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Download full textHerrick, Susan C.; Epstein, Joyce L. – 1991
This publication includes two reports describing the development and beginning evaluations of two separate programs of the Baltimore (Maryland) School and Family Connections Project designed to increase parents' involvement in their children's learning in urban elementary schools. The first report, "Reactions of Parents and Teachers to…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools
Woods, Helen; Ogletree, Earl – 1992
The attitudes of parents toward a uniform student dress code were surveyed at a Chicago (Illinois) public school. Subjects were 15 Black parents (10 females and 5 males) and 15 Hispanic American parents (10 females and 5 males) who answered a questionnaire sent home with their children. The questionnaire examined attitudes toward designer clothing…
Descriptors: Blacks, Discipline, Dress Codes, Economic Factors
Taylor, Denny; Dorsey-Gaines, Catherine – 1988
Through a study of six-year-olds who were successfully becoming literate, this book explores literacy and literacy learning among poor Black urban families. The ethnographic approach examines the experiences of four families whose lives and aspirations make it clear that literacy is an integral part of the children's daily lives, and that the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Youth, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Porter/Novelli PR Agency, Chicago, IL. – 1992
In an effort to inform the debate on the effect of health care on children's readiness to learn, a study was conducted of the perceptions of 250 kindergarten through grade 3 teachers and 250 teachers in fourth through sixth grades concerning the relationship between their students' health and academic performance. Interviews were conducted via…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Health, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Roberts, Gary J. – 1991
Following implementation of a city-wide, court-ordered desegregation plan in the mid-1970's, a sociometric instrument was developed and administered in the Springfield (Massachusetts) Public Schools at both the upper and lower elementary school levels to analyze classroom social structure, provide feedback for teachers, and provide data for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Software, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Education
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1989
The School District of the City of Saginaw (Michigan) operates a compensatory education delivery system in reading and mathematics consisting of two programs, Elementary and Secondary Academic Achievement (A2). The program was designed to provide direct instruction to 2,613 students in grades 1 through 12. The goal of A2 was to improve the pupils'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1988
The School District of the City of Saginaw, Michigan operates a compensatory education delivery system in reading and mathematics consisting of two programs, elementary and secondary Academic Achievement (A2). The program was designed to provide direct instruction to some 2,613 students in grades one through nine. The goal of A2 was to improve the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Baecher, Richard E.; And Others – 1989
The first 2 years (1986-1988) of the implementation of Fordham University's Stay-In-School Partnership Project (SSPP), a dropout program for urban high-risk children, are described. The long-term goal of the partnership between Fordham's Graduate Schools of Education and Social Science and New York City School District No. 4, a school district…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, College School Cooperation, Dropout Prevention
Schmitt, Dorren Rafael – 1988
School effectiveness programs were evaluated at six urban schools (five elementary and one junior high schools) in Louisiana for the 1986-87 school year. Focus was on providing principals with information to improve their school effectiveness programs for the 1987-88 school year. Subjects were 3,006 students, for whom scores on the California…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
MORRISON, VIRGINIA B. – 1965
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT (GRADES K-6) WHICH AFFECT INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TEACHERS AND THEIR PUPILS. MEASUREMENTS OF INTERACTION OCCURRENCES WERE GATHERED WITH RESPECT TO (1) CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, (2) TEACHING STYLES AND PUPIL RESPONSES, (3) SENSORY EMPHASES, AND (4) USES OF…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
St. John, Nancy H. – 1971
The aim of the study was a search for factors influencing the achievement of black and white elementary pupils in urban schools of varying racial and social class composition. Key variables tested include school racial composition (current and cumulative), school social observers, and the interracial friendliness of classmates as evidenced by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Classroom Desegregation, Classroom Environment
Taylor, Derek B.; Fleming, Margaret – 1972
During the 1960-1970 school year, the Cleveland Public Schools began implementing a More Effective Schools (MES) Program in two elementary buildings. This report is the evaluation of the third year of operation of the program (1971-72 school year). The MES Program was designed to attack the poor achievement patterns of inner-city children through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Elementary School Students, Individualized Instruction
Glick, Irvin David; Meinke, Dean L. – 1972
While materials for teaching for intergroup understandings in the form of books, curriculum guides, and articles are widely available for direct implementation into ongoing curricula, the actual development and implementation of this type of material into school programs has usually been reserved for specifically designated national dates.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Woodle, Laura; Hartsoe, Carol; Taylor, Loretha – 1995
A teacher and a media specialist combined their efforts to foster responsibility among students in a third grade class. Students went to the Media Center to learn research skills, but it was apparent that they lacked the responsibility to follow through with their projects. The teacher and media specialist began to implement strategies to teach…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Discipline, Elementary School Students
Blake, Brett Elizabeth – 1997
The focus of this book is a study of voice through writing among poor, urban preadolescent fifth-grade girls. Voice became a central focus when the researcher, engaged in observations of peer writing conferences for students who were not native speakers, noted that the girls appeared to lose their voices as the year went on. The loss of voice was…
Descriptors: Black Students, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Ethnography
