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Petrosino, Anthony J., Jr. – 1997
This document examines how a unit on model rockets, designed to be a "hands-on" activity within the "Mission to Mars" curriculum that was implemented in the Nashville (Tennessee) area middle schools, has been used to investigate children's understanding of experimentation. A literature review explores some of the traditional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Discovery Processes, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Washington, DC. – 1990
This document describes "Teach for America," a program which recruits outstanding college students who may not otherwise have considered teaching, provides them with an intensive training program, and places them for 2 years of teaching in inner-city and rural school districts with persistent teacher shortages. The report addresses: (1)…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Fellenz, Robert A.; Conti, Gary J. – 1990
This document contains the final report and the third-year report of the Center for Adult Learning Research, which was established at Montana State University (MSU) in December 1985 with support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. The final report reviews first- through third-year activities. It describes the following research projects: strategies…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, American Indian Education
Escalante, Jaime – 1990
This article describes the Jaime Escalante Math Program, a system that in 1989 helped an East Los Angeles high school set a record by administering over 450 Advanced Placement exams, having administered only 10 tests in 1978. The article is presented in three sections. The first section describes the program, discussing origins and backgrounds:…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Students, Calculus, Educational Principles
Shields, Linda A. – 1991
The Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) at El Paso Community College (EPCC) is designed to assist individuals from academically and economically disadvantaged backgrounds to enter and graduate from programs leading to careers in the Allied Health Professions. The HCOP utlizies a 5-week Summer Institute for prospective students, which…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Counseling, Community Colleges
Webb, Norman L.; And Others – 1991
The Urban Mathematics Collaborative (UMC) project has the goal of contributing to the improvement of mathematics education in the inner-city schools by identifying models to enhance the professional lives of teachers and encouraging the entry of high school mathematics teachers into a larger mathematics community including mathematicians from…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation, Faculty Development
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1987
For the project year 1985-86, Idaho's allocation of federal funds for Chapter 1 was $9,256,844. This amount was distributed utilizing Southwestern American Indian myths, legends, history, and remedial instructional programs that would benefit educationally deprived students in the basic skill areas of reading, mathematics, and language arts.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Delinquency, Educationally Disadvantaged
Cross, Robert D.; Bennett, Clifford T. – 1987
This document reports on a summer institute for 20 secondary school history teachers from the central Virginia public school community. Emphasis at the institute was on the fact that historically, as well as morally, all people are important. This idea is the basis for the "new social history" that tends to start with everyday experience. Because…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1983
Intended for use by teachers of seventh and eighth grade students assigned to a special summer program because they have not met the criteria for promotion, this handbook focuses on strategies by which real reading and its attendant language forms can be maximized within the context of summer and its built-in expectations. The first part of the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods
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Sinatra, Richard – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2004
This report describes the organizational structure, a literacy approach called the 6Rs, and theme-related components that occurred over three summers at CampUs. Thousands of inner-city children from housing development sites located in New York City's five boroughs were bused to a metropolitan university. During 10-day cycles, children read trade…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Literacy
Mulhern, John D.; Morris, Robert C. – 1982
A collaborative program between the University of South Carolina College of Education and Lexington County (South Carolina) School District Five provided gifted and talented students with a summer school session featuring acceleration and enrichment. Accompanying the program were graduate-level courses and practica for prospective teachers of…
Descriptors: Acceleration, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Special and Compensatory Education. – 1977
An evaluation team visited each of nine program sites to evaluate Pennsylvania's summer migrant education programs. Evaluation criteria were based on the Eleven National Goals of Migrant Education, state goals (dealing with staff development, curriculum, communities, and administration), and local objectives which considered regional differences.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary Services, Bilingual Education, Career Awareness
Trident Technical Coll., Charleston, SC. – 1978
This program was designed to introduce high school students to the range of career opportunities available in the health field. Specific objectives were (1) to provide students with health careers information, (2) to allow students to explore career related topics with health professionals, (3) to give students an opportunity to spend at least…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Awareness, Career Choice
Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1978
Technical reports of projects funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I and summer components of the projects in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania school system are presented. Following a summary statement, each project is described separately and contains information on the project's rationale, expected outcomes, mode of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education
Stanford Univ., CA. – 1963
The results of the 10-week National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Third-Level Institute for Secondary School Teachers of German, conducted by Stanford University in Bad Boll, Germany, are compiled in individual reports written in both German and English by the 25 participants. Emphasizing close contact with the residents in their working and home…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Conference Reports, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
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