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Showing 1 to 20 of 149 for “"Academic progress"”.
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Understanding Satisfactory Academic Progress And Persistence: A Case Study
… an extended period of time. While Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) regulations were established to help students persist towards graduation, some students at community colleges are incapable of adhering to the academic guidelines upon entry. As a result, the mission of community colleges …
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Pace, Academic Progress, and the Antecedents of Student Motivation
… prior to the introduction of the pace measure of progress. While speed of progression through the phase does not appear to have appreciably changed, data suggest a trend from concurrent to more sequential progression through the four candidacy qualifying courses after the courses became subject to …
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Factors impacting on first-year students' academic progress at a South African university
This research project explored the learning experiences of two groups of first-year students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape during the course of 2009/2010. The aim was to obtain insight into the learning challenges that these students encountered …
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Valuing noncognitive factors and academic progress for elementary leaders: a single-site case study
… in the early 1980s, has continued to focus on academic progress, specifically in mathematics and reading, until present day. However, there is a growing body of evidence that noncognitive factors—attributes, dispositions, social skills, interpersonal abilities, and mindset are equally, if not …
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Teachers’ attributions for students’ academic progress in hypothetical unsuccessful and actual successful and unsuccessful conditions
… measured by: rating and ranking of causes for academic progress (Student, Teacher, and Environment); scores on two subscales; an index; and teachers' open-ended explanations for student failure. Results showed method variance as an important concern for attribution research. There were …
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The Impact Of Blended Learning On Measures Of Academic Progress (MAP) Based On Student Growth
… analyzes student growth scores on Measures of Academic Progress in the area of mathematics for 8th grade students after two consecutive years in a blended learning instructional setting as compared to 8th grade students after two consecutive years in a traditional instructional setting. Five …
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The Impact of the Academic Progress Rating on the Retention and Recruiting Strategies of NCAA Division I Football Programs
… the graduation rates of student athletes. The Academic Progress Rating (APR), was designed to hold each individual athletic program accountable for keeping student athletes eligible and at the institution until the student athlete graduates. With this reform the NCAA attached land mark …
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Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan: A Manual for Supporting and Enhancing the Academic Progress of Black Male Student-Athletes
… are often socialized to value sports over academics at a young age because athletic talent can mean access to a college education and improvement in the social and economic status of the athletes and their families. Once Black male student-athletes matriculate, colleges and universities …
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Psycho-social difficulties experienced by first-entering students with their academic progress at higher education institutions: case study of a rural-based university
… the day-to-day learning experiences and academic performance of first-year students in higher education institutions. It is widely acknowledged that the transition from secondary to tertiary education presents numerous challenges, particularly for young students entering a university for …
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Looping: the Impact of a Multi-Year Program on the Academic Progress, Retention, and Special Education Placements of Students in Two South Central Pennsylvania Schools
… instructional delivery system, as it pertains to academic progress, retention rates, and special education placements. Specifically, the study determined if there was a significant difference between students involved in a looping instructional model as compared to those not participating in a …
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Saving our Sons: The Impact of a Single Gender Public School on the Social, Emotional, and Academic Progress of Young African American Males From Low Socioeconomic Urban Neighborhoods
… consistently perform at significantly lower academic levels, than their peers, at every age level and on almost every national assessment (Lewis, Simon, Uzzell, Horwitz, & Casserly, 2010; Harvey, 2010; Tsoi-A-Fatt, 2010; Fergus & Noguera, 2010), and of all racial/ethnic and gender groups, …
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Play Your Way to Better Grades: A Look at Possible Academic Benefits of Recess and Teacher Perspectives
… in recent years, increasing pressure to ensure academic progress has led some school systems to reduce or eliminate recess. Recess creates an environment where students can naturally develop these skills, which are not always directly taught within the classroom. Purpose: The purpose of this …
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The Impact of After School Learning Centers on Low Achieving African American Elementary Students
… school district in South Carolina on Measures of Academic Progress achievement scores for low achieving African American elementary students. The researcher collected and analyzed Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test data administered in the Spring of 2008 from the state database and identified 419 …
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An Evaluation Of The In-School Suspension Program At One High School
… ineffective ISS programs can interrupt academic progress. Often used in isolation and as a holding area for code of conduct violations, ISS can yield results such as increased recidivism, increased hostility and decreased academic progress. The methods used within this study included …
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Girls in Child Protective Services: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Self-Perceptions, Interpersonal Connections, and Academic Resilience
… study was to advance the understanding of academic resilience among girls in the care of child protective services. Using a developmental framework of resilience this research examined: the academic experiences of girls in care, the capacity of girls in care to form positive self- …
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Stakeholders’ perspectives regarding parental involvement in governance and schooling in Hlabisa circuit schools
… causing shortcomings in school governance and academic progress. The literature also shows that there exists a relationship between parental involvement and learner‟s academic achievements. It provides that learners whose parents care about their academic progress are likely to perform well on …
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The Effect of Social Stratification on College Students' Academic Performance & Progress
… the variables of social stratification, academic performance, and academic progress and how those variables affect a student’s decision to drop out of college. The researcher selected participants for this study from the database at a 4-year private HBCU located in the northern part of …
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Achievement Study of Negro Elementary Transfer Students
… in the transfer program would make more academic progress by 1968 than would Negro elementary students from the same home schools who did not transfer. All students had to be in grade four in 1966. Students must have taken a standardized achievement test in 1966 and 1968.</p>
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Integration of Student Academic Record and Major Requirements through XML.
… Ridge Design Studio Team that matches students' progress with major requirements in their college career. This study addresses the problems of previous studies and suggests a solution. A powerful new technique, XML, is used to model, store and process the data of major requirements and student …
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