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Marinelli, Joseph J. – 1972
A project to assess needs of educable mentally retarded (EMR) children and adults in three Florida counties reports findings and recommendations. EMR population findings show that many of the 224 EMR students have language deficiencies, and that most cluster at 11 and 15 years of age; recommended are early intervention, language programs, and…
Descriptors: Administration, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Gordon, Ira J.; And Others – 1969
Activities of the Institute for Development of Human Resources provide the information contained in this document. This first large-scale project of the institute was in parent education of disadvantaged mothers in the north central Florida area. The purpose of the project was to investigate a way in which early intervention into the lives of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Experience
Roueche, John E., Ed.; Jones, Barbara R., Ed. – American Association of Community Colleges, 2005
Environmental factors currently affecting today's community colleges either will cause irreparable damage to their fiscal health and organizational structure or contribute to their rebirth--transforming systems and processes to meet current and future challenges successfully. Community colleges are facing challenges on many levels: (1) In 2003,…
Descriptors: Campuses, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, College Presidents
Thomson, Robert D. – 1982
This study can be used in a geographic research methods course to show how nearest-neighbor analysis and regression analysis can be used to study various aspects of land use. An analysis of the sand, gravel, and crushed stone industry in three urban areas of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Florida illustrates the locational problems faced by…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Community Zoning, Environmental Standards, Futures (of Society)

Bell, Yvonne R.; McGraw-Burrell, Regina – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1988
Examination of 48 Black third and fourth grade students revealed that students presented tasks in a varied format perform no better than those presented tasks in an unvaried format. Low achievers may learn better in varied format conditions. High-achieving Black students more easily adapt to the school learning environment than do low-achieving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Culture, Black Students, Class Activities
Boroughs, Michael; Massey, Oliver T.; Armstrong, Kathleen H. – Journal of School Violence, 2005
Violence in the schools is a fundamental concern for students, educators and communities as they collectively address issues that make schools safer. A longitudinal analysis of disciplinary referrals was conducted with a large countywide school district to measure differences across socioeconomic status and school level. These variables proved to…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Violence, School Safety, Prevention
Knitzer, Jane; Lefkowitz, Jill – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2006
Compelling evidence from neuroscience about how early relationships and experience influence the architecture of the brain, and in turn early school success, has led to increasing policy and practice attention to implementing child development and family support programs like Early Head Start for infants and toddlers. But, there is also a group of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Family Programs, Toddlers, Infants
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2006
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students
WIEGAND, RICHARD – 1966
FACTORS RELATED TO PARTICIPATION IN CONTINUING EDUCATION WERE EXPLORED BY A QUESTIONNAIRE ANSWERED BY 435 WORKING ENGINEERS, ALL GRADUATES OF THE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CLASSES 1948-63. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES WERE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, JOB, GEOGRAPHY, AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS. DEPENDENT VARIABLES WERE THE TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Correspondence Study, Credits, Doctoral Dissertations
Bacon, Tina P.; And Others – 1991
This study examines responses to a survey that assessed perceptions of racial relations in schools to highlight areas that would benefit most from school attention. The Racial Climate Survey was administered to 2,882 students and 377 teachers/administrators in a large school district in Florida. An exploratory factor analysis of the 12-item survey…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
Slaugh, Linda Ann Cochran; Thomas, Hollie B. – 1985
A study was conducted to determine if two specific factors had an effect on business teachers' perceptions of barriers to the implementation of a change. The two factors were the type of environment (type of school in which the teacher taught) and whether or not a change was perceived as being new or old. The change was implementation of a…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Competency Based Education, Educational Change
Hudelson, Sarah – 1983
A case study of the progress of Janice, a native Spanish speaking second grader learning English in a Florida public school, focuses on the classroom environment in which she was learning English, her writing development, her perceptions of writing in English and how they changed over time, and her struggles in the face of her teacher's and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)

Brady, Beverly A.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1992
Study examined whether adaptive and maladaptive functioning related to academic achievement in African-American and white students. Parent interviews indicated adaptive and maladaptive behaviors predicted grade point average and achievement test scores for white students, but only maladaptive behavior predicted scores for African-American…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Black Students, Communication Skills
Miller, David; And Others – 1995
This study attempted to determine the personal and workplace variables which predict a special educator's decision to stay, transfer, or leave the classroom. A stratified random sample of 1,576 special education teachers in Florida was surveyed, resulting in 1,152 usable responses. Two models were estimated with forward stepwise logistic…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Disabilities, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1996
This curriculum framework is a guide for local education communities as they restructure their schools and improve foreign language planning. Grounded in national and state reform efforts, this guide for teachers to help students achieve the Sunshine State Standards, presents broad, overarching ideas for the development of curriculum and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness