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Cegelka, Patricia A.; Alvarado, Jose Luis – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2000
A district-university partnership program provides an alternative route to teacher certification for noncredentialed special education teachers working in a rural California desert region. The program features locally available courses, on-campus summer courses, an alternative internship credential, collaborative structure, a coach-of-coaches…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education

Smith, Marilyn; Hill, George C.; Evans, Bill; Bandera, Marcia – Rural Educator, 2000
A study examining school violence surveyed 819 students in grades 8, 10, and 11 in a rural secondary school in 1997 and 1999. Student feelings toward school safety were not significantly different in the 2 years. However, there was a significant decline in feeling safe at home, which may be a catalyst for future school problems. (Contains 24…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Educational Environment, Family Environment, Juvenile Gangs

Yarrow, Allan; Herschell, Paul; Millwater, Jan – Education in Rural Australia, 1999
Examines the need for better preparation of teachers to live and work in rural Australia. Uses responses from a rural Queensland community meeting to discuss preparation needs related to multiage classrooms, cultural differences, and school-community involvement. Describes a new internship/mentor program at Queensland University of Technology that…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Needs, Cultural Differences, Educational Needs

Muskin, Joshua A. – Comparative Education Review, 1999
Supported by Save the Children, the Mali Community School project helped fund school construction in previously unserved villages and accommodated community priorities: instruction in Bambara rather than French, integration of local knowledge into traditional subject areas, and school schedules adapted to agricultural needs. Project evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Schools, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Assessment
Wahyudi; Treagust, David F. – Learning Environments Research, 2004
This study reports cross-validation results for an Indonesian-language version of a modified form of the What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) questionnaire and its use in investigating the nature of science classroom learning environments in Indonesian lower secondary schools. Following administration of the WIHIC to approximately 1400…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Rural Schools, Student Attitudes
Hoffman, Lynn M. – Qualitative Report, 2005
I conducted surveys, focus group interviews, and analyzed the yearbooks of fifty four yearbook students from five rural high schools to investigate students' process of yearbook construction and to determine what was meaningful and memorable to them throughout their high school experience. Chang's (1992) construct of an adolescent ethos, including…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Activities, Yearbooks, Focus Groups
Reading, Chris – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2004
Variation is a key concept in the study of statistics and its understanding is a crucial aspect of most statistically related tasks. This study aimed to extend and apply a hierarchy for describing students' understanding of variation that was developed in a sampling context to the context of a natural event in which variation occurs. Students aged…
Descriptors: Weather, Classification, Secondary School Students, Student Evaluation
Minner, Daphne D.; Hiles, Elisabeth – Issues in Teacher Education, 2005
The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE, 2004) administers a formula grant program to states that is intended to increase the academic achievement of students in mathematics and science by enhancing the content knowledge and teaching skills of classroom teachers. Partnerships between high-need school districts and the science, technology,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Rural Schools, Educational Change, Rural Areas
Relationships among Six Variables of Some Jamaican Eleventh-Graders and Their Performance in Biology
Clayton-Johnson, Miriam; Soyibo, Kola – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2005
This study was designed to ascertain if (a) the level of biology performance of the selected 393 Jamaican 11th-graders (188 boys, 205 girls)--who constituted the main study's sample--was satisfactory or not; (b) there were statistically significant differences in their performance linked to their gender, attitudes towards biology, learning styles,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Cognitive Style, Science Achievement, Biology
March, Cathleen – Issues in Educational Research, 2005
This study examined scores on second, third and fourth grade reading and mathematics tests to determine the effects of beginning school age on later school success. The analysis involved 352 participants in one rural school district in Western New York. Participants were divided into three groups: (a) age appropriate for entrance to school, (b)…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Readiness, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Students
Richardson, Martha K. – Principal Leadership, 2005
Success in today's K-12 environment often hinges on improved test scores. But success should be defined more broadly to recognize the overall learning environment that is created by students, teachers, staff members, administrators, and parents. As a middle level principal, the author has learned that to create long-lasting change and to foster a…
Descriptors: Student Development, School Culture, Educational Environment, Middle Schools
Nieto, Sonia – New Educator, 2005
In this article, the author identifies two current--and competing--discourses concerning teaching and public education in general. One is the "official" discourse, embodied in "No Child Left Behind" language, with a focus on accountability, standards, credentials, and testing, accompanied by punitive measures for failing to…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Federal Legislation
Belland, Brian R.; Ertmer, Peggy A.; Simons, Krista D. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2006
While problem-based learning (PBL) has been found to be effective with gifted and average students (Hmelo-Silver, 2004), little is known about its impact on students with special needs. This study examines the perceptions of middle-school students with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities and of their teachers regarding the value of…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Disabilities, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes
Archuleta, Debra J.; Castillo, Linda G.; King, Jennifer J. – Journal of School Counseling, 2006
Latina students face many challenges that can lead to school dropout. Although school counselors have the skills and training to provide counseling and guidance to students at-risk for dropping out of school, they are often placed in positions where their role is primarily administrative. This paper describes an online support group developed by…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Rural Schools, Social Support Groups, Dropout Prevention
Mitchell, Claudia; Stuart, Jean; Moletsane, Relebohile; Nkwanyana, Callistus Bheka – McGill Journal of Education, 2006
In this article, we draw on the example of the Friday Absenteeism Project, a photo voice project with sixth grade learners in a rural KwaZulu-Natal school, to interrogate the nature of participatory process and cultural production. In so doing, we explore a number of critical issues related to youth participation, including ethics, citizenship and…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Social Change, Ethics, Democracy