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Eigen, Lewis D. – 1991
This white paper describes the extent of drinking on college campuses; the health, social, academic, and economic costs thereof; means of education and intervention available to schools; and the relationship of many university policies and practices to this problem. The paper is organized into two major sections. The first describes the nature of…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Campuses, College Administration, Educational Environment
Ascher, Carol – 1982
Educational research often defines educational goals narrowly by reading levels or Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores and equally narrowly correlates student success in these areas with the content of the curriculum or time spent in learning. According to Rutter et al., secondary schools with a good ethos create students who perform well…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Quality, Educational Research
Fraser, Barry J. – 1989
In this monograph, an overview of research on learning environments in science classrooms is provided. Various forms of classroom research are compared, including student perceptions, direct observation, case studies, and combinations of ethnographic and student perception methodologies. Included are: (1) "Background," including…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
Ryan, Kevin – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Traces the history of moral education from the ethics-laden forties and fifties through the value-neutral sixties and seventies to the late eighties' focus on character, socialization, and culture. Offers a blueprint for future ethical instruction based on example, explanation, exhortation, environment, and experience. (MLH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Environmental Education Report and Newsletter, 1986
Compiles a series of direct quotations from six governmental reports that reflect a scientific consensus on major aspects of acid deposition. Presents the statements in a question and answer format. Also reviews the sources, extent, and effects of acid rain. (ML)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Environmental Education
Mitchell, El – Bulletin of Environmental Education, 1985
Demonstrates how elements of a built environment can be introduced to middle school students. Describes activities that address the concept of spatial organziation in a small scale urban environment, suggesting that hierarchical arrangements of settlements, the central place theory, and land use zoning can be taught at the elementary level. (ML)
Descriptors: Buildings, Ecology, Elementary Education, Environmental Education
Park, Clara C., Ed.; Goodwin, A. Lin, Ed.; Lee, Stacey J., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2003
This anthology is the second volume in a series sponsored by the Special Interest Group-Research on the education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG-REAPA) of the American Educational Research Association and California Association for Asian and Pacific American Education. The series intends to be a national voice for the education of Asian and…
Descriptors: Pacific Americans, Asian American Students, Educational Research, Ethnicity

Smith, David R.; And Others – Science Teacher, 1991
Presented is an activity where students conduct a micrometeorological study in their neighborhood using temperature, humidity measurements, and mapping skills. Included are a discussion of surface weather observations, the experiment, and directions. (KR)
Descriptors: Climate, Ecology, Environmental Influences, Map Skills

Galloway, David – British Journal of Special Education, 1988
British educational policy on inservice training has established as a priority the training of classroom teachers to meet special educational needs of their students, using a curriculum-focused, whole-school approach. Three issues require consideration in the policy's implementation: academic organization, social climate of the school, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disabilities, Educational Environment, Educational Policy

Willits, Bob – CUPA Journal, 1994
A combination of economic and societal stresses contributes to workplace violence in higher education. College human resources professionals must become knowledgeable about its causes, implications, prevention, and appropriate responses. A three-tiered plan includes a preventive program, threat-management plan and team, and crisis management team.…
Descriptors: College Environment, Crisis Management, Emotional Disturbances, Employees

Munz, David C. – CUPA Journal, 1995
This article suggests ways to develop individual employees' capabilities to minimize the negative effects of workplace stress in higher education, particularly that caused by organizational change. It is argued that early action to prepare employees for change is more beneficial to individuals and the institution than treating dysfunctional…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Environment, Higher Education

Crosser, Sandra – Young Children, 1992
Classroom management can have a direct effect on the kinds of behaviors students exhibit and make the difference between chaos and an orderly environment that facilitates learning. Suggestions for teachers involve planning for physical space, arrival and departure times, the scheduling of transitions, children's interactions with equipment and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Conflict Resolution, Early Childhood Education

Hixson, Judson – Journal of Staff Development, 1993
Outlines some of the ways urban conditions affect urban schools and the implications for urban focused staff development. It is argued that these conditions limit the effectiveness of traditional models and approaches to staff development, requiring staff developers to include in their focus broad, systematic changes. (GLR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Staff Development

Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1994
A technique called the Instructional Environment System-II is presented as a framework for assessing the performance and learning outcomes of students with disabilities in the context of classroom and home environments and developing an effective instructional program. A case description of a third-grade boy with difficulty in reading and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Brammer, Lawrence M. – 1992
A transition is a short-term life change characterized by a sharp discontinuity with the past. Examples of transitions include job changes, marriages, births, divorces, death, vacations, and relocation. Transitions can be either positive or negative, voluntary or involuntary, on-time or off-time. Life transitions can be viewed by using metaphors…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Change, Coping, Life Events