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Kimmel, Carol – 1976
The Parent Teachers Association (PTA) has had a long interest in physical education. At the convention at which the PTA was founded, a major address was presented on the subject of "physical culture." After 80 years, the PTA is still concerned with the physical as well as mental education of children. A major concern is with the…
Descriptors: Athletics, Health Education, Parent Associations, Parent Attitudes
PDF pending restorationMorris, Lynda – 1996
In a survey of 247 parents of gifted students in a pull-out program designed for academically gifted students in grades four through six in Midland, Texas, parents were asked how they participated in the program and how they viewed the importance of being involved in various aspects of their child's special education. Among the results, the survey…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Intermediate Grades, Parent Associations, Parent Attitudes
Download full textKeenan, Vincent; Suelzle, Marijean – 1982
Three hundred twenty-nine parents of developmentally disabled children (0 to 21 years old) were surveyed to test the hypothesis that parents who join parent groups are more likely to be white, highly educated, currently married, Republican, and to have higher family incomes than those who do not join parent groups. The survey questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Demography, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Bauman, Phoebe Lee – 1988
This study sought to determine if parents of gifted and talented learning-disabled children differed from parents of other gifted/talented children in their expectations of educational programming and parent-school relations. Subjects included 265 parents who were members of The Gifted and Talented Association of Montgomery County (Maryland) or…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Educational Practices, Expectation, Gifted
Espinoza, Renato; And Others – 1980
Using an ethnographic approach, three Parent Education Programs were studied to describe the social setting in which they took place and to document their impact upon parents. The programs were conceptualized as social service organizations designed to change the parental roles of participants. Each program was observed, interviews were conducted…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Ethnography, Influences, Interviews
Caldas, Stephen J.; Mossavat, Mark K. – 1994
In April 1992 the Louisiana Department of Education sent individualized school-level profiles and district composite reports to all 66 district offices in the state. To measure the effectiveness of this program and identify areas of improvement for subsequent profiles, a survey was conducted. This report considers the responses of 363 parent…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
