The purpose of this study was to determine what effect a teacher in-service program in reading study skills had on teacher achievement, teacher attitude, and the relationship between pupil achievement and the in-service treatment experiences of their respective teachers of reading and social studies. Sixteen teachers and their sixteen classrooms…

Describes reading-textbook evaluation and selection processes and argues that improved basal readers are likely to be developed if textbook adoption procedures improve. States that basal reader evaluation criteria and procedures should be developed and applied by those professionals most directly responsible for the teaching of reading. (Author/NH)

This study aimed to help the teachers clarify and understand the nature of science (NOS), as well as classroom practice through the implementation of the constructivist teaching model. Ten elementary science teachers were involved in a year-long in-service program that included a series of intervention courses. Following the intervention courses,…

Describes the development and use of a problem-based computer management simulation called In the Center of Things (ITCOT). Used to develop instructional leadership for school principals, the system is based on direct problem solving instead of traditional classroom coursework. (GH)

Discusses the effect of collaboration via e-mail links on the quality of 10- to 11-year-old students' science investigative skills in six elementary rural schools. The project identified several important issues related to teacher-inservice training requirements, development in cooperative groupwork for children, and software design. (AIM)

The Lao People's Democratic Republic Inclusive Education Project started in 1993 and during a 16-year period, ending in May 2009, it aimed to support the participation of all children in school, with a particular focus on disabled students. The main strategy to enable this involved working to change the education system through the introduction of…

The Puget Sound Educational Consortium (PESC) is a partnership of 11 school districts in the Puget Sound, Washington, area and the College of Education at the University of Washington. The partnership is based on the following assumptions: a belief in the school as a primary unit of change; a commitment to political inquiry; the development of…

In this evaluation report for Boston's Title I Elementary Enrichment Program (reading, math, and language arts) for 1978-79, reading students in Grades 2 through 6 are shown as equalling or exceeding the specified criterion for success. Grade 1 students finished the year an average of two months below grade level. In math, gains at all grade…

The primary objective of this study was to describe those mental processes in which teachers engage while making preactive planning decisions. This objective was approached by means of a detailed descriptive case study of one elementary teacher's planning decisions for a five-month period. The study was designed to address a need for descriptions…

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN OF MIGRANT WORKERS SHOULD BRING CHILDREN WITHIN THE INFLUENCE OF WELL-TRAINED TEACHERS. THE CHILDREN SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SMALL GROUPS TO BROADEN CULTURAL EXPERIENCES AND TO DEVELOP BASIC SKILLS. PROGRAM SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE A STATE RESPONSIBILITY. THE STATE OFFICIAL SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR…

Designed for use by professional staff development personnel with pre-service and inservice educational personnel, this training manual was developed to train personnel to implement elementary school career education programs. This manual is divided into twelve chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of the Project FOCUS Manual. The…

Program Methods and Materials for Training Career Educators (Project FOCUS) established and accomplished three major objectives: (1) to identify, select, and provide inservice career awareness staff development training for elementary school teachers; (2) to design, develop, and evaluate a replicable, exportable, and practical staff development…

This is the final report of two-thirds of a three-year project jointly sponsored by Adelphi University, Central School District Number Four, Plainview, New York, and the New York State Education Department. The project was discontinued after the second year. A major weakness in teacher education is seen to be the traditional gap between…

The Tuba City Elementary School, located in a Bureau of Indian Affairs Sub-agency Headquarters on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, has conducted a teacher aide program since August 1965. Specific teacher aide duties have been developed for routine record-keeping, small group and individual instruction, and supervisory activities. Teacher aides…

The Oregon State Plan for Migrant Education consists of 4 components: the district project programs providing direct services to migrant children; the Migrant Education Service Center; the Eastern Oregon College Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program; and project supervision. During fiscal year 1970, 4,293 students in 16 regular and 11 summer…