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Meskill, Carla; Swan, Karen – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1998
Examines how software designed to complement resource-based approaches to reading and writing ("Kid's Space") fared in four elementary classrooms. Results of the pilot study indicate that given the right conditions, children write creatively in response to visual and auditory stimuli. Effective methods of integrating and valuing online work are…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Auditory Stimuli, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education
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Meskill, Carla – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1996
Explores the possibilities of students using the computer as an invention tool as part of their second-language learning. Students studying English as a second language created associative poems and prose using computer-based tools; they were then asked to reflect upon the relationship between the creative process in which they engaged and the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Associative Learning, Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Bulut, Mehmet – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to analyze the newly developed elementary school (grades 1 through 8) mathematics curriculum by considering 5th grade students' and classroom teachers' views. The analysis of the curriculum was realized in three dimensions; (1) Classroom management--classroom physical and emotional environments, teacher and student…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics, Curriculum Development
Shapley, Kelly; Sheehan, Daniel; Maloney, Catherine; Caranikas-Walker, Fanny; Huntsberger, Briana; Sturges, Keith – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2007
The Technology Immersion Pilot (TIP) sets forth a vision for technology immersion in Texas public schools. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) originally directed more than $14.5 million in federal Title II, Part D monies toward funding a wireless learning environment for high-need middle schools through a competitive grant process. A concurrent…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Public Schools, Technology Integration, Academic Achievement
Shapley, Kelly S.; Sheehan, Daniel; Sturges, Keith; Caranikas-Walker, Fanny; Huntsberger, Briana; Maloney, Catherine – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2006
The Technology Immersion Pilot (TIP) sets forth a vision for technology immersion in Texas public schools that links ubiquitous access to technology with student achievement. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) directed nearly $14 million in federal Title II, Part D monies toward funding a wireless learning environment for high-need middle schools…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Public Schools, Technology Integration, Academic Achievement
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Edwards, Steven W.; Edwards, Rebecca – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2006
The UK-I-Can Program is an adaptation of the Amer-I-Can Program, introduced in 1988 to help individuals meet their full potential and improve the quality of their lives. The focus of the program is equipping young people with life management skills necessary to lead fulfilling and productive lives, based on the belief that individuals' self-esteem…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Self Determination
Silvernail, David L.; Small, Dorothy; Walker, Leanne; Wilson, Richard L.; Wintle, Sarah E. – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2008
As everyone enters the 21st Century there is a great deal of discussion in business and education circles alike about the type of skills the youth will need to survive and thrive in this century. At the same time, there is little known today about the level of 21st Century skills students currently have. In part this is because, as a nation,…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Outcomes of Education, Scoring Rubrics, Teaching Guides
Beyer, Francine S.; Presseisen, Barbara Z. – 1995
Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO) is an interdisciplinary moral education program that uses the case study of the Holocaust and World War II to develop middle and high school students' critical thinking abilities, trying to help students make connections between this history and current issues of prejudice, racism, and hatred. In the spring of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bias, Black Students, Case Studies
Zerdavis, Angela – 1995
In fall 1994, a joint pilot project was initiated by Pima Community College and the University of Arizona to provide a sequential degree program in bilingual elementary teacher education. This report presents information on project elements and outcomes after the first year. An introduction provides background on the project's development; a…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Community Colleges
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 1995
This document provides an overview of the history, status, and funding of school-to-work programs in Ohio. First, school-to-work transition programs are discussed in the larger context of work force development. Presented next are the rationale for the school-to-work approach to education and its main objectives and components. The differences…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
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Archer, David; Cottingham, Sara – 1996
The participatory rural appraisal (PRA) technique was used with 1,550 women and 420 men in more than 100 villages in Uganda, El Salvador, and Bangladesh over a 2-year period to develop and pilot test an approach to literacy education called REFLECT (Regenerated Freirean Literacy through Empowering Community Techniques). The REFLECT approach, which…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Development
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Walter, Kate – 1995
This report describes the first 3 years of three Excellent Beginnings projects from 1991 to 1994 funded by the Plan for Social Excellence, a private nonprofit foundation that creates or supports innovative pilot projects in education. Programs that are flexible and responsible to needs of individuals and communities, rather than system-wide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Cooperation
Hall, Vinni; And Others – 1997
Collaboration between public schools and universities through implementation of professional development schools may be central to any effort to improve education in an increasingly complex society. Chicago State University (Illinois), in conjunction with a cadre of stake holders from Chicago Public Schools, implemented a professional development…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Education Majors, Elementary Education
Newman, Carole; And Others – 1996
This paper describes a Goals 2000 project intended to redesign preservice teacher education, practicing teacher roles, and student learning experiences within a Professional Development School framework. The team includes teaching faculty from the University of Akron (Ohio) College of Education Department of Curricular and Instructional Studies,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Johnson, William L.; And Others – 1994
School culture has recently emerged as a framework for the study and interpretation of the structure and development of schools. This paper reviews a work culture productivity model and reports the development of a culture instrument. The use of second-order component analysis shows areas of generalization across primary factors. The School Work…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cooperation, Culture, Educational Environment
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