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Peer reviewedMosrie, David – NASSP Bulletin, 1979
Describes a program at Stone Middle School in Melbourne, Florida. (JM)
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Intermediate Grades, Program Descriptions, Student Projects
Download full textPoulsen, Karen – 1996
A program was designed, developed, and implemented to increase the participation of fourth-grade students in a district-wide storytelling festival in Florida. The target school was the only one in the area to send no students to the festival year after year. The program was planned to work with 10 students in a storytelling practicum with 3 goals,…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Creative Expression, Curriculum Enrichment, Grade 4
Peer reviewedPyatt, Gill – Educational Management & Administration, 1992
Outlines current positions in the United Kingdom and the United States regarding pupil transition from elementary to secondary school. Presents U.S. findings as case studies from each state visited (New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, Florida, and Georgia), highlighting significant similarities and differences in organization and practice. United…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Butzin, Sally – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1997
Discusses Project CHILD (Computers Helping Instruction and Learning Development), a program promoting active learning and the integration of technology with learning stations. First piloted in Florida in 1991 and adopted by 57 schools, the project's success has been ensured by documentation, updates, encouragement, and support. Describes a day in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adoption (Ideas), Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 4
Schools in the Middle, 1991
To address the retained-student dropout rate and increase parent involvement, a Fort Lauderdale (Florida) middle school principal devised a program to help overage seventh graders catch up with their peers in one year and help parents achieve their own education goals. The Rogers' Achievement Program stresses basic skills, student-designed…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Experiential Learning, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedBrodsky, Neal H. – T.H.E. Journal, 1998
Provides background on ThinkQuest, the world's largest Internet learning competition. Describes the experience of H.D. Perry Middle School in Miramar, Florida, where students designed a Web site about one of their hobbies--juggling. Includes the 1997 ThinkQuest Category of First-Place Winners. (AEF)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedHarrison, Jennifer S. – Middle School Journal, 1993
To motivate students toward higher achievement and encourage mingling across racial and socioeconomic groups, a team of Florida seventh-grade teachers developed a plan featuring a rotating schedule, enrichment classes for all students, long time-blocks two days weekly, and heterogeneous cohesive groups. The program exposed all students to a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Dropout Prevention, Enrichment Activities, Grade 7
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Education, Career Exploration, Education Work Relationship
