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Download full textDorsey, Mary E. – 1969
In May of 1969, the Broward County Board of Public Instruction (Migrant Education Center) made available this guide to enable teachers to increase listening abilities of elementary school students. Although research studies show that listening can and should be taught, it is pointed out that listening instruction for most children is an incidental…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary School Students, Evaluation, Learning Experience
McGilvra, Bridget – 2000
Approximately 360,000 people in Florida are migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Although this group includes a wide array of ethnicities with their own cultural characteristics, the shared experience of migrancy lends some common threads to an otherwise diverse population. This publication explores these commonalities, as they relate to educators'…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment, Migrant Education, Migrant Workers
University of South Florida, Tampa. Florida Center for Community Design and Research. – 1993
This study examines the current use of manufactured relocatable (portable) classrooms in the public school districts of Florida to determine whether their use is a cost efficient and educationally effective and safe means of handling short-term accommodation needs. Areas of research include: economic impacts; the physical classroom environment;…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Bruner, Darlene Y.; Greenlee, Bobbie Jean – Research in the Schools, 2000
Studied whether significant differences existed in the work cultures of schools with high student achievement scores and low student achievement scores focusing on six Florida elementary schools. Schools grouped based on student achievement were found to have significantly different work cultures, with more collaborative cultures in higher…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, High Achievement
Peer reviewedFu, Danling; And Others – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1999
Describes rationale and first-week-of-school activities of a project to implement multi-age classrooms composed of kindergarten, first, and second grade students who spend 3 years in that classroom. Notes that the project's goal is to empower children as learners by allowing them to help design the curriculum and set goals for their own learning.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary School Teachers, Mixed Age Grouping, Peer Relationship
Peer reviewedKruse, Cara K.; Card, Jaclyn A. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2004
In this study, the authors examined the effects of a conservation education camp program offered through one zoo education department. The conservation education program included 4 levels of camps with increasing levels of animal husbandry. Campers rated their conservation knowledge, attitude, and behavior prior to, immediately after, and 1 month…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Recreational Facilities, Animal Husbandry, Conservation Education
Direct linkMaestas, Nicole; Gaillot, Sarah – RAND Corporation, 2008
This report presents results from a multisite, quantitative evaluation of the international Spirituality for Kids (SFK) after-school program. Despite its name, SFK is a nonreligious program that seeks to build resilience in children by teaching them to access inner resources and build positive connections with others. The SFK program is unlike…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Spiritual Development, Personality Traits, Skill Development
Ross, Dorene; Howie, Sheryl; Halsall, Sharen; Vescio, Vicki – Teacher Education and Practice, 2007
This qualitative study examined the experiences of 10 prospective teachers completing internships in low-income, majority-minority schools while participating in a professional learning community within the context of a course that focused on culturally responsive pedagogy. Drawing primarily from interviews and online discussions, the article…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Beginning Teachers, Reflective Teaching, Minority Groups
KIMBROUGH, RALPH B. – 1964
FACTORS OF THE COMMUNITY POWER STRUCTURE WHICH AFFECTED DECISION-MAKING ON EDUCATIONAL POLICIES IN TWO LOCAL DISTRICTS OF FLORIDA, BEACH COUNTY AND RIVER COUNTY, ARE PRESENTED. THE COUNTIES WERE MATCHED ON CERTAIN FACTORS OF SOCIAL CLIMATE, BUT DIFFERED WIDELY IN LOCAL FINANCIAL EFFORT. IT WAS FOUND THAT NO GROUP MADE ALL THE DECISIONS IN RIVER…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Role, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making Skills
Brevard County School Board, Cocoa, FL. – 1974
This teaching guide deals with the ecological composition of a marsh and the ecological effects certain changes might have on a marsh. This study focuses on the fresh water marsh found in the Florida Everglades which can furnish the student with several examples of past, present, and possible future ecological changes which impact this ecosystem.…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Ecology, Elementary Education, Environment
Crawford, Marion S. – 1968
The Broward County Migrant Education Center outlines a procedure for development of a 1-week workshop centering on appropriate school activities in an area where adequate commercial guides and materials are sparse. Focus of the paper is on the development of homemaking experiences for use in elementary school classes for migrant children. The…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary School Students, Home Economics, Home Economics Skills
Peer reviewedStepick, Alex; Portes, Alejandro – International Migration Review, 1986
Presents survey and observational and interview data from recently arrived Haitians regarding (1) individual background experiences; (2) arrival and early resettlement experiences; (3) educational level, knowledge of English and of the United States; (4) current employment status and occupation; (5) income and use of public assistance; (6)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Economic Opportunities, Employment Opportunities
Pate, Sharon Shamburger – 1999
This essay examines the influence of a mandatory school-uniform dress code on academic achievement and discipline infractions. In addition, student gender and type of school district were compared to show the influence of this policy. Only schools that implemented a mandatory school-uniform policy in 1996 and had data for discipline infractions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dress Codes, Educational Environment, Educational Policy
Langer, Judith A. – 1999
The Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA) has been studying the characteristics of successful English programs in middle and high schools. This report discusses the findings of the first two years of their 5-year Excellence in English study and focuses on the educational practices that support student literacy as well as the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Research, English Instruction
Cummings, Howard H.; Gaumnitz, Walter H.; Hamilton, Allen T.; Hull, J. Dan; Ludington, John R.; Mallory, Berenice; Miller, Leonard – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1954
This bulletin is the report of the Second Commission on Life Adjustment Education for Youth. It consists of an account of the activities of the Commission carried on during its 3-year (1950-53) tenure (Chapter One), descriptions of related activities carried on in the different States and dioceses (Chapter Two), and an analysis of secondary…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Secondary Education, Educational Planning, Educational Improvement
