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Download full textTorres, Judith; Bensimon, Estela M. – 1983
This report summarizes the evaluation of the Betterment through Bilingualism Program at Morris High School, New York City, in 1981-82. The program was funded by Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the purpose of developing Hispanic students' English language skills and preventing truancy. Three hundred students were…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Curriculum Development
Direct linkSifakis, Nicos C. – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2004
The article concentrates on setting some specific criteria for the EIL ("English as an international language") classroom and raising teachers' awareness of what is needed in order to identify and teach EIL classrooms. It starts by distinguishing between those communicative and teaching situations that are norm-bound and those that prioritise…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Instruction, Language Attitudes, Second Language Instruction
Fluellen, Jerry E., Jr. – Online Submission, 2006
Preparing students for college and work in the Knowledge Age. That is the mission of this generic proposal. A counterpoint to Industrial Age mindsets marking most initiatives in the District of Columbia Public schools and described in the "fifth discipline" works of Peter Senge, Creating a Culture of Thinking in DCPS proposes a project…
Descriptors: African American Literature, African American Students, High School Students, Public Schools
Neff, George – 1991
Vocational Literacy is a new academic field which has arisen in response to criticism from industry that vocational graduates are not sufficiently literate to perform on the job. South Seattle Community College (SSCC) in Washington has investigated the feasibility of coordinating courses in computer literacy with English and technical courses to…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Mergendoller, John R.; Pardo, Elly B. – 1991
This report evaluates the second year of the MacMagic program at Davidson Middle School in San Rafael, California. The program uses Macintosh computers, video cameras, tape recorders, and other related technology in a team teaching environment to enhance thinking and learning in an integrated English, history, and multimedia course. Children from…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Differences, Educational Technology, English Instruction
Bender, Evelyn – 1988
The American Library Association's Carroll Preston Baber Research Award supported this project on the use, impact and feasibility of a computer assisted writing facility located in the library of Stetson Middle School in Philadelphia, an inner city school with a population of minority, "at risk" students. The writing facility consisted…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth, English Instruction, Feasibility Studies
Buckley, Elizabeth; Rauch, David – 1979
A three-year study evaluated the cognitive and affective effect of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on adult basic education (ABE) students at the Great Neck Adult Learning Centers. The system was used by learning laboratory students in 1977 and by both learning laboratory and classroom students from 1977-1979. The 100 students enrolled from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewedMassell, Diane; Kirst, Michael – Education and Urban Society, 1994
Explores the complexity of developing and identifying national curriculum content standards. This article introduces other articles on developing standards for studies in mathematics, social studies, English, the sciences, and advanced placement studies. The challenges for national standards are examined with awareness of the importance of these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement, Curriculum, Educational Change
Coates, Dennis – Education Economics, 2003
This paper contributes to the literature on the effectiveness of schools. The analysis is unique in using data on the minutes of instruction per day in each of four subjects taught in the public elementary schools in Illinois. Few education production function papers have information on the amount of instruction students receive in a given…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Reading Tests, Productivity, Computation
Ranadive, Jyoti – 1993
Project SHARE (Staff Helping Attain Relevant Education), a project funded by Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, was in its third and final year of operation in 1992-93, in eight primary schools in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan (New York). The project served 141 limited English proficient students from low-income families…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, English (Second Language)
Bigler, Ellen – 1996
To analyze some of the processes through which student voices and lived experiences can be either excluded or included, a study focused on elements of the classroom environment already addressed in previous analyses, examining "texts and talk" in two middle school English classrooms. The study analyzed how the classroom environments that…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Cultural Differences
Christensen, Marge – 1992
The language arts program presented in this volume evolved from work with at-risk students at an inner-city high school in Tucson (Arizona). The original computerized literacy program sponsored by International Business Machines, the Principle of the Alphabet Literacy System (PALS), was expanded into a comprehensive 3-year program designed to meet…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment, English Curriculum
Schwartz, Helen J. – 1998
Multimedia hypertext materials have instructional advantages when used as adjuncts in traditional classes and as the primary means of instruction, as illustrated in this case study of college-level Shakespeare classes. Plays become more accessible through use of audio and video resources, including video clips from play productions. Student work…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Courseware, Distance Education, Drama
McManus, Walter – 1983
Modeling and data collection efforts needed to develop a test of the effectiveness of adult literacy and language training programs in increasing the earnings of trainees are reviewed. After reviewing the framework developed for the Manpower Development and Training Act and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) evaluations and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
The Computers in Bilingual Education (CIBE) program offers instruction in computer literacy and in academic subjects for limited English proficient (LEP) students at the South Bronx High School in New York City. A variety of public funding sources were used to provide materials, personnel and staff development for the program. During the first two…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
