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Vcu Professor Researches Early Intervention Programs For Preschools, Ties To Rtr Program, Sterling Giles
Vcu Professor Researches Early Intervention Programs For Preschools, Ties To Rtr Program, Sterling Giles
Auctus: The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship
The Institute for Education Sciences, IES, a branch of the US Department of Education, awarded a grant to VCU professors Bryce McLeod, Ph.D and Kevin Sutherland, Ph.D to research behavioral problems in local preschool children. The four-year grant totaled up to $1.6 million.
Academic Rigor: A Research Report, Gabriel Reich, Volkan Sevim, Amanda Turner
Academic Rigor: A Research Report, Gabriel Reich, Volkan Sevim, Amanda Turner
MERC Publications
Rigor can be defined in any number of ways. We found an imbalance between the ways in which rigor has been defined by the Virginia Department of Education, and how education scholars define rigor in the respective academic disciplines.
(1) The Commonwealth of Virginia defines rigor as college and career readiness as measured by attendance in post-secondary educational institution, achievement of high Standards of Learning (SOL) test scores, as well as participation in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs.
(2) Educational Psychologists tend to define rigor in ways that are generalizable across contexts. Researchers in this tradition focus on academic …