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Strategies To Enhance Achievement For Boys, Susan Frick
Strategies To Enhance Achievement For Boys, Susan Frick
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Strategies to Enhance Achievement for Boys Gurian (1996) reported that brain research shows there are definite differences between the ways that boys' and girls' brains work. This applied project identifies some of the reasons why boys underachieve in school and includes strategies to assist and facilitate success in school; thereby, building responsible and confident adults. Effective strategies were combined in the guide book to enhance the way educators teach boys in school. The strategies are effective for boys at the elementary school level.
The Impact Of Looping On Student Achievement On The Colorado Student Assessment Program, Steven C. Tucker
The Impact Of Looping On Student Achievement On The Colorado Student Assessment Program, Steven C. Tucker
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The use of looping, the practice of students and teachers remaining together for two years or more, has increased over the past decade. This study investigated the achievement of students enrolled in both looping and traditional classrooms at Holmes Middle School (HMS) on the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP). Test scores for the 183 students enrolled in seventh grade at were analyzed utilizing an unpaired t-test to determine if there was a statistically significant difference between the scores of 95 looping and 88 non-looping students. In all three areas tested assessed by the CSAP, reading, writing, and mathematics, it was …