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Educational Personnel Development Consortium D, Richardson, TX. – 1977
This final report summarizes the activities of Project Environmental Studies Program (ESP), a program designed to provide environmental education resources to teachers in the forty-nine Texas counties that make up Educational Personnel Development Consortium D. The project involved selected teachers in the formulation of a model for the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Fundamental Concepts, Inservice Teacher Education
BEHRINGER, MARJORIE PERRIN – 1966
THIS STUDY INVOLVED (1) THE MODIFICATION OF BIOLOGY CURRICULA FOR USE BY 35 TEACHERS AND 4,264 STUDENTS IN THE SAN ANTONIO HIGH SCHOOLS, (2) THE ORGANIZATION OF A SEMIMONTHLY INSERVICE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM, AND (3) A STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM BASED ON DATA COLLECTED FROM A SAMPLE GROUP OF NINE TEACHERS AND 579 STUDENTS. BIOLOGY…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Biology, Curriculum Development
GUSZAK, FRANK J. – 1966
THE PROBLEM OF THIS RESEARCH WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONS THAT MIGHT EXIST BETWEEN TEACHER KNOWLEDGE OF AND PRACTICES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION. PRELIMINARY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC RESEARCH QUESTIONS WERE A SERIES OF GENERAL QUESTIONS GROUPED UNDER THESE MAIN CATEGORIES--(1) TEACHER KNOWLEDGE OF COMPREHENSION THEORY,…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Schools, Inservice Teacher Education
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Dishner, Ernest K.; Olson, Mary W. – Teacher Education and Practice, 1987
The article defines the term dyslexia, summarizes a specific instructional procedure developed by the Texas Education Agency, describes a training plan for school district personnel, and offers cautious suggestions to those responsible for the education of dyslexic children. (CB)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Cannon, Michael, Ed. – Tempo, 1998
The four issues of this 1998 publication on gifted and talented students address the themes of: (1) acceleration and grouping, (2) professional development, (3) core content areas, and (4) giftedness: a Texas tradition. Major articles are: "Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Access, and the Challenge of Acceleration" (Ann Robinson);…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Core Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
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Lanning, Beth; Robinson, James III; Ballard, Danny J. – Journal of School Health, 1999
Assessed the elementary-school child-sexual-abuse-prevention programs in 89 large Texas public school districts. Surveys examined types of programs, training available, evaluation used, involvement of local agencies, and funding. Results indicated that 58 districts addressed the issue formally, and most districts trained their presenters.…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Education, Financial Support, Health Promotion
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Holden, Jean, Ed. – 1995
This manual represents the collective philosophy and procedures from Texas educators who are actively involved in the management of successful mentoring and induction programs. It is offered as a guideline for school districts, universities, education service centers, or individuals who are developing or enriching mentoring and induction programs.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
King, A. L. – 1982
Examined here was the inclusion of educational components in court-ordered desegregation plans in the Southwest Educational Developoment Laboratory (SEDL) region (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas). These components included inservice education, multicultural education, and eight others. Researchers hypothesized…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education
Doley, Laura B.; Crawley, Frank E. – 1988
Mandates for improvement in the quality of instruction at the precollege level require that improved continuing educational opportunities by made available to the teachers of all science subjects. Physical science courses, along with biology, make up the general science requirement used by most high school students to meet graduation requirements.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, High Schools, Inservice Teacher Education
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Verner, Zenobia Brown; Bauer, Mary Beth – 1977
A statewide survey of Texas secondary school English teachers and their administrators was conducted to identify in-service needs expressed by teachers and perceived by administrators. Questionnaires were mailed to randomly selected teachers, principals, and central-office administrative personnel. An analysis of the responses indicated that the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Needs, English Instruction
Luker, William A.; Abernathy, Lewis M. – 1973
As a possible solution to the problem of inaccurate perceptions and negative attitudes toward vocational-technical occupations among teachers and pupils, the project investigated the feasibility of training secondary school teachers in a range of disciplines to serve as agents of manpower-economic information dissemination and attitudinal change.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Inservice Teacher Education, Occupational Information, Secondary Education
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Baker, G. E. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1986
This article describes a project directed at preparing industrial arts teachers to better understand and teach students of different cultures, and contains segments detailing the background and how a mixture of national experts and public school officials provided direction for the project. It also describes how the materials to provide inservice…
Descriptors: Industrial Arts Teachers, Industrial Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
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Prothro, Hayes – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1978
The author describes Texas's approach to cooperative manpower planning in special education. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children, Inservice Teacher Education, Labor Force Development
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Kress, Margaret – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1994
This article describes an authentic assessment approach used in English/language arts and mathematics with gifted students in Texas elementary and secondary schools, which focused on developing instructional experiences that challenge gifted students and documenting student progress over time. The use of portfolios was valuable for both…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, English, Gifted
Hall, Gene; Loucks, Sue – 1975
This study represents the first portion of a two-year program designed to gather baseline data indicating the present state of teacher centering in Texas. The questionnaire designed for the survey focused on three areas: (1) the organization and workings of the teacher center; (2) the communication paths and media within and between teacher…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutional Cooperation, Preservice Teacher Education
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