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Godfrey, Florence Lewis – Goldenseal, 2000
A former student at a one-room school in rural Monongalia County, West Virginia, in the 1920s describes educational practices, social life, discipline, extracurricular activities, subject matter, teacher responsibilities, and the importance of the school to the community. (TD)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Mixed Age Grouping
Download full textButera, Gretchen; And Others – 1994
This study compared the behaviors of mainstreamed disabled students to those of their normative peers in the same classroom. Observational sessions were conducted in 48 classrooms in 3 rural West Virginia school districts. Data were collected on 71 disabled students in grades 3-7 over a 4-week period, including students with mild mental…
Descriptors: Attention, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
Direct linkHughes, Mary F. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1999
A study of seven high- and low-achieving elementary schools in West Virginia surveyed 1,389 parents, students, principals, teachers, and staff. Among two matched pairs of rural schools, high-achieving schools shared characteristics very different from those of low-achieving schools with equivalent poverty rates. Overall, school programs and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDalton, Darlene; And Others – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1996
Describes and evaluates the Parents as Educational Partners Program at a rural elementary school in West Virginia. Team action research efforts demonstrated positive program effects on students, parents, and the community, and identified issues in the program development and educational reform processes. The beneficial effects of parent…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Holstein, Herbert B. – 1972
This is an interim report for the period January 1, 1972 through December 31, 1972 of a project designed to develop a comprehensive program of vocational education in a rural school system located in an economically depressed area. The exemplary project design provided for four major areas: (1) career awareness in grades 1-6, (2) career…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Cooperative Education, Developmental Programs
Peer reviewedButera, Gretchen; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1997
Classroom observations of 71 disabled elementary students indicated that disabled students and their normative peers did not differ in behaviors measured by the Classroom Behavior Record (CBR), except that disabled students were significantly less attentive than their peers and even less attentive when more than one adult was in the classroom.…
Descriptors: Attention, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
Hughes, Mary F. – 1995
A study of West Virginia elementary schools examined why similar types of elementary students differ greatly in academic achievement. In the first phase of the study, a comparison of 33 high- and 33 low-achieving elementary schools in West Virginia found that low-achieving schools had 2.5 times more low-income students than high-achieving schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
