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Mathes, George E. – 1975
"Who needs the student council?" The student needs the student council. Secondary school youth need practical experiences in doing those things expected of adults in a democratic society. The school needs the student council because the quality of education is improved when students are involved in an assessment of the educational experiences…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Decision Making, Democracy, Democratic Values
Nunes, Shiho – Hawaii Schools, 1967
The Hawaii English Project, the first major developmental task of the Hawaii Curriculum Center sponsored jointly by the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Department of Education, was set up to prepare and test an English curriculum (K-12) and to develop a plan for the curriculum's establishment throughout the state. At the center of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives
North Carolina State Board of Education, Raleigh. – 1971
This report recommends to administrators and students ways of opening channels through which students can express their opinions about administrative decisions and assume greater responsibility for solving their educational problems. The recommendations cover general administrative policies, attitudes and actions of administrators, attitudes and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, Curriculum Enrichment, Extracurricular Activities
James, Edmund, Comp. – 1970
This annotated bibliography includes recent publications and operating programs in the area of student relations. Although it is not intended to be a thorough review of the literature, it is designed to be broad enough to serve as a reference source for several topics. The bibliography was compiled because the area of student relations is one of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Dropouts, Drug Abuse, Human Relations
California State Legislature, Sacramento. Joint Committee on Educational Goals and Evaluation. – 1976
This booklet provides a brief overview of educational evaluation and presents basic guidelines for developing a cooperative school-community program of educational evaluation. It is designed for use in conjunction with a lengthy handbook, "Education for the People: Volume III," which explains in more detail basic principles and methods…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Community Role, Cooperative Planning, Educational Assessment
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Duin, Ann – Computers and Composition, 1987
Discusses writing instruction with the use of ACCESS (A Computer Composing Educational Software System), a program that allows the design of virtually any lesson or exercise a teacher envisions. Describes how ACCESS does the actual programming while the instructor provides the menus and overall program design. Appends 22 practical exercises. (NKA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Jones, Noragh – Education for Information, 1986
Analyzes problems which inhibit group learning and considers factors which, in the perceptions of students and teachers, contribute to effective group learning, within the context of an academic library simulation for teaching library management to students. Practical strategies to develop educators' and trainers' skills in managing group learning…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Group Dynamics, Group Instruction
Kagan, Sharon L.; Neuman, Michelle J. – 1997
This article focuses on the importance of school readiness to school success and long-term life success. Issues relating to school readiness include what constitutes readiness, types of fundamental knowledge, how children approach learning, children's mental and physical health, and how readiness is defined. The article first examines what is…
Descriptors: Child Health, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
Shimoda, Todd A.; Takayesu, James Kimo – 1997
The learner's role in acquiring cognitive and interpersonal skills in a first-year medical school course in neurobiology (12 students) that used a small-group, problem-based teaching method. Objectives of the study were to: (1) determine the cognitive and interpersonal skills the students believed were important; (2) evaluate how well the students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum, Educational Objectives, Group Dynamics
McCarthy, Ciaran – 1999
This paper examines how helpful it is to treat, at the theoretical level, the four language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) separately from one another. It is commonly asserted that this is not the best approach, and that these four skills really have a great deal in common and it makes more sense to treat them holistically.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Applied Linguistics, Communicative Competence (Languages), Feedback
Gettys, Cynthia M.; Ray, Barbara M.; Rutledge, Valerie C.; Puckett, Kathleen S.; Stepanske, Jeanette B. – 1999
This study addressed the use of Professional Development Schools (PDSs) as a component of the teacher preparation program at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. The study measured differences in perceptions of all groups involved in the PDS process. The five groups under study were PDS students, university faculty, and PDS onsite…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Lee, Soo-im – 1999
This chapter describes a program evaluation of cooperative learning in a private language school devoted to teaching English to Japanese students. Student resistance to cooperative learning was due to a lack of training of students, a lack of understanding of basic cooperative learning principles by administrators, and a lack of cooperative…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Rennell, Corey – 2003
This booklet addresses student membership on local boards of education. It is intended to serve as guide for boards considering adding youth to their membership. It discusses the following topics: (1) the benefits to both students and the board of youth serving as board members; (2) researching issues before accepting students on boards; (3)…
Descriptors: Board Candidates, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Community Involvement
Usuki, Miyuki – 2002
This paper focuses on learner autonomy, noting that learner autonomy is not a matter of institutional mode but of learners' internal attitudes, and that learner autonomy entails an awareness of both self-direction and collaboration between the teacher and students and between students and students. The paper suggests that a teacher's attitude…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Holden, William R. – Modern English Teacher, 1999
This article describes a variety of ways learners can help themselves remember new words, choosing the ones that best suit their learning styles. It is asserted that repeated exposure to new lexical items using a variety of means is the most consistent predictor of retention. The use of verbal, visual, tactile, textual, kinesthetic, and sonic…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Drills (Practice), Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
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