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Pranis, Eve; Cohen, Joy – 1990
As students observe plant growth, the questions that naturally arise can provide opportunities for student exploration and discovery. This guide presents a collection of activities for students in grades K-8 that turn students' questions into life sciences learning experiences. The guide contains four chapters, each with background information and…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Class Activities, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education
Borgford, Christie L.; Summerlin, Lee R. – 1988
This sourcebook for chemical activities is designed to be used as a student laboratory book for both junior and senior high school students. The student's role as a knowledgeable consumer and informed citizen is stressed. Each activity includes a list of needed materials, procedures, reactions, questions, and notes for the teacher which include…
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Experiments
Clovis, Christopher J. – Science Education Review, 2005
In Ontario, the secondary school science curriculum advocates the use of laboratory activities to reinforce specific scientific concepts and promotes the development of skills in scientific investigation and communication. Students in biology courses are often expected to identify unknown substances using standard tests, but rarely are these tests…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Biology, Secondary School Science, Scientific Concepts
ANDREWS, KENNETH R.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE REACTIONS OF 6,000 BUSINESS EXECUTIVES TO FORMAL UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WERE GATHERED BY QUESTIONNAIRE AND A FEW INTERVIEWS. OF THE TOTAL POPULATION, 80 PERCENT REACTED SO FAVORABLY THAT DIFFERENCES IN LENGTH, COSTS, AND QUALITY WERE ALMOST OBSCURED. OF SEVEN ACTIVITIES, THEY RANKED CLASS SESSIONS FIRST, THEN STUDY GROUPS…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitude Change, Costs, Educational Methods
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1975
The guide, developed to assist those involved in implementing career education programs concerned with public service occupations, contains the basic instructional material recommended for preparation in the areas of public safety, correction, and judicial services. The six units deal with: (1) organization and operation of police departments, (2)…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Career Education, Course Content, Court Role
Hollister, James Elliott – 1968
Protestant ministers (a 15% sample) serving urban congregations in Santa Clara County, California, were surveyed on work and leisure time, participation in leisure activities, and participation in formal and informal continuing education. Emphasis was on differences in life styles between pastors with large, and those with small congregations.…
Descriptors: Activities, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Clergy
California State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. – 1973
The document reported an investigation into the Guadalupe Union School District in the spring 1972 by the California State Advisory Committee (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights). Complaints prompting the investigation dealt with (1) poor quality education not geared to meet the needs of Mexican American child, (2) failure to hire bilingual…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitudes, Biculturalism, Bilingualism
Warsh, Herman Enoch – 1969
The present study examined some effects of literacy achievement on the lives of 184 of the 215 adults who had successfully completed literacy training between 1962 and 1966 in the Flint, Michigan, Adult High School. Interviews and public records were used to gather data on student background, experiences during literary training, participants'…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Literacy, Age Differences, Behavior Change
Tuckman, Bruce W. – 1972
Research is a useful tool for educators because of its ability to uncover causal relationships between variables that are often obscured in field investigations. This textbook presents basic methodological information that has been designed for and proven to assist the educator who seeks to move himself from the laboratory to the field. The book…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Data Processing, Discriminant Analysis
Project WET Foundation, 2003
This 100-page manual serves as a technical reference for the "Healthy Water, Healthy People Water Quality Educators Guide" and the "Healthy Water Healthy People Testing Kits". Yielding in-depth information about ten water quality parameters, it answers questions about water quality testing using technical overviews, data interpretation guidelines,…
Descriptors: Testing, Reference Materials, Water, Water Quality
Stewart, Isabel M. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
This bulletin details developments in nursing education since 1918. The following sections are included: (1) The situation in nursing before 1918; (2) The demands of the war and how they were met; (3) Decline in applicants following the war; (4) The work of student nurses in hospitals; (5) Hours of duty in hospitals; (6) Health, recreation, and…
Descriptors: Publicity, Nursing Students, Scholarships, Financial Support
Young, Donald B.; Pottenger, Francis M. – 1992
This student guide and accompanying teacher's guide are a product of the Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST) curriculum development project at the University of Hawaii. In the teaching guide, the introduction gives a description of the underlying theory and practice in FAST and includes the FAST instructional model, descriptions of…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Ecology, Environmental Education, Groundwater
Karp, William – 1967
The 74th Illinois General Assembly created the Illinois Commission on Automation and Technological Progress to study and analyze the economic and social effects of automation and other technological changes on industry, commerce, agriculture, education, manpower, and society in Illinois. Commission members visited industrial plants and business…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Automation, Banking, Change Agents
Antonovsky, Aaron, Ed.; Lorwin, Lewis L., Ed. – 1959
This study under the direction of the N.Y. State Commission Against Discrimination (SCAD) investigated the relationship of low incomes to social and economic discrimination against Negroes and Puerto Ricans in New York State. The scope of the study included analyses by various authors of the present economic status of Negroes and Puerto Ricans,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Demography, Disadvantaged, Economic Status
Robinson, Edward Stevens; And Others – 1928
Two years of observation of the behavior of visitors in several museums led to the knowledge of the degree of simplicity that is desirable in museum surroundings and of the need for pamphlets that are better prepared than the usual guide books and catalogs. It also led to the advice that museum directors become experimental psychologists, and that…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Education, Art, Art Education