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Baldwyn Separate School District, MS. – 1982
Goals of a model program for seven gifted students in a small rural high school in Baldwyn, Mississippi, were to improve teacher knowledge of gifted programs and increase student knowledge and skills through a mentor program and individual projects. Innovative aspects of the program during 1981-82 were inservice training to aid teachers in working…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Art Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Bluhm, Jeremy; Butler, Erik Payne – 1983
This booklet shows how postsecondary institutions can serve economically disadvantaged youth by working with local employment and training agencies. Programs administered by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) are described as well as the students they served. Program goals and services are cited: vocational training,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Cooperation
Small School District Administrators, 1984
At a conference that focused on critical issues for small schools, the initial speaker voiced the opinion that if current trends continue, public schools may ultimately serve only the handicapped. He cited a need for schools to implement changes through community outreach, day care, senior citizens programs, retraining opportunities, work with…
Descriptors: Communications, Community Services, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Programs
McDaniel, Ernest; McInerney, William – 1988
The long-range goal of the Twin Lakes/Purdue project is to establish a collaborative site where college students can observe and practice teaching behaviors that enhance thinking skills and facilitate cognitive growth. A more immediate objective is to help teachers at the site develop teaching strategies which enhance thinking in the content area…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs, Experimental Teaching
Broderius, Bruce W.; And Others – 1985
The effectiveness of an instructional improvement project in the Greeley-Evans Schools, Colorado, was studied. Teachers were provided inservice education in a class called the Essentials of Instruction. Recognizing that receiving training was not the same as being an implementer of the innovation, the Levels of Use instrument identified teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5
Oja, Sharon N.; Pine, Gerald J. – 1984
The Action Research on Change in Schools (ARCS) project was a collaborative action research study that involved two levels of research: a specific research project in each of two junior high schools in Michigan and New Hampshire, and a simultaneous study of the collaborative action research process itself as it relates to teachers' individual…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
World-Wide Education and Research Inst., Salt Lake City, UT. – 1982
This observer's guide and checklist contains materials suitable for on-site evaluation of vocational education programs, a preliminary step in identifying quality indicators. It includes a cover sheet for recording program location and descriptive information and a list of procedures for conducting the evaluation. Separate sheets are provided for…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Equipment
Lines, Patricia; McGuire, Kent – 1984
This paper identifies major education goals that conflict with educational choice and explores the context and causes of the conflict. Implications for family choice of the numerous reforms currently gaining nationwide support are examined, along with public policies that deny choice, such as attendance requirements, state-imposed curriculum…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Compulsory Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Change
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1985
Educational policies and plans for Italy's entire education system are evaluated in this report. Part One contains "The Examiners' Report;" Part Two, the "Record of the Review Meeting;" and Part Three, a "Summary of the Background Report" (prepared by the Italian authorities). Some results of the evaluation include…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Compulsory Education, Curriculum Problems, Decentralization
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Moore, Joi L. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2004
This paper synthesizes research findings from a performance analysis of teacher tasks and the implementation of performance technology. These findings are aligned with design and implementation theories to provide understanding of the complex factors and events that occur during the implementation process. The article describes the necessary…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Technology Planning, Program Design, Program Implementation
Dade County, Miami, FL. Office of the County Manager. – 1978
This paper describes an internship program in Dade County, Florida, designed to educate future taxpayers and voters about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship; to stimulate an interest in the inner workings of local government; and to permit a close inspection and direct participation in government's day to day service operations. The…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship Responsibility, County Programs
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Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1974
This report presents data gathered during the 1973-74 school year on the Austin Independent School District (Austin, Texas) implementation of the Individually Guided Education Program (IGE). Classroom observation indicates on the whole that the 11 schools identified as IGE exhibit greater degrees of implementation of characteristics associated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adoption (Ideas), Affective Measures, Case Studies
Radnor, Michael; And Others – 1977
This volume contains one paper defining the initial operating parameters of the Research and Development Exchange (RDx) and four of a series of papers contracted for the program. The overview paper touches on a variety of topics of continuing concern: the general problems toward which the RDx effort is directed, understandings affecting the design…
Descriptors: Administrators, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Diffusion
Eyster, John W.; Griffin, Michael C. – 1977
The booklet describes a social studies field study seminar which utilizes a direct experiential approach to increase high school student comprehension of federal and international politics. The first chapter explains the objectives of the seminars; the second and third chapters discuss the two major seminars which build upon previously taught…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives
Slaughter, Ellen L. – 1976
The review synthesizes all available material on the issues and recommended and/or implemented solutions; and describes the historical and current development of the service delivery system, relevant cultural factors bearing on policies and procedures, specific issues and problems with various aspects of the system, and recent innovative…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Child Advocacy
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