Describes a four-day workshop in written composition as a model for inservice programs. (DD)

Inservice programs should involve language arts teachers in actual reading and writing. (DD)

Analysis of questionnaires completed by 330 regular classroom elementary teachers revealed that number of special education courses taken and grade level taught were significantly correlated with interest in two-week workshops. The lower the grade level the more interest was shown in assessing individual needs and evaluating individual progress.…

Measures of teacher concerns such as the Concerns-Based Adoption Model, a conceptualization of the way concerns of individual teachers change as they become familiar with and involved in new programs, can be helpful in inservice training for teachers of gifted students. Implications for inservice include the conclusion that change is a personal…

Teacher participation in dental workshops significantly affects the personal hygiene and dental knowledge of elementary school students. (JD)

In Vietnam, despite the introduction of a new curriculum based on a child-centred education approach, there exist many problems and challenges in the educational process. To overcome these problems, the Vietnamese and Japanese governments have been conducting an in-service teacher-training programme, including school-based observation and…

The principal of a public elementary school serving grades K through 6 developed a community involvement program for a school in which community involvement had not been a major factor in the educational process. Primary objectives of the practicum were to increase the number of parents and other community members participating in activities…

Designed to expand the scope of the inservice reading program to help parents understand the whole language reading strategies used to remediate students, a practicum conducted a parent survey, carried out parent training sessions, and evaluated the program's success. The practicum focused on 323 parent participants from five Chapter 1 elementary…

This report describes the evolving activities of an educational intervention program which is composed of (1) a comprehensive early childhood program for children from infancy through age 6; (2) a subsequent elementary program offering continuity of developmental support; (3) day care services, including after-school activities for school-age…

These papers are related to the basic comprehensive research and development plan of the Eastern Regional Institute for Education (ERIE). The first paper, Improving Process Education: A Comprehensive Plan by Burton G. Andreas, describes the comprehensive plan and introduces the succeeding papers. The goals of the program are to improve process…

Describes common elements of service learning emerging from case studies. Focuses on national service programs. Common successful strategies found in Kuliah Kenja Nyata (KKN) program at Indonesian universities and We Care and Share elementary school program in Nova Scotia. Studies programs' development, fiscal considerations, and service…

The Bilingual Pupil Services (BPS) had two complementary objectives: (1) to provide supplementary services to students of limited English proficiency (LEP) by giving them instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL) and bilingual reading and mathematics; and (2) to provide in-service training to paraprofessionals who were enrolled in programs…

The competency-based training program of the Learning and Education for Exceptional Paraprofessionals (LEEP) project is described and the contents of five LEEP developed training modules are indicated. In addition, the term "paraprofessional" is defined, characteristics and duties of paraprofessionals are specified in terms of competencies, and…

Five regional conferences designed for elementary supervisors and elementary mathematics educators were held in Ohio. The purposes of the conferences were: (1) to provide direction on the effective use of the calculator in the elementary school classroom; (2) to re-emphasize the importance of problem solving as a major curricular outcome; (3) to…

This programed course was developed for use with elementary school teachers who are trying to improve their competence in mathematics. The thirty chapters include: Pre-number Ideas; Whole Numbers; An Introduction to Geometry: Points, Lines, and Planes; Factors and Primes; Introducing Rational Numbers; Measure of Area; and The Real Numbers. (MK)