The purpose of the study was to assess the value of an experimental briefing-teacher aide program. Forty-one sophomore and junior level mathematics majors who volunteered to participate in the program were divided into two groups, with one group exposed to nine briefing sessions and one group not. A pretest, posttest design was used with the tests…

This program was intended to improve the level of educational achievement in the project area through the provision of paraprofessional aides residing in the school community who could provide direct support to the teaching and learning efforts in the classroom. The major thrust of the evaluation was to determine whether teacher aide service had…

THE ADDITION OF A TEACHER-ASSISTANT (TA) PROVIDED A RICHER ENVIRONMENT AND CURRICULUM RESULTING IN A HIGH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY GAIN FOR THE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED KINDERGARTENER. AFTER SIX ORIENTATION SESSIONS AND A WEEK OF OBERVATION, A TA WAS ASSIGNED AS A SECOND TEACHER TO ONE OF THREE MORNING AND THREE AFTERNOON KINDERGARTEN SESSIONS AT THE THREE…

Describes a program at the University of Northern Colorado which provides undergraduate students in education with experiences in public school classrooms prior to teaching. (PCB)

Data gathered from a questionnaire sent to 81 TMR (trainable mentally retarded) certified teachers and 46 paraprofessional management aides (teacher aides) who worked with mentally retarded residents of four state hospitals indicated that the Ss showed only partial understanding of the normalization principle. (IM)

Chicago Public Schools' Bureau of Vocational Support Services provides assessment screening, peer tutoring, specialized services for the disabled, an academic resource center, and vocational aides in schools needing bilingual services. During the 1985-86 school year, only two percent of students served by the program dropped out of high school.…

Two tables show the number of teachers and pupils per teacher aide in school districts in the eight geographical regions of the United States in the 1984-85 school year. The Far West has the lowest pupil-to-teacher aide ratio, and the Mideast the highest. (PGD)

The author presents an individualized instruction method for teaching beginning typing using teacher aides. It was learned that students' achievement levels were higher when the course was taught as one module for a year, rather than two modules a semester. (AG)

Authors stress the need for equal education opportunity that will allow non-English speaking children to maintain their culture and language while reaping the full benefits of this society. (Authors/GB)

Interim evaluations of the Indianapolis Model Cities School Program point in positive directions in pupil performance and self concept. (Author/RY)

Describes a project in which 11 parents volunteered to be trained as aides in a primary classroom for 13 trainable mentally retarded children aged 5 to 8 years. (CB)