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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"magnet program"”.

  1. Achievement gains of average ability students in a magnet program versus a non-magnet program

    Shamanoff, Gloria1986

    … to determine the effect, if any, of a selected magnet school program on achievement of average ability students. Repeated academic growth of average ability elementary magnet school students was compared with repeated academic growth of average ability elementary non-magnet school students in a …

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  2. The Effects of a Middle School Magnet Program on Eighth Grade Student Performance

    Shepherd, Marie NorfleetVirginia Tech1998

    Magnet schools were developed in the early 1970s when a large number of urban school districts began seeking alternatives to court-ordered desegregation mandates (Levine and Steel, 1994). Since that time, numerous studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of magnet schools in providing a …

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  3. An Evaluation Of A Stem Magnet Program That Utilizes Project-Based Learning To Improve Student Achievement

    Serrano, LeShea Boromei2019

    <p>This evaluation of a secondary level STEM Magnet program that implements Project Based Learning (PBL) analyzes three areas of study, Engineering, Biomedical Science, and Game Design and the relationship to student achievement. The three areas of study provide the platform for a STEM-PBL learning …

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  4. A study of gifted students enrolled in a magnet program compared with gifted students remaining at their home school

    Kasinski, Gerald G.

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  5. A study of gifted students enrolled in a magnet program compared with gifted students remaining at their home school

    Kasinski, Gerald G.

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  6. Whose interests are best served through the adoption of a magnet program? A case study of a small urban school and the struggle over race and geography

    Lee, AmosUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2018

    … study used qualitative methods to investigate a magnet program within an elementary school located in a small urban city in the Midwest. The school, Robert Smalls, hosted a STEM magnet program to attract white families to send their children into a majority Black neighborhood. Case study …

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  7. Magnet Schools: Implications for Curriculum Development

    Smith, Jean Anne StewartUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

    … is the Kankakee, Illinois School District 111 magnet school program, including a comparison of the magnet program to the regular or nonmagnet curriculum program in Kankakee. Findings indicated that magnet students exhibited greater gains in some areas, including test results, as compared to …

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  8. Policy implementation and nonacademic effects of magnet school programming

    Austin, TatianaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2021

    The decision to implement magnet school programming in an individual building or on a district-wide basis requires the consideration of many factors. With all the research on the academic benefits, this paper explores some of the nonacademic factors that must be explored when creating or sustain …

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  9. Aim High, Win Big: Optimizing the OR Nurse's Skills to Improve Surgical Outcomes

    AGBUYA-GATES, AMMIE ROSE2017

    … in this microsystem. A structured scrub training program will improve the performance of novice and advanced beginner nurses to prevent the occurrence of adverse events. This program includes 320 hours of exposure to scrub the top ten procedures of two specialty services after the nurse learns how …

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  10. The Magnet School Program As A Desgregation Tool In School Districts Receiving Federal Funds From The Magnet Schools Assistance Program In 1995

    Carrington, Willie PatrickVirginia Tech2001

    Over the last three decades, the magnet school program has been employed as a desegregation tool to eliminate, reduce, or prevent minority group isolation in public schools in America. By definition, the magnet school program has three essential elements: a unified curriculum based on a special …

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  11. Equity in Education: Transforming Urban Middle Schools for Black Students Success

    Nnate, Jasmine Eyim-Ejim 1988-University of Houston2025

    … types of middle schools in this district, by magnet program or not, Title I status or not, and geographic area of district (c) to examine the interaction of campus demographics of race/ethnicity and free and reduced meals (FARM) on the achievement gap. Method: This quantitative study used …

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  12. STEM Program Implementation: A Case Study Analysis of Perceptions, Resources, Equity and Diversity

    Egenrieder, James A.Virginia Tech2015

    … technology, engineering and math (STEM) academy program that featured characteristics of both magnet school programs and schoolwithin-a-school programs. I conducted interviews of key personnel, informed by classroom observations and a survey of parents to determine how stakeholders perceived …

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