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A Model for Curriculum Development in Rural Schools.

Phillips, Douglas – 1985

Using the Biomedical Sciences Preparatory Program (BioPrep) for illustration, this paper discusses an approach to educational improvement through the development of curriculum that emphasizes experiential learning and the involvement of students in real-life problems. Opening sections describe BioPrep, a program designed to prepare rural high…

Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Grade 9

Educational Attitudes, Decisions, and Self-Concept: A Look at Appalachian Females Moving from the Elementary Experience to the High School Experience.

Reck, Una Mae Lange – 1983

The primary objective of a pilot study was to investigate the educational motivation of rural native Appalachian eighth grade females in terms of educational attitudes, educational decisions, and educational self-concept. Results from the study (sample size: 27) indicate strongly that female Appalachian adolescents, about to enter womanhood, do…

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, Educational Attitudes