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Download full textMarcus, Marie – 1971
In 1968, Clinton Hills Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, adopted the "Supermarket Idea of Learning." This learning theory provided for setting up a learning center in each instructional area with materials and machines of instruction accessible to all students. Additional features to implement the theory included; a) a daily…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Innovation, Educational Programs, Individualized Instruction
Uslick, JoAnn; Walker, Carole – 1994
An overview is provided of the evaluation of the Lighthouse Project, an education enhancement project that began in one urban and two suburban districts. Its methodology was the context for showing how the focus on the results of a standardized achievement test in mathematics inhibited the implementation of mathematics reform in the elementary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Beliefs
Peer reviewedWesson, James B. – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Reports development and results of the Kramer Project, a two-year study of the implementation of a problem-solving, activity-based mathematics program in the elementary grades. Describes the mathematical content covered, participating teachers, instructional materials employed, inservice teacher training provided, and academic achievement gains of…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Baldwyn Separate School District, MS. – 1982
Goals of a model program for seven gifted students in a small rural high school in Baldwyn, Mississippi, were to improve teacher knowledge of gifted programs and increase student knowledge and skills through a mentor program and individual projects. Innovative aspects of the program during 1981-82 were inservice training to aid teachers in working…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Art Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Broderius, Bruce W.; And Others – 1985
The effectiveness of an instructional improvement project in the Greeley-Evans Schools, Colorado, was studied. Teachers were provided inservice education in a class called the Essentials of Instruction. Recognizing that receiving training was not the same as being an implementer of the innovation, the Levels of Use instrument identified teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5
Baldwyn Separate School District, MS. – 1983
Objectives of a model program (1980-83) for gifted students in a small rural high school in Baldwyn, Mississippi, were to improve teacher knowledge of gifted programs, demonstrate significant gains in student achievement, increase student skill/knowledge in specific areas, measure attitudes of "artistically talented" students by a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Art Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
