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Success Boston Coaching: One-on-one Coaching to Support Students on the Path to College Graduation

Success Boston Coaching (SBC) is a one-on-one coaching program that targets students from low-income backgrounds and racial/ethnic minority groups who face social, academic, and logistical barriers to succeeding in college. SBC provides coaching support throughout the academic year, offering on-demand guidance to help prepare students to navigate through to college graduation. The coaching model includes exploratory analyses to assess the impacts of SBC on student outcomes, such as persistence, academic achievement, and financial aid. Coaches support students in managing key deadlines, such as financial aid and course registration deadlines, and provide guidance on academic topics, including reviewing course syllabi, course selection, and degree planning.

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Postsecondary
Published: 2017
Math

Highly and Minimally Guided Discovery Instruction

The intervention is a computer-based training program that targets the development of reasoning strategies for basic add-1 and doubles combinations in elementary school students. The program consists of five stages of training, including concrete training, estimation training, strategy training, practice, and review. The program uses a combination of virtual manipulatives, word problems, and number lists to help students develop fluency with add-1 and doubles combinations.

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Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade
Published: 2015
Art & Music

CW-FIT Tier 1: Improving Student Behavior in Middle School Art Classrooms

CW-FIT Tier 1 is a multi-tier interdependent group contingency aligned with PBIS that targets improving student behavior in middle school art classrooms. CW-FIT Tier 1 involves teaching classroom expectations, using an interdependent group contingency, giving praise, and awarding points redeemable for a reward. Teachers organize students into teams and set a point goal for each class period. Teams earn points when all members are on-task, and rewards are given to teams that meet the point goal. The intervention also includes providing behavior-specific praise and pre-corrections to remind students of expectations.

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Seventh Grade
Published: 2020
English Language Arts Math

eMINTS Comprehensive Program: A Two-Year Professional Development Program to Improve Teacher Practice and Student Achievement in Mathematics, English Language Arts, and 21st Century Skills

The eMINTS Comprehensive Program is a professional development program for school principals, district and school technology coordinators, and classroom teachers that aims to improve student achievement in mathematics and English language arts, as well as 21st century skills and academic engagement. The program consists of 240 hours of professional development across two years, where teachers learn to design high-quality inquiry-based lesson plans, implement inquiry-based learning strategies, build community among teachers and students, and integrate technology into classroom instruction. Teachers receive formal and individualized professional development from certified eMINTS instructional specialists, who also facilitate the development of a school-based leadership team to support implementation. The program also provides teachers with support materials and just-in-time learning opportunities through online learning communities.

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Seventh Grade Eighth Grade
Published: 2015
English Language Arts

Passport Reading Journeys III (PRJ III): Supplemental Reading Intervention for 9th Grade Students Reading Below Grade Level

Passport Reading Journeys III (PRJ III) is a supplemental reading intervention that incorporates whole group, small group, computer-assisted instruction, and individual practice, and offers a series of research-based strategies including: explicit vocabulary instruction, direct and explicit comprehension instruction, opportunities for extended discussion of text meaning and interpretation, instruction in reading foundational skills, and writing. The intervention is designed for students in grade 9 who are reading below grade level. The program includes a teacher's guide, student workbooks, DVDs, and a library of fiction and non-fiction books and magazines. The intervention is delivered in 50-minute lessons, five days a week, over the course of one school year. The program also includes a technology component, VocabJourney, which provides students with individualized vocabulary practice.

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Ninth Grade
Published: 2012
Other Academic Area

Building Decision Skills: Teaching Ethical Awareness, Responsibility, and Perspective to High School Students

Building Decision Skills is a curriculum that aims to develop students' decision-making skills, targeting their knowledge, attitudes, and values. The program includes a teacher's guide, lesson plans, readings, overheads, and handouts, and involves collaborative activities, group problem-solving, communication, and independent thinking. The curriculum can be implemented over a short period or spread out over time, and the Institute for Global Ethics offers on-site professional development workshops and seminars for teachers and students.

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Twelfth Grade
Published: 2007
Math

FH2T, DragonBox, Immediate Feedback: Educational Technologies to Support Algebraic Understanding

FH2T, DragonBox, and Immediate Feedback are three educational technologies used to support algebraic understanding in Grade 7 students. FH2T is an interactive game that aims to improve students' algebraic understanding by aligning their attention to, actions on, and perception of algebraic notations with high-level mathematical concepts. DragonBox is a game-based application that progressively transitions from pictures of monsters to abstract algebraic notation as the game proceeds. Immediate Feedback is a problem-set condition that provides students with immediate feedback and hints in ASSISTments. The three interventions differ in their approaches, with FH2T focusing on interactive objects that enforce mathematical rules, DragonBox using a game-based interface to introduce algebraic concepts, and Immediate Feedback providing immediate feedback and hints to support student learning.

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Seventh Grade
Published: 2023