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Sheffield, Linda Jensen – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1987
Promotes mathematics instruction that goes beyond computation and problem solving, attempting to make children the "posers of problems." Addresses differences in hemisphericity, processing, and learning styles, as well as maturation differences, sex differences, effects of stimulation, enriched environments, emotion, and the control of attention.…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Computation
Direct linkBerl, Patricia Scallan – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2005
In this article, the author discusses the consequences of losing mature teachers due to voluntary separation or retirement and the mindset of a mature teacher that is different from younger teachers in a number of ways. Mature teachers are colleagues over 45 years of age possessing significant experience in the field. Future trends in teacher…
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Faculty Mobility, Employees, Career Development
Haberman, Martin – 1991
The purpose of this publication is to examine five standards of excellence for judging teacher education programs. The paper is organized into five sections with the standards stated as questions and summarized as guidelines. The five questions discussed are: (1) What are the attributes sought in those selected to become teachers? (2) What is the…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Experiential Learning
Ellison, Robert L.; And Others – 1982
In the third comprehensive Utah Statewide Educational Assessment Program, the public elementary and secondary education system is analyzed regarding factors which influence student and school characteristics, classification and demographic measures of the educational process in the schools and classroom, and instructional approaches and techniques…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aesthetic Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textHomel, R.; Burns, A. – 1981
This paper looks at the relationship between parents' social networks and aspects of child development. It has often been suggested that parents' links with kin, neighbors, friends, and local and non-local organizations are likely to have many effects on their children's development. These effects, however, have never been systematically…
Descriptors: Child Development, Family Life, Foreign Countries, Friendship
MURPHY, J.O. – 1967
IN A 3-YEAR STUDY OF THE PERFORMANCE OF BLIND COLLEGE STUDENTS, 53 COLLEGE BOUND SUBJECTS IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP (MEAN AGE OF 19 YEARS) RECEIVED A 10-WEEK TRAINING COURSE BEFORE ENTERING COLLEGE. THE COURSE CONSISTED OF A BASIC PROGRAM TO AID BLIND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE THROUGH PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT AND ORIENTATION…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Blindness, College Bound Students
Mayer, Colleen A. – 1974
This booklet offers teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents practical, easy-to-read suggestions to help them understand emotional and behavioral development and disabilities in young children. Through a variety of examples, the booklet emphasizes techniques that show the teacher how to encourage and assist the young child to move toward emotional…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Developmental Psychology, Discipline, Emotional Development
Brophy, Jere; Rohrkemper, Mary – 1988
Described are the background, rationale, research design, data collection, analysis, and findings of the Classroom Strategy Study, an investigation of 98 elementary school teachers' general strategies for coping with problem students and their ways of dealing with typical problem behaviors associated with each of 12 types of problem students.…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Aggression, Alienation, Attention Span
Peer reviewedDiekhoff, George M.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1996
A follow-up study of college students' (n=474) cheating behaviors looked at extent of cheating, attitudes toward it, characteristics of cheaters/noncheaters, effectiveness of deterrents, and attitude changes from 1984-94. A significant rise in cheating was found, but with less rationalization. An additional 12 variables discriminating cheaters…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Behavior Patterns, Cheating
American National Red Cross, Washington, DC. – 1995
This Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) education curriculum was developed for boys and girls, ages 6 to 17 years. It is a supplement to a similar program, "SMART Moves," aimed at prevention of drug abuse and premature sexual activity. The Act SMART prevention team should consist of a staff…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Activity Units, Curriculum Guides, Educational Games
Huntley, Helen S. – 1993
This paper examines research findings on adult international students and their adjustment problems while attending U.S. schools of higher education. Specific areas related to the adult student, some of which may also involve related issues of gender and country of origin, are discussed, as well as problem areas and hurdles unique to foreign…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Students, College Students
King, Marian J. – 1984
This review discusses the literature on developmental readiness for school. Specifically included are annotations of articles on the following topics: academic failure and grade retention, failure and retention for immaturity alone, the concept of developmental readiness, chronological versus developmental age, testing of developmental readiness,…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students
Chafe, Doug – 1984
Reviewing research on grade retention, this paper describes tools and guidelines developed as an aid in retention decisions and examines actual promotion/retention policies and practices. Most research on academic and social effects of grade retention suffers from poor methodology, leaving the conclusions suspect and the results contradictory. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1985
A survey was made of developmentally immature school-age children enrolled in early childhood services (ECS) in Alberta, Canada. In addition to basic questions of cost, incidence of school-age children's enrollment in the ECS program, and educational impact of delayed or second-year enrollment in ECS programs, questions were raised concerning the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Elementary School Students, Enrollment
Wilson, Judith; And Others – 1972
Intended for use by teachers at the high school level, this curriculum guide, which is one in a series of guides for consumer and homemaking education in Kentucky, outlines a semester special interest course in the area of personal and family development. As the concluding course of a curriculum on this subject which commences on the junior high…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Relations, Community Role, Competency Based Education
