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Student Transfer: The Effect Of Timing On Academic Achievement, Michael D. Wing
Student Transfer: The Effect Of Timing On Academic Achievement, Michael D. Wing
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
America’s population is highly mobile. Some students move between school years, during the summer months, while others transfer after the school year has begun. Classrooms throughout the United States are likely to have students moving-in and transferring-out at any point; mobility occurs before, during, and after the school year begins. Research indicates that mobility has an effect on academic achievement. The major purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the timing of student transfer on academic achievement. Students who transferred Early (during the summer) and students who transferred Late (during the school year) were compared to those …
Umaine Students Recognized For Academic Achievement, Kay Hyatt
Umaine Students Recognized For Academic Achievement, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
Eighty-eight students in the University of Maine's College of Education and Human Development were recognized recently for outstanding academic achievement. The students, representing communities throughout Maine, five other states and Canada, were honored at the Presidential Academic Achievement Award Ceremony, attended by faculty and family members.
Honor Society Inducts Umaine Education Students, Kay Hyatt
Honor Society Inducts Umaine Education Students, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
Future teachers heard some first-hand, high-level advice about succeeding in their chosen profession during their initiation into the University of Maine's scholastic honor society for education majors. Public expectations, accountability measures and a host of social and political issues are changing and challenging K-12 education, SAD 46 (Dexter) Superintendent Raymond Poulin, former state deputy commissioner of education, told students being inducted into the Gamma Omicron Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi.
Survey Reflects Maine Students Optimistic And Ambitious, But Feeling Effects Of National Educational And Social Concerns, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
Maine students are optimistic, think hard work is essential to success and view their parents as strong, positive influences in their lives, according to preliminary results from a University of Maine survey of more than 20,000 sixth through 12th graders representing 111 schools and every county in the state. The early data also suggest that student perceptions of their schools, teachers, peers and social experiences, are less positive, and there is an increasing disconnection between parents and schools as students advance in grade.
Umaine Education Project Winners Announced, Kay Hyatt
Umaine Education Project Winners Announced, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
Nearly 70 students from the University of Maine's College of Education and Human Development presented displays of their senior projects at the recent fall poster session. Winners have been named in four categories. The students choose either an educational research or a school practice topic to explore in depth and present as a capstone project to the senior seminar. The displays and presentations were judged by members of Phi Delta Kappa, the international organization for professional educators.
Honor Society Inducts Umaine Education Students, Kay Hyatt
Honor Society Inducts Umaine Education Students, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
The Gamma Omicron Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the University of Maine's scholastic honor society for education majors, inducted 25 students during its annual fall initiation ceremony. To be eligible for membership in Kappa Delta Pi, students must have reached their junior year with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 and, in addition to scholarship, demonstrate leadership and commitment to education.
Corporate Marketing Whiz, Aspirations Expert Are Wit And Wisdom Of New Syndicated Column For Dads, Kay Hyatt
Corporate Marketing Whiz, Aspirations Expert Are Wit And Wisdom Of New Syndicated Column For Dads, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
The serendipitous meeting of two kindred spirits ̶ a new-product marketing guru with corporate clients around the world and a professor in Maine trying to spread the word about the link between student aspirations, attitude and achievement -- launched a friendship and a nationally syndicated newspaper column.