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Rumage, Ann – Technological Horizons in Education, 1987
Implementation of the computer program in Eula, Texas, was divided into three stages: (1) focusing on computer literacy; (2) using the computer as a support tool; (3) and using computer assisted instruction to enhance basic skill learning. Results of use of the computer for learning mathematics are presented. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics
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Wheat, Brenda M.; Kapavik, Robin Robinson – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2004
During recent renovation work at the Collin County Courthouse in a suburb of Dallas Texas, workers discovered "for colored" and "for white" signs underneath layers of plaster above the bathroom doors. The discovery has ignited controversy between citizens who are concerned with the eventual fate of the signs. Some residents of…
Descriptors: Humanities, Civil Rights, Social Change, Class Activities
Gratz, Elizabeth W. – 1986
In the 1980s, the passage of two laws--Chapter 75 of the Texas Education Code (providing for a well-balanced curriculum) and Texas Senate bill 50 (mandating teacher testing prior to certification)--has led to many changes in elementary and early childhood education as well as teacher education in Texas. In teacher education programs, course…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
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Emory, Ronya; Caughy, Margaret; Harris, T. Robert; Franzini, Luisa – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
To examine how neighborhood characteristics influence academic achievement, data were drawn from a community survey of low-income neighborhoods and linked with data on performance on standardized testing for third-grade students attending elementary schools in those communities. Results of multilevel logistic regressions indicated that probability…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Social Characteristics, Educational Attainment, Standardized Tests
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Brouillette, Liane – Teaching Artist Journal, 2006
This article looks at an inner city playwriting project that brought professional writers and artists into inner city classrooms to help students explore the cultural history of their community and begin to find their own voices as writers. This project was set up by Larry Hunter, an African American playwright who worked as a writer-in-residence…
Descriptors: Playwriting, Music, Grade 3, Grade 4
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education. – 1994
These hearing transcripts present testimony concerning the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which since 1965 has provided the bulk of federal aid to elementary and secondary schools and related programs. Much of the testimony was from Texas education officials, school administrators, and teachers who voiced…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Coates, Nancy Jane – 1985
Prominent professionals who had worked with seriously ill children were identified through an automated literature search. The Delphi technique was used to identify components and reach expert consensus on knowledge, attitudes and behavior appropriate for teachers of terminally ill children. Comparisons were then made between the consensus and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Delphi Technique, Diseases, Elementary Education
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Abadzi, Helen – Journal of Educational Research, 1984
The effects of ability grouping on the achievement and self-esteem of fourth-grade students were assessed through regression-discontinuity analysis. Standardized achievement test scores showed an increase in the high ability students after one year. No significant differences were assessed in self-esteem. (Author/DF)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Elementary Education
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Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1999
This report provides annual information for the 1997-1998 school year on grade-level retention in the Texas public school system, based on the Public Education Information Management System. In 1997-1998, a total of 150,953 students in kindergarten through grade 12 were retained in grade, an overall retention rate of 4.3%. Data on retention are…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition
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Swetman, Daniel L. – Rural Educator, 1995
Surveys of 663 students in grades 3-6 in 6 small rural Texas school districts found that student attitudes toward mathematics became more negative as they progressed through elementary school. Girls had more positive attitudes than boys, but gender differences decreased at higher grade levels. (SV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Wortham, Sue C.; Patton, Mary Martin – Childhood Education, 1992
Reports a study of a retention procedure in Texas in which children are placed in prefirst grade classrooms rather than promoted to regular first grade after kindergarten. Discusses the procedure's effectiveness and appropriateness, reasons for children's placement, children's behavioral problems, parental motivation and approval, and student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Kindergarten
Johnsen, Susan K.; Witte, Mary; Robins, Jennifer – Gifted Child Today, 2006
Gifted students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds are frequently underrepresented in gifted and talented programs. A number of factors have been identified that appear to limit gifted and talented services to this population: narrow concepts and definitions of giftedness, restrictive identification procedures, inadequate programming, and…
Descriptors: Gifted Disadvantaged, Intervention, Enrichment Activities, Summer Programs
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1996
Updated information is provided on teacher salaries for 1995-96 and estimated increases for the 1996-97 school year in the 15 states belonging to the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Pay raises for 1996-97 are estimated as ranging from 1.75 percent in Virginia to 6 percent in Georgia. Especially noted are South Carolina's continuing…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Demography, Educational Finance, Elementary School Teachers
Our Lady of the Lake Coll., San Antonio, TX. – 1968
Project Teacher Excellence for Economically Deprived and Culturally Differentiated Americans provides for the search for Mexican-Americans living in economically deprived areas of the Southwest who have potential ability but who would not go to college without financial aid. Those identified and selected for aid are admitted to Our Lady of the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Teachers, Mexican Americans
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1973
The Texas Education Code directs the Texas Education Agency to prepare and distribute a "reorganized curriculum based on operation of schools on a quarter basis," which authorization offers opportunities for curriculum changes in Texas public schools. This guide is designed to provide leadership in curriculum development for school…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Courses, Credits, Curriculum Development
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