups of students were compared in six separate categories: achievement scores on the state mandated Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills on the Math test as well as on the English Language Arts test, attendance rates, the number of disciplinary incidents received, class rankings, and grade point averages (GPAs). These categories were then assessed with a statistical analysis of simple or one way analysis using the ANOVA tool for comparison. Statistical significance was found to be present in five of the six categories studied. The AVID program was begun in California in the mid-1980s, and coupled with the recent emphasis on Smaller Learning Communities by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, programs like AVID have come to the forefront of educational solutions. The high school involved in this study was a large 5-A high school located in central Texas. Their enrollment was just over 2,300 students at the time of the completion of this study. According to the research, any student body of larger than +/-1,000 students is in danger of "losing" kids due to feelings of disconnection with theirschools. Applying treatments such as the AVID program to these large high schools is an attempt on the part of educators to provide for all students within the walls of their schools, in an earnest attempt to "leave no child behind."

Download or read book The Effectiveness of Small Learning Communities in Program Improvement Schools written by Stephanie Kay Lewis-Briggs and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Impact of Smaller Learning Communities in High School on Student Performance written by Joseph Ruiz and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students continue to fail in large, traditional American high schools (Wood, 1992; Raywid, 1995). The transition from small elementary/intermediate settings to large, impersonal secondary environments forces students to face many difficult challenges. A review of the literature has provided support that the implementation of Small Learning Communities has revealed that students who attend small high schools have better attendance and are more successful academically verses students that attend large high schools (Howley, Strange, & Bickel, 2000). The purpose of this research study was to determine if statistical significant differences exist in students' attendance and academic achievement as measured by TAKS subject scores for grades nine, ten, and eleventh in ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies between traditional high schools and a high school implementing a Small Learning Communities model. The five campuses that were used for this study came from the forty campus comparison groups report provided by the Texas Education Agency that compares the yearly performance of campuses that share similar characteristics. This study's research design utilized a Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) test to measure for statistical significant differences. Out of the forty-one separate pieces of data reviewed for the three research questions for this study, only three areas of statistical significance were found. The researcher could not substantiate that the SLC model was the sole determining factor that contributed to the three significant results. Based on the quantity of significance found, there is not enough statistical data over the three year period that supports the hypothesis that the implementation of Small Learning Communities impacts student/student groups' overall academic performance on TAKS testing. Thus no correlation between SLC's and overall student academic performance on TAKS scores and attendance were found. Further research is needed to determine whether there is a correlation between the SLC model and the performance of student/student groups' academic performance and attendance in large high schools.

Download or read book A Case Study on the Effect of Small Learning Community School Setting on Student Achievement in an Urban Comprehensive High School written by Matthew J. Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this mixed method study is to investigate the effectiveness of the implementation of a small learning community and its impact on teaching pedagogy, student learning and as well as developing student self-esteem. Nested within the Constructivist Theory, Bandura's Social Learning Theory and Tinto's Theory for Institutional Departure informed the interpretations of the findings and the literature review provides context for the study with what is documented around small learning theories and making the large, complex high school more student-centered and focused. A mixed method approach was utilized in one of the largest urban high schools in Southeastern Connecticut that implemented such a program to increase student achievement. Through the research process, it was found that students, when given the tools to succeed, are more likely to accept accountability for improvement with the support and assistance of the teachers. Through the smaller learning community implementation, while quantitatively showing little significant improvement on student grade, qualitatively students had a better perception on school and how to complete assignments which, in turn, effected their perceptions of school. The findings of this study are presented to inform school administrators, guidance counselors and teachers on the many ways that effective student engagement can impact student perception and performance as well as scheduling reform in the comprehensive secondary school"--Author's abstract.

Download or read book Building Mathematics Learning Communities written by Erica N. Walker and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2012-05-11 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on perceptions, behaviors, and experiences of students at an urban high school—both high and low achievers—this timely book demonstrates how urban youth can be meaningfully engaged in learning mathematics. The author presents a "potential" model rather than a "deficit" model, complete with teaching strategies and best practices for teaching mathematics in innovative and relevant ways. This resource offers practical insights for pre- and inservice teachers and administrators on facilitating positive interactions, engagement, and achievement in mathematics, particularly with Black and Latino/a students. It also examines societal perceptions of urban students and how these affect teaching and learning, policies, and mathematics outcomes.

Download or read book Transforming the High School Experience written by Alan P. Blanchard and published by Trafford on Demand Pub. This book was released on 2006-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guidebook for educators seeking a practical and effective method for transforming the large comprehensive high school into a successful system of small learning communities.

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation written by Richard M. Ryan and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation collects together the field's top theorists and researchers to provide overviews of today's most noteworthy theories, topical chapters on phenomena from ego-depletion to flow, recent work on the biological bases of motivation, and applied in chapters on therapy, work, sport, education and relationships.

Download or read book The Important Role of Institutional Data in the Development of Academic Programming in Higher Education written by Sydney Freeman, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Institutional data is one of the important aspects that informs the development and sustainability of academic programming within the academy. Centrality of institutional data is key when making decisions related to a range of academic programs. This volume addresses with both depth and breadth: various types of academic programing (i.e. academic degrees, research centers/institutes), diverse institutional types including community colleges, doctoral/research universities, minority-serving and for-profit institutions, and concrete examples and steps regarding how to utilize institutional data to improve academic planning and development. This is the 168th volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management.

Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Where is the Learning in Smaller Learning Communities written by Christopher Michael Fischer and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Effects of Small Learning Communities on Academic Achievement and Comportment of High School Students written by Kimberly Cloud and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1983 when Nation at Risk was released, two major reforms (No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top) were established to improve student academic achievement; yet, the number of high school dropouts continues to rise. The concept of Small Learning Communities (SLC) has been making its way into the traditional school setting since 2000 to help ninth graders make a successful transition to high school and graduate in four years. This study provided an opportunity to examine whether Small Learning Communities improve high school GPA, attendance, and reduce in-house suspensions. The control group consisted of 50 students who did not participate in an SLC and the experimental group consisted of 55 students who did participate in an SLC. The control group and experimental group attended two separate high schools within the same district in Central California. A complete list of all students who participated in an SLC was placed in alphabetical order. A complete list of all students who did not participate in an SLC was placed in alphabetical order. The participants were randomly selected by taking every 10th student for the experimental group and every 12th student for the control group who were alphabetically placed on two separate lists. The data were collected from the 2013-2014 school year and analyzed by using an independent t-test for all hypotheses. The results indicate that there was no significant difference in GPA and suspensions between the two groups but a significant difference in attendance between the two groups. The SLC group experienced a higher attendance rate.

Download or read book The Impact of Small Learning Communities on the Achievement of Low Socioeconomic Status Students in Large High Schools written by Travis Leon Schrimsher and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Science of Learning and Development written by Pamela Cantor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential text unpacks major transformations in the study of learning and human development and provides evidence for how science can inform innovation in the design of settings, policies, practice, and research to enhance the life path, opportunity and prosperity of every child. The ideas presented provide researchers and educators with a rationale for focusing on the specific pathways and developmental patterns that may lead a specific child, with a specific family, school, and community, to prosper in school and in life. Expanding key published articles and expert commentary, the book explores a profound evolution in thinking that integrates findings from psychology with biology through sociology, education, law, and history with an emphasis on institutionalized inequities and disparate outcomes and how to address them. It points toward possible solutions through an understanding of and addressing the dynamic relations between a child and the contexts within which he or she lives, offering all researchers of human development and education a new way to understand and promote healthy development and learning for diverse, specific youth regardless of race, socioeconomic status, or history of adversity, challenge, or trauma. The book brings together scholars and practitioners from the biological/medical sciences, the social and behavioral sciences, educational science, and fields of law and social and educational policy. It provides an invaluable and unique resource for understanding the bases and status of the new science, and presents a roadmap for progress that will frame progress for at least the next decade and perhaps beyond.

Download or read book Learning from Summer written by Catherine H. Augustine and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RAND researchers assess voluntary, district-led summer learning programs for low-income, urban elementary students. This third report in a series examines student outcomes after one and two summers of programming.

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Download or read book Child and Adolescent Development for Educators written by Christi Crosby Bergin and published by Cengage AU. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child and Adolescent Development for Educators covers development from early childhood through high school. This text provides authentic, research-based strategies and guidelines for the classroom, helping future teachers to create an environment that promotes optimal development in children. The authors apply child development concepts to topics of high interest and relevance to teachers, including classroom discipline, constructivism, social-emotional development, and many others. Child and Adolescent Development for Educators combines the core theory with practical implications for educational contexts, and shows how child development links to the Australian Professional Standards for Graduate Teachers. Case studies and real-world vignettes further bridge the distance between research and the classroom. Along with strong coverage of key local research such as the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and Longitudinal Study of Indigenous children.