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Karges-Bone, Linda – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1990
GATEWAY II is a summer program for fourth and fifth graders in South Carolina which encourages an integrated approach to the visual and performing arts. The program's instructional quality and curriculum creativity level are assessed through observations by a former teacher of gifted children and interviews with student participants. (JDD)
Descriptors: Art Education, Creative Expression, Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades
Dickey, Edwin; Kherlopian, Richard – Educational Technology, 1987
Reports on a survey of computer use administered to 400 elementary mathematics or science teachers in South Carolina. Inquiries included: (1) purposes for which used; (2) brands available; (3) recommended software; (4) effects on students; (5) teacher training; and (6) audio or video packages used. (9 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Equal Education, Intermediate Grades
Stevenson, Ken – School Administrator, 1999
About 250 of the Beaufort County, South Carolina school district's 1,200 sixth graders at three middle schools have participated in the School-Book Laptop Project since 1996. Followup studies through seventh grade show that laptops enhanced academic gains among students who traditionally have not succeeded in school. Laptop users consistently…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Benefits
Peer reviewedTrost, Stewart G.; Pate, Russell R.; Ward, Dianne S.; Saunders, Ruth; Riner, William – Journal of School Health, 1999
Compared determinants of physical activity in active and low-active African-American sixth graders, surveying students and making objective assessments of physical activity over seven days. Results indicated that physical activity self-efficacy, beliefs about physical activity outcomes, involvement in community-based physical activity, perception…
Descriptors: Black Students, Child Health, Early Adolescents, Grade 6
Peer reviewedLock, Sharon E.; Vincent, Murray L. – Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion, 1995
Analysis of data from the South Carolina School/Community Program for Sexual Risk Reduction among Teens looked at the effects of demographic and psychosocial factors on females' decisions to engage in premarital sexual intercourse. Age, family structure, peer influence, commitment to partner, and sexual attitudes directly affected premarital…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Decision Making, Demography
Peer reviewedHarmon, Michele Alicia – Evaluation Review, 1993
DARE's effectiveness in Charleston County (South Carolina) was studied by comparing 341 DARE to 367 non-DARE fifth-grade students. DARE teaches students to recognize and resist social pressures to use drugs. DARE has positive impacts on anti-substance abuse attitudes, assertiveness, positive peer association, association with drug-using peers, and…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Comparative Testing, Drinking, Drug Abuse
