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Academy for Educational Development, 2012
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) sent a research team to the University of Dayton (UD) on November 5-7, 2008, to conduct interviews with individuals who played significant roles in the university's teacher preparation program (see Appendix A). These interviews, along with additional materials provided by UD and identified by the AED…
Descriptors: Measurement, Measures (Individuals), Cooperating Teachers, Field Experience Programs
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Social Research Group. – 1972
This paper reports the results of the experimental use of new remedial education techniques in three urban out-of-school Neighborhood Youth Corps programs. The use of these techniques and the evaluation of the results of these techniques constituted the Accelerated Learning Experiment. The research design called for study groups of 50 each in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 1992
This report evaluates the Urban University Program (UUP), designed to improve urban outreach activities at eight Ohio Universities: Cleveland State University, Kent State University, Ohio State University, University of Akron, University of Cincinnati, University of Toledo, Wright State University, and Youngstown State University. The UUP provides…
Descriptors: Community Development, Higher Education, Metropolitan Areas, Outreach Programs
Dayton City School District, OH. – 1973
Project Emerge, funded under Title VIII of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is located in the Model Cities Area, a black-inhabited west side section of Dayton, Ohio. The target school student population is 2,300 of which 20 percent come from families with low incomes. Project Emerge's major objectives are to reduce the dropout rate in…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Black Students, Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention
Halasa, Ofelia; Fleming, Margaret – 1972
The Bilingual Component of English-As-A-Second Language Project, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, represents local educational pilot efforts to demonstrate the utilization of the Spanish language and culture as a leverage for adjustment and achievement, rather than as a barrier, in the process of acclimation to…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Compensatory Education
Taylor, Derek B.; Fleming, Margaret – 1973
The Resident Tutor Project, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, was initiated in June 1968, in an effort to prevent skill deficits from progressing to such a point that they are beyond remediation within the relatively short span of a child's school years. The project was designed to provide additional resources to…
Descriptors: College Students, Compensatory Education, Cross Age Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth
Akron Public Schools, OH. – 1970
This report of an academic day camp program for disadvantaged inner-city children includes a description of the program as well as an evaluation based on staff recommendations and standardized test scores. The program provides an all-day experience with an individualized approach to improvement in reading and mathematics skills; in the afternoon,…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Compensatory Education, Day Camp Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Nieman, Ronald H.; Gastright, Joseph F. – 1974
The Impact of a Preschool Interracial Program (IPSIP) project, funded under Title III of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, was designed to test the hypothesis that intervening with sufficient impact in the early lives of environmentally deprived children will produce a significant, lasting effect on their cognitive and social…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Longitudinal Studies
Halasa, Ofelia; Fleming, Margaret – 1973
The Disadvantaged Pupil Program Fund School Camping Program respresented local educational efforts for the sixth consecutive year to extend classroom learning experiences into the natural environment. The Project sponsored a five-day long resident school-oriented camping program which attempted to offer an integrated balance of typical learning…
Descriptors: Camping, Classroom Environment, Compensatory Education, Day Camp Programs
Halasa, Ofelia; Fleming, Margaret – 1972
The 1971-72 Title I, 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, English-As-A-Second Language Project represented local educational efforts for the sixth consecutive year to provide services which would alleviate language, social, and cultural problems of elementary school age second-language learners. The goal of the project was to provide a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Class Size, Compensatory Education
Kilbane, Marian; Fleming, Margaret – 1972
The Production Workshop Project was designed to promote the educational rehabilitation of selected ninth-grade students. Programs in block-scheduled academic instruction were integrated with vocational training in a Production Workshop setting. The 1971-72 Project activities served a total of 243 students--117 boys and 126 girls. Approximately 68…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Drama Workshops, Dropout Prevention
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1984
The Urban Demonstration Projects (UDP) combined rehabilitative, preventive, and developmental services in a coordinated school and community effort to test the impact of a maximal educational program for disadvantaged students in Ohio's urban schools. This report, which was prepared by staff members from the various projects throughout the State,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Decentralization, Decision Making, Demonstration Programs