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The Freshman Connection: Implementing And Assessing A Plan To Increase Student Success, Pamela Downing-Hosten Jan 2000

The Freshman Connection: Implementing And Assessing A Plan To Increase Student Success, Pamela Downing-Hosten

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this practicum was to develop, implement, and assess a plan for reducing the number of freshmen at the high school who failed the grade, with failure being defined as the inability to earn 4 credits within 1 year. From the 1993-1994 school year until the 1997-1998 school year, an average of 17.7% of the 9th-grade class had to repeat the grade. Through the year-long implementation of the plan called the Freshman Connection program, the researcher hoped that the failure rate of 21.9% in 1998 would be reduced to 10.0% in 1999.

The Freshman Connection program entailed (a) …


Nova University Programs For Higher Education Seventeenth Annual Summer Institute: "Preparing The Workforce For 2001: Educating The 'At-Risk' Student" July 23-29, 1989, Nova University Jul 1989

Nova University Programs For Higher Education Seventeenth Annual Summer Institute: "Preparing The Workforce For 2001: Educating The 'At-Risk' Student" July 23-29, 1989, Nova University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

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