Determine patterns of need as a first step In the above example, the data suggest there is a pattern of need (a particular factor affecting student performance). Needs fall into two categories: ...

As the high-profile Knowledge Is Power Program network of schools continues to expand, KIPP leaders are taking a close look at student attrition amid arguments from critics that the loss of students ...

In research with children and adolescents, insufficient duration of sleep has been linked to numerous problems in cognitive functioning, emotion regulation, and health. How many hours of sleep they ...

Total enrollment at Virginia’s colleges continues to grow, but the rate of growth has slowed since the end of the Great Recession in 2009. The enrollment pattern may be the result of declining growth ...

A question confronts many professors at the start of each semester: Which of their students can grasp a subject’s underlying concepts, and which are simply adept at memorizing? Both kinds of students ...

Student disengagement takes many forms and is particularly apparent in academic contexts, when many students avoid rigorous study, when professors and students mutually agree to a “if you don’t bother ...

I’ve spent a bit more than two decades in the United States, first as a student and then as a professor. During that time, I noticed a striking trend among Korean students studying abroad: their ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Interest in student transfer/attendance patterns remains high. There is considerable evidence that the traditional perception of transfer from ...