2012, ISBN: 1118218671

In englischer Sprache. Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, Preface ix About the Author xiii 1 Overview 1 PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE: AS THEY ENTER HIGHER EDUCATION 15 2 Success Factors in the Aca… Meer...

In englischer Sprache. Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, Preface ix About the Author xiii 1 Overview 1 PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE: AS THEY ENTER HIGHER EDUCATION 15 2 Success Factors in the Academic Performance of Inner-City Youth: Project Forward Leap 17 3 How Perceptions of Racial Climate Affect Academic Adjustment and Learning 34 PART TWO: PROGRAMS IN MATH, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING 49 4 What Successful Students in Science Know About Learning: Gateway to Higher Education 51 5 Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Academic Performance: Summer Bridge for Entering Minority Engineering Students at California State University at Northridge 62 6 Retaining Students in Engineering at the City College of New York: How a Successful Program Works 74 7 Enhancing Learning in Science Programs at the City College of New York 86 8 Preparing Minority Students to Compete at the Cutting Edge: The CCNY CREST Center 102 9 Who Will Do Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology? Academic Achievement Among Minority Students in Seventeen Institutions 120 With Dawn R. Person 10 Doubling the Number of Minority Students in Science, Engineering, and Math: The Xavier University of Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation 135 With Carole Morning PART THREE: PROGRAMS AT MINORITY-SERVING UNIVERSITIES 155 11 The 4th Hour Algebra Project: University of Texas, Pan American 157 With J. Rene Torres 12 Why Good Students Drop Out: Retention and Performance of Honors Students at Texas Southern University 170 13 When Underprepared Students Stay in College: The Fast Track Program at Texas Southern University 184 14 Problem-Solving Instruction: How Much Is Enough to Increase Verbal and Analytical Skills in Minority Students? 201 15 Does Multicultural Content Make a Difference in the Reading Comprehension Performance of African American Students? Project GRAD at Texas Southern University 219 16 Multicultural Content and the Mathematics Performance of African American Students at Texas Southern University 233 With Jason Guo PART FOUR: CONCLUSION 245 17 Enhancing the Performance of Minorities: Lessons from Program Evaluation 247 APPENDICES 2 Project Forward Leap--Methodological Details 281 3 The Racial Climate at Eastern University--Interview Questions 285 4 Gateway to Higher Education--Methodological Details 287 5 Summer Bridge for Entering Minority Engineering Students at California State University at Northridge--Methodological Details 292 6 Retaining Students in Engineering at the City College of New York--Methodological Details 295 7 Science Programs at the City College of New York--Methodological Details 300 8 The CCNY CREST Center--Methodological Details 305 9 Who Will Do Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology?--Methodological Details 307 10 The Xavier University of Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation--Methodological Details 311 11 The 4th Hour Algebra Project--Methodological Details 313 12 Retention and Performance of Honors Students at Texas Southern University--Methodological Details 316 13 The Fast Track Program at Texas Southern University--Methodological Details 319 14 Problem-Solving Instruction--Methodological Details 323 15 Does Multicultural Content Make a Difference in the Reading Comprehension Performance of African American Students?--Methodological Details 329 16 Multicultural Content and the Mathematics Performance of African American Students at Texas Southern University--Methodological Details 333 References 339 Subject Index 371 Name Index 377, PC-PDF, 400 Seiten, 400 Seiten, 1., Auflage, [GR: 9572 - Nonbooks, PBS / Pädagogik/Bildungswesen], [SW: - Bildungssysteme und -strukturen], [Ausgabe: 1][PU:John Wiley & Sons]<

2012, ISBN: 1118218671

In englischer Sprache. Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, Preface ix About the Author xiii 1 Overview 1 PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE: AS THEY ENTER HIGHER EDUCATION15 2 Success Factors in the Acad… Meer...

In englischer Sprache. Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, Preface ix About the Author xiii 1 Overview 1 PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE: AS THEY ENTER HIGHER EDUCATION15 2 Success Factors in the Academic Performance of Inner-CityYouth: Project Forward Leap 17 3 How Perceptions of Racial Climate Affect Academic Adjustmentand Learning 34 PART TWO: PROGRAMS IN MATH, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING49 4 What Successful Students in Science Know About Learning:Gateway to Higher Education 51 5 Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Academic Performance:Summer Bridge for Entering Minority Engineering Students atCalifornia State University at Northridge 62 6 Retaining Students in Engineering at the City College of NewYork: How a Successful Program Works 74 7 Enhancing Learning in Science Programs at the City College ofNew York 86 8 Preparing Minority Students to Compete at the Cutting Edge:The CCNY CREST Center 102 9 Who Will Do Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology?Academic Achievement Among Minority Students in SeventeenInstitutions 120 With Dawn R. Person 10 Doubling the Number of Minority Students in Science,Engineering, and Math: The Xavier University of Louisiana Alliancefor Minority Participation 135 With Carole Morning PART THREE: PROGRAMS AT MINORITY-SERVING UNIVERSITIES155 11 The 4th Hour Algebra Project: University of Texas, PanAmerican 157 With J. Rene Torres 12 Why Good Students Drop Out: Retention and Performance ofHonors Students at Texas Southern University 170 13 When Underprepared Students Stay in College: The Fast TrackProgram at Texas Southern University 184 14 Problem-Solving Instruction: How Much Is Enough to IncreaseVerbal and Analytical Skills in Minority Students? 201 15 Does Multicultural Content Make a Difference in the ReadingComprehension Performance of African American Students? ProjectGRAD at Texas Southern University 219 16 Multicultural Content and the Mathematics Performance ofAfrican American Students at Texas Southern University 233 With Jason Guo PART FOUR: CONCLUSION 245 17 Enhancing the Performance of Minorities: Lessons from ProgramEvaluation 247 APPENDICES 2 Project Forward Leap--Methodological Details 281 3 The Racial Climate at Eastern University--InterviewQuestions 285 4 Gateway to Higher Education--Methodological Details287 5 Summer Bridge for Entering Minority Engineering Students atCalifornia State University at Northridge--MethodologicalDetails 292 6 Retaining Students in Engineering at the City College of NewYork--Methodological Details 295 7 Science Programs at the City College of NewYork--Methodological Details 300 8 The CCNY CREST Center--Methodological Details 305 9 Who Will Do Math, Science, Engineering, andTechnology?--Methodological Details 307 10 The Xavier University of Louisiana Alliance for MinorityParticipation--Methodological Details 311 11 The 4th Hour Algebra Project--Methodological Details313 12 Retention and Performance of Honors Students at TexasSouthern University--Methodological Details 316 13 The Fast Track Program at Texas SouthernUniversity--Methodological Details 319 14 Problem-Solving Instruction--Methodological Details323 15 Does Multicultural Content Make a Difference in the ReadingComprehension Performance of African AmericanStudents?--Methodological Details 329 16 Multicultural Content and the Mathematics Performance ofAfrican American Students at Texas SouthernUniversity--Methodological Details 333 References 339 Subject Index 371 Name Index 377, PC-PDF, 400 Seiten, 400 Seiten, 1., Auflage, [GR: 9572 - Nonbooks, PBS / Pädagogik/Bildungswesen], [SW: - Bildungssysteme und -strukturen], [Ausgabe: 1][PU:John Wiley & Sons]<

2012, ISBN: 9781118218679

What We Can Learn from Program Evaluations, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), 1. Auflage, In this important resource, Dr. Fleming (a noted expert in the field of minority retention) draws on … Meer...

What We Can Learn from Program Evaluations, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), 1. Auflage, In this important resource, Dr. Fleming (a noted expert in the field of minority retention) draws on educational evaluations she has developed in the course of her distinguished career. This book analyzes the common factors and the role institutional characteristics play in minority student retention to show what really works in increasing academic performance among minority students and includes models of evaluations that describe successful programs that use statistical methods to verify outcomes. [PU: John Wiley & Sons], Seiten: 400, John Wiley & Sons, 2012<

ISBN: 9781118218679

In this important resource, Dr. Fleming (a noted expert in the field of minority retention) draws on educational evaluations she has developed in the course of her distinguished career.Th… Meer...

In this important resource, Dr. Fleming (a noted expert in the field of minority retention) draws on educational evaluations she has developed in the course of her distinguished career.This book analyzes the common factors and the role institutional characteristics play in minority student retention to show what really works in increasing academic performance among minority students and includes models of evaluations that describe successful programs that use statistical methods to verify outcomes.; EPUB; Education > Society & social sciences, Wiley<

2012, ISBN: 9781118218679

What We Can Learn from Program Evaluations, [ED: 1], 1. Auflage, eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: John Wiley & Sons]