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Sheppard, Margaret A. – Journal of Drug Education, 1983
Describes the development and pilot testing of a marihauna education program for grades 7-10. The five-lesson program included a health belief model and a legal deterrance model. Results of the pilot test showed the health program had the greatest impact. (JAC)
Descriptors: Drug Education, Foreign Countries, Health Education, Illegal Drug Use
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McCullough, Douglas – School Community Journal, 1991
Although curriculum issues still command reformers' attention, researchers recognize that academic success is tied to home and community support. Alliance for Achievement is a school-community management program that addresses the relationships among schools, homes, and communities based on locally defined and commonly held educational values. The…
Descriptors: Community Support, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
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Arnold, Penny; Sikula, John – American Secondary Education, 1999
National Board certified teachers should work with select colleges of education in developing better teachers. Such teachers have many of the same goals as colleges of education--developing competencies and measuring these via student performance. Ashland (Ohio) University's pilot project is a model college-school partnership. (MLH)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Kupperman, Jeff; Wallace, Raven – 1998
A framework for student Internet writing projects is proposed that consists of learning outcome goals and component activities. The framework is intended to be useful when designing and developing Internet writing projects and when evaluating student outcomes. Six learning goals are outlined: (1) engagement; (2) consideration of purpose and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Educational Objectives, Folk Culture
Owens, Thomas R. – 1977
This final evaluation report describes and summarizes the evaluation findings for the 1976-77 school year of the Northwest Regional Education Laboratory (NWREL) Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) Program. Following an executive summary, the report is organized into five chapters, plus a separate volume of appendixes. Chapter I summarizes the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Involvement, Cooperative Education
Roberts, Jane M. E. – 1981
Research identifying strategies and factors that facilitate or inhibit interagency collaboration helped the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) and Research for Better Schools (RBS) discover whether they could work together. In a one-year experimental project, MSDE and RBS staff attempted three tasks: identification of common priorities,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Cooperative Planning, Models
STOLUROW, LAWRENCE M. – 1963
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE TRANSFER OF TRAINING WERE STUDIED BY USE OF PROGRAMED SELF-INSTRUCTION USING TEACHING MACHINES. THIS MEDIUM WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE IT PROVIDES LABORATORY-LIKE CONDITIONS SUCH AS STABILIZED METHODS, AND STIMULUS CONTROL INCLUDING CONTROL OF TEACHER PERSONALITY, PLUS A STEP-BY-STEP RECORD OF THE…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Technology, Individual Differences, Instructional Materials
Myers, Charles B. – 1969
Five pilot programs were selected as vehicles to introduce new social studies curriculum ideas into the 52 school systems served by the project. The objectives of this ESEA Title III project were: 1) to improve social studies instruction and teacher classroom behavior; 2) to increase local educator understanding of the new curriculum; 3) to…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Demonstration Programs
Moskowitz, Irving – 1973
This is the final evaluation report for the Hackensack Career Development Program whose goals for the 1970-1973 funding period were: to develop a model in which career development concepts may be incorporated into regular classroom activities, to implement the model, and to evaluate and update the career development concept on a continual basis.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
Mauch, J. E. – 1971
The problems now confronting public education in the cities represent some of the major reasons for advocating the voucher system. This report identifies many of these problems, examines the concept of educational vouchers, and raises some policy and research issues that should be considered before such a system is tried. The author outlines a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Black Community, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Experiments
Wu, Grace; Royal, Mark; McLaughlin, Don – 1997
The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the National Center for Education Statistics offers the most comprehensive picture available of elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The value of the SASS would be even greater if information on districts and schools could be related directly to student outcomes. A relatively inexpensive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Models
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Wheeler, Steve; Waite, S. J.; Bromfield, C. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2002
Reports on a pilot study that investigated the creative impact of information and communication technology (ICT) in a grade 6 class in England. Presents a model of creativity that includes problem solving, creative cognition, and social interaction; and discusses the creation of personal Web pages. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Educational Technology
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Lauzon, A. C. – American Journal of Distance Education, 1992
Reviews the concept of learning in distance education; explains a model that lays the conceptual foundation for successfully integrating computer-based instruction with computer conferencing for interactive distance delivery; describes a pilot project at the University of Guelph that used the model; and discusses the project's evaluation. (21…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Meyer, Harriet; Kirwan, Ann; Dealy, Katie – Zero to Three (J), 2005
This article describes the Ounce of Prevention Fund's journey to institutionalize doula services in the state of Illinois. The Ounce's doulas help strengthen the new relationship between mother and child by working with the mother to help her better understand and anticipate the progression of the third trimester of pregnancy, the child-birthing…
Descriptors: Mothers, Prevention, Pregnancy, Birth
Sayre, Scott Alan – 1990
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a computer-based system that would allow interactive video developers to integrate and manage the design components prior to production. These components of an interactive video (IVD) program include visual information in a variety of formats, audio information, and instructional techniques,…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design
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