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Nelson, JoAnne, Ed.; And Others – 1979
Designed to assist teachers in small schools with the improvement of curriculum and instruction and to help smaller districts which do not have curriculum personnel to comply with Washington's Student Learning Objectives (SLO) Law, this guide contains curriculum materials for teaching reading in content areas to grades 9-12. The objectives listed…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Curriculum Design
Centre for Information on Language Teaching, London (England). – 1971
This bibliography includes most publications on the theory and practice of foreign language testing which have appeared since 1950. It does not include those referring to testing in the mother tongue. Parts 1 and 2 include other bibliographies on testing and a short selection of published tests which embody recent techniques. Part 3--the main…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Bibliographies, Educational Testing
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1996
The ACT Assessment is a measure of skills in English, mathematics, reading, and science reasoning necessary for college coursework. This booklet includes four sections designed to help the assessment user. Section 1, "Components of the ACT Assessment," contains general information about the assessment for counselors and college advisors…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Achievement Tests, College Bound Students
Roberts, Richard N., Ed. – 1993
This collection of articles describes an interdisciplinary cooperative effort in the context of PREP (Prekindergarten Education Program) intervention. The PREP began with the intention of developing a culturally competent education system for Hawaiian children and their families. An introductory chapter "Applied Research and Program…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Context Effect, Cultural Context
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1994
This publication is a distillation of the most salient, most often repeated observations and recommendations of Maryland teacher-test scorers on their experiences scoring student responses to the Maryland School Performance Assessment (MSPAP) test in 1994. Feedback is organized into perceptions about what would be pertinent to share with other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Stanley, Linda; And Others – 1986
Designed for use by technical and vocational education teachers, this monograph describes techniques for combining writing across the curriculum strategies with reading and study skills approaches. The teaching and classroom techniques presented were developed as part of the Writing and Reading in the Technologies (WRIT) project undertaken by a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, Grading
Hopkins, William M. – 1988
A special transitional course (College Success) developed for college freshmen at the State University of New York College at Cortland is described in this report. Designed to meet standard problems of transition from high school to college and deal with detected deficits in learning and studying skills, it offers small group experience on issues…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Freshmen, College Preparation
Wiseman, T. Jan – 1979
A demographic survey of community education students enrolled at Kishwaukee College during fall 1975 through summer 1978 focused on the characteristics of and differences among community education, career, and transfer students; student enrollments in relation to the district and over time; enrollments at different centers and in different types…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Community Colleges
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 30 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: use of short and long passages in informal reading inventories, components in decoding spelling patterns, the psycholinguistic analysis of oral reading miscues and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Cloze Procedure, Doctoral Dissertations
Center on English Learning & Achievement (NJ1), 1999
This research brief is published at the mid-way point of a five-year study that is analyzing a spectrum of programs in four states to identify outstanding English instruction in secondary schools. Outstanding schools are defined as those whose students beat the odds and outscore their peers in comparable skills on high-stakes, standardized test of…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Standardized Tests, Literacy, English Teachers
Jackman, Diane H., Ed. – 1998
This document contains six research papers: "Articulation Practices among Secondary and Postsecondary Vocational-Technical Education Programs" (Bob R. Stewart, Sandra Eckert-Stewart); "What Message Are We Sending to Counselors about Their Role in Tech Prep?" (Paula Puckett); "From School-to-Work: Secretaries' and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Counselor Role, Distance Education, Education Work Relationship
Georgiady, Nicholas P.; Romano, Louis G. – 1994
This booklet is designed to help middle school students and their teachers analyze in-school study habits, providing 12 specific suggestions to help students succeed academically. Students need to understand the importance of: (1) school attendance; (2) good health; (3) paying attention in class; (4) effective note-taking skills; (5) picking a…
Descriptors: Attendance, Child Health, Classroom Environment, Elementary School Students
Aber, Joanne – 1996
This book, directed especially to individuals over age 30, takes a how-to approach to earning a college degree in the least amount of time for the least amount of money. The book explains how to use fast-track methods such as "testing out," which takes advantage of prior learning, and accredited shortcuts to earn an accelerated degree. The first…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria
Kim, JinGyu – 1993
Research on the major computerized adaptive testing (CAT) strategies is reviewed, and some findings are reported that examine effects of examinee demographic and psychological characteristics on CAT strategies. In fixed branching strategies, all examinees respond to a common routing test, the score of which is used to assign examinees to a…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Affective Behavior, Age Differences
Gardner, John N., Ed.; Jewler, A. Jerome, Ed. – 1992
This textbook is designed to prepare college freshmen for their undergraduate career. Organized in 15 chapters the course introduces basic academic and study skills as well as suggestions for thinking about a career choice, and responding to the social challenges of campus life. Chapter One, "Keys to Success," discusses setting goals and the value…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Cognitive Style, College Freshmen, Educational Objectives