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The Impact Of Participation In The Advanced Placement Program On Students’ College Admissions Test Scores, Russell Warne, Ross Larsen, Braydon Anderson, Alyce Odasso
The Impact Of Participation In The Advanced Placement Program On Students’ College Admissions Test Scores, Russell Warne, Ross Larsen, Braydon Anderson, Alyce Odasso
Russell T Warne
Career Changers As First-Year High School Teachers, Holly Anderson, Sara Fry, Jack Hourcade
Career Changers As First-Year High School Teachers, Holly Anderson, Sara Fry, Jack Hourcade
Jack Hourcade
Individuals who change careers to assume teaching roles in secondary schools are more likely to struggle in the classroom than those without such backgrounds. In this investigation, we identified three such career-changing teachers who were beginning their education careers in rural schools, and observed and interviewed them throughout their first year of teaching to understand their unique challenges and to identify the types of supports that they found to be most helpful. Three primary themes emerged: (1) adjustment to the unique culture of a school, (2) the importance of mentoring, and (3) adaptation of previous work experiences to teaching. Recommendations …
Comparing Weighted And Unweighted Grade Point Averages In Predicting College Success Of Diverse And Low-Income College Students, Russell Warne, Chanel Nagaishi, Michael Slade, Paul Hermesmeyer, Elizabeth Peck
Comparing Weighted And Unweighted Grade Point Averages In Predicting College Success Of Diverse And Low-Income College Students, Russell Warne, Chanel Nagaishi, Michael Slade, Paul Hermesmeyer, Elizabeth Peck
Russell T Warne
While research has shown the statistical significance of high school grade point averages (HSGPAs) in predicting future academic outcomes, the systems with which HSGPAs are calculated vary drastically across schools. Some schools employ unweighted grades that carry the same point value regardless of the course in which they are earned; other schools use weighting systems that assign greater value to grades earned in honors courses. Due to these inconsistencies, comparison of HSGPAs from different schools is difficult or impossible. We coded 710 transcripts from undergraduate students involved in the Joint Admissions Medical Program in Texas. All grades were standardized on …
Did Teachers’ Race And Verbal Ability Matter In The 1960’S? Coleman Revisited, Ronald Ehrenberg, Dominic Brewer
Did Teachers’ Race And Verbal Ability Matter In The 1960’S? Coleman Revisited, Ronald Ehrenberg, Dominic Brewer
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Our paper reanalyzes data from the classic 1966 study Equality of Educational Opportunity, or Coleman Report. It addresses whether teacher characteristics, including race and verbal ability, influenced "synthetic gain scores" of students (mean test scores of upper grade students in a school minus mean test scores of lower grade students in a school), in the context of an econometric model that allows for the possibility that teacher characteristics in a school are endogenously determined. We find that verbal aptitude scores of teachers influenced synthetic gain scores for both black and white students. Verbal aptitude mattered as much for black teachers …
Positive Behavior Support And High School Transition, Hank Bohanon, C. Johnson
Positive Behavior Support And High School Transition, Hank Bohanon, C. Johnson
Hank Bohanon
No abstract provided.
Comics, The Canon, And The Classroom, James Carter
Comics, The Canon, And The Classroom, James Carter
James B Carter
This chapter, which explores what I call the canon-curriculum-culture connection in terms of comics and graphic novels, also offers definitions of the augmental and supplemental approaches to using graphic novels in the classroom. The link is to the "Google Books" version of the paper, which begins on page 47 of the book.
Carving A Niche: Graphic Novels In The English Language Arts Classroom, James Carter
Carving A Niche: Graphic Novels In The English Language Arts Classroom, James Carter
James B Carter
An introduction to the roles that graphic novels can play in the secondary English Language Arts classroom.