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Elder, Glen H., Jr.; Caspi, Avshalom – Journal of Social Issues, 1988
Examines the effects of economic stress on children and their families through changes in family relationships and economic adaptations. Uses data from two longitudinal studies of child development begun during the Great Depression. Discusses findings in relation to an interactional model of the process by which families adapt to stressful times.…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Child Development, Child Welfare, Children
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Trinkle, Dennis A. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2005
Over the past decade, many colleges and universities have invested heavily in information technology in the belief that it would enhance learning and enrich the student experience. Several recent high-profile reports and articles, however, argue that most investments in technology have not paid off. Part of the reason for this pattern of failed…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Information Technology, Liberal Arts, Models
Stamper, John, Ed.; Pardos, Zachary, Ed.; Mavrikis, Manolis, Ed.; McLaren, Bruce M., Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2014
The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Inverness Research Associates, 2006
Through their visits and conversations with students, teachers, and administrators involved in the Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative (ARSI) over the past decade, the people at Inverness Research Associates came to believe that ARSI served as an important leadership capacity-building effort for improving mathematics and science education in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Public School Teachers, Reflection, Feedback (Response)
Imel, Susan – 1998
This brief highlights some of the trends in the literature related to intercultural understanding and provides a list of resources that can be used by educators in promoting it. The consensus of the literature on promoting cultural understanding is that the term "culture" generally refers to a system of beliefs, customs, and behaviors…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness
Rieth, Herbert – 1990
This paper identifies curriculum and instructional issues in secondary school programs for students with mild disabilities, describes some promising lines of ongoing research, and recommends long and short term research, development, and demonstration activities for support by the federal Office of Special Education Programs. The first section…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Environment, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Davis, Brenda M.; Williams, James L. – 1992
Legal issues have become of increasing concern to school teachers and school officials. This article addresses the need for teachers, administrators, and students to have a basic awareness of their legal rights and responsibilities. Based upon a review of leading law digests, the following significant legal issues are identified and examined:…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Cluster Grouping
Patton, Richard H.; And Others – 1991
This document reports the findings of Project Respond, a program designed to develop a model for assessing and addressing risk to children in the St. Louis community. Section A concerns: (1) a definition of risk; (2) effects of profound sociological risk on children; (3) social and economic costs of sociological risk. In Section B, the Project…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Health
Foundation for Oregon Research and Education, Portland. – 1983
Following a brief welcoming statement by Gwen Ericcsen, Executive Director of the Foundation for Oregon Research and Education (FORE), conference papers address a wide range of issues on the current challenges of educational reform. Among these issues are the hard choices brought about by the changing economics of education, and the value of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, College Role, Educational Change
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1983
A model elementary art curriculum for use in Manitoba (Canada) schools is outlined. The guide's first section provides an overview of the program, discussing why art is taught in grades 1-6, program design, goals, objectives, implementation and evaluation, special education, child development in art and a scope and sequence. The second section…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Materials
Kuvlesky, William P.; Copp, James H. – 1981
A variety of ecological, economic, and social changes are now reshaping rural America. The deterioration of the economic structures and perceived quality of social life in large metropolitan centers of the United States has stimulated the dispersal of population and economic resources throughout rural America. During the last decade almost three…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Definitions, Demography, Ecological Factors
Alberta Vocational Centre, Edmonton. – 1979
The Alberta Vocational Center (AVC) developed a portable competency-based learning system for use in non-institutional adult basic education community programs. The system addresses needs identified by the 1971 census which found 28% of Alberta's residents (over fifteen and out of school) had less than a ninth grade education. Administered through…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Community Programs, Competency Based Education
Reuter, Steven F.; Erickson, Cheryl – 1995
This paper discusses a study that examined whether 20 typical sixth-grade students and 4 students with special needs in a Strategies Intervention Model (SIM) classroom developed more positive academic and social perceptions over the course of the school year when compared to 22 students in a regular classroom. The SIM is described as a curriculum…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Design
Geldermann, Brigitte – 2000
The project Self-Assessment and Self-Evaluation in New Forms of Training near the Workplace--A Step Towards the Learning Organisation was undertaken in Bavaria, Germany, to help companies begin the process of becoming learning organizations by helping workers manage their own learning. The project is based on the following principles and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Change Strategies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Principles
Grudens-Schuck, Nancy; Hargrove, Tasha M. – 2000
Participatory adult education programs assist individuals to substitute interdependent, mutually beneficial relationships for unrewarding, dependent relationships. Indicators of changes in dependency, however, are absent or imprecise in evaluations of participatory projects. A study explored facets of dependency by relating practitioners'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Environment, Community Development, Community Education
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