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Bonomo, Michael G. – Schools in the Middle, 1993
A New Jersey middle school has balanced its academic and social/emotional development programs by adding Prime Time, a daily time block allowing students a chance to participate in various school and community activities and thereby experience support, success, and recognition. Teachers have time for planning and participating in school-based…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Middle Schools, School Activities
Romeo, Lynn; Young, Susan A. – 1997
A study investigated students' perceptions about their interactions while using a Literacy Play Center geared toward social studies with a "time machine" theme. Subjects, 19 fifth-grade students in a suburban elementary school in central New Jersey, were interviewed about their experience and video taped while interacting in the play…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning, Grade 5
Northern Burlington County Gifted Education Consortium. – 1989
This guide to developing "Activity Days" for gifted children is a product of a New Jersey consortium of eight school districts in Burlington County, New Jersey. Briefly considered are the consortium's philosophy and program rationale. Goals and objectives of the gifted program are specified. The origins of the Activity Day program…
Descriptors: Consortia, Elementary Education, Eligibility, Enrichment Activities
Bricker, Elizabeth J. – 1989
A study was conducted to show that there would be no difference between two samples' abilities to complete a hands-on science project when one is provided with advance organizers and the other is not. The sample of students were second, third, and fourth graders from the science program in Piscataway Township Schools in New Jersey. The…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Grade 2
Ansbro, William; And Others – 1977
Based on the occupational clusters designated by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, this curriculum guide presents a career exploration program for junior high and middle school students. The program, presented in eighty-minute weekly sessions, is designed as an alternative activity in which students can elect to explore a wide…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Business, Career Awareness, Career Education