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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Advanced courses"”.
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Development of experiments involving pharmaceutical manufacturing principles
… concepts into Freshman-level engineering courses. The goal is to increase the interest of pharmaceutical engineering in students and provide the necessary background for more advanced courses in the field. The experiments can be used on an individual basis, or to be grouped into themes for …
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Value of Business Education at the Secondary School Level as Preparation for Advanced Study
… are permitted to enroll in intermediate or advanced business courses at post-secondary institutions, what are the factors used by post-secondary institutions determining which students are eligible for the intermediate or advanced courses, and to what extent students are granted credit for …
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Narrowing Attainment and Achievement Gaps of High School African American and Hispanic Students: Policy Advocacy Document
… American, Hispanic, and low-income students in advanced courses to narrow achievement and attainment gaps. Suburban School District adopted these areas in its strategic plan and invested significant resources to address patterns of achievement and course enrollment of these students. This study …
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Understanding learner engagement and the effect of course structure in massive open online courses
… learner performance in two edX programming courses. We look at many dierent types of learners, such as learners who have taken both intro and advanced courses, learners who opt to pay for certification, learners who take the experimental self-paced course, learners who eventually become …
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Teaching AVID: an investigation of pedagogy in a college prepatory program for traditionally underserved youth
… a program designed to increase access to advanced courses and increase college attendance rated for underrepresented students. Specifically, this dissertation looks at how three practitioners implement principles of the program while still maintaining their individual identities as …
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Three essays on rural-nonrural disparities in postsecondary access and success
… In the second essay, I examine the link between advanced math course taking and rural-nonrural gaps in enrollment rates in four-year colleges. Finally, in the third essay, I document the extent of the rural-nonrural gap in postsecondary engineering and computer science (ECS) degree attainment and …
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Examining the Effects of a Content-based Peer Feedback Writing Intervention in Community College Classrooms
… course work for long-term success in more advanced courses (Karp, Hughes, & O’Gara 2010; Perin, 2013; Tapp, 2013). The current study used a Community of Practice (CoP) framework (Lave & Wenger, 1991) to create a content-based peer feedback intervention to examine two key ways in which a …
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Making A Difference : Ways Of Teaching And Learning In General National Qualifications
… By following multiple lines of evidence in three advanced courses in one institution a comprehensive and robust picture is built up which illustrates the journey through a course of study for students and their teachers. Diverse aspects of the teaching and learning process drawn from differing …
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A Qualitative Analysis of School Leadership Behaviors and Levels of Representation of One Minority Population in Advanced Placement Courses in One Southeastern Virginia School District
… the underrepresentation of minority students in Advanced Placement (AP) courses in Virginia high schools and examines the influences that encourage school leaders to lessen the existing gaps at their assigned schools. Data from a division in southeastern Virginia summarizing each school's …
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Principals' and Assistant Principals' Self-Reported Levels of Preparedness to Assist Instructional Staff Working with English Learners in Two School Districts in Virginia
… to their non-EL peers, lack of access to advanced courses as well as institutional marginalization, segregation and racism. School administrators are key in ensuring success for all students, particularly for ELs. Administrators who are knowledgeable about issues of equity and …
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A Comparative Analysis of Traditional Versus Block and Accelerated Block Scheduled High Schools Over an Eight-Year Period in a Large Urban School District
… dropout rate, percentage of students taking advanced courses, percentage of students passing all Exit-level Texas Assessment of Academic Skills tests, percentage of students taking College Admissions Tests, mean SAT total score of those students who took the SAT, mean ACT total score of those …
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How does participation in K-12 bilingual education in a large urban district within a Midwestern city influence the postsecondary pathways and outcomes of Latinos?
Trejo, Rocío National statistics indicate Latinos are a growing demographic across the U.S. Additionally, census data shows Latinos have low college enrollment and completion rates. Bilingual education is a venue through which many Latinos are schooled. Most studies on the impact of bilingual …