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Download full textBranson, Margaret Stimmann – 1978
This publication responds to a paper by Judith Stecher which strongly urges that a law related/humanities curriculum be included at the elementary school level. Currently most elementary teachers are concentrating their efforts on just two skills--reading and computing. A recent study of elementary schools in the northern counties of California,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Dupuis, Mary M. – 1980
An overview of the assessment of the basic skills of prospective secondary level education students at Pennsylvania State University is provided in this paper. Assessment in the areas of reading, writing, and speaking was conducted as a response to public criticism of teachers' skills and as a means of meeting a competency requirement in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Fagan, Edward R. – 1980
As part of a study of the basic skills of secondary level education students, a study was conducted at Pennsylvania State University of the writing ability of prospective secondary level teachers. Raters holistically scored writing samples of 43 preservice teachers of English, mathematics, science and social studies. When writing scores of all…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Education Majors, Educational Assessment
Wirtz, Willard – 1978
Two issues, one familiar and the other less so, emerge from the controversy over declining scores on standardized tests in the United States and the growing movement toward minimal competency testing mandated by government. The familiar issue involves the balance between egalitarianism and elitism in American education. The second, a reemerging…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Equal Education
Alahuhta, Eila – 1977
This study examines the relationship between preschool children's speech abilities and their basic abilities (perception, powers of reasoning, and spatial orientation), providing insights into what teaching methods and materials can be useful for basic reading instruction in Finland. Results, gathered by ranking 100 preschoolers according to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Bell, T. H. – 1975
Adults, whatever their competence, are not obsolete. Education for adults is the font we must draw on to make possible the new environment in education that we call lifetime learning and recurrent education. Following the lead of Europe in planning broad-based adult education programs, the United States has begun to fund and operate diversified…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education
Hay, Lee – Television and Families, 1985
The 1983 Teacher of the Year argues that the public has an archaic view of teachers and education, redefines the three Rs of today's education, and suggests five basic competencies students will need for the present Information Age: communication, critical thinking, cultural appreciation, creativity, and coping skills. (MBR)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Coping, Creativity
Hindes, Victoria A.; Hom, Keri; Brookshaw, Keith – 2002
About 46% of high school graduates enrolled in California State Universities need remedial courses in both math and English to prepare them for college level. These students typically earned B averages in their high school math and English classes. In order to address this issue, Shasta College launched Operation WAVES (Win by Achieving Valuable…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, College Freshmen, Community Colleges
Piland, William E.; Graham, Martha A.; Hess, Shelly L.; Ford, Michael B. – 2001
This is a report on the universal program review developed and administered by Southwestern College (SWC) (California) to help achieve its institutional mission and meet accreditation standards. The program review was designed by the Achieving Institutional Mission (AIM) committee, which consisted of SWC faculty and administrative staff members.…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Peer reviewedShaughnessy, Mina – Journal of Basic Writing, 1980
Presents Mina Shaughnessy's thoughts on why English professors dislike the teaching of writing, what is needed in writing research, the disadvantages of being a writing teacher at an open admissions school, what open admissions policies have revealed about education in general and basic writing instruction in particular, and writing evaluation…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Attitudes
Swenson, David; Souter, Sharon – 1995
In preparation for an accreditation visit, New Mexico State University at Carlsbad (NMSU-C) developed plans and strategies for measuring student academic achievement. One of the first tasks completed was the development of a standardized syllabus format. The format includes course information, such as the title, number, name of instructor,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning
Davis, Dennis R. – 1992
A study explored the role of work experience in addressing problems of homeless people in Saint Paul (Minnesota) during the 1989-91 grant cycles of the McKinney Job Training for the Homeless Demonstration Program. The program included a number of elements: outreach, intake, assessment and enrollment, orientation, work experience, basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Economically Disadvantaged
Harmon, Hobart L. – 1993
A review of the issues of "Agricultural Education Magazine" published during the 1982-1983 school year indicates that, even then, the vocational agriculture profession was experiencing considerable change while continuing the long-held philosophy that vocational agriculture programs must include the interrelated components of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship
Price, John L.; And Others – 1990
A remediation approach developed by the Vilonia public schools (Arkansas) to remediate content/skill deficiencies in middle level students resulted from three conditions: state laws and regulations regarding minimum competency testing; more awareness of problems with at-risk students; and recognition of the need to reach students academically…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Mikulecky, Larry – 1992
Six workplace literacy programs were evaluated for impact upon learners, learners' families, and learners' productivity. Site 1 was an automotive plant where learners were involved in technical preparation, the General Educational Development program, and English as a Second Language (ESL). Site 2 was a wood-processing plant with a communication…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Basic Skills
