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Bartos, Robert B.; Smith, Lyle R. – 1979
Central Savannah River Area Cooperative Educational Services Agency (CSRA CESA) implemented a career education project for grades K-12 in the Columbia County School System to develop a replicable model for incremental improvements. The major emphasis was the infusion of career education activities into the teaching of basic skills. Program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1977
The physical fitness and lifestyle of Canadian school children has been deteriorating in recent years. The main objectives of physical education are directed toward the development of physical fitness and a positive lifestyle. This manual provides an opportunity for measuring the components of physical fitness. Physical fitness testing involves…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Athletic Equipment, Cardiovascular System, Elementary Secondary Education
Rask, Glen – 1979
The Colorado Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) model was tested in 1978-79 in three rural sites and one urban site utilizing both alternative and infused program approaches. (The modified Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory EBCE model focuses on exploration for grades 7-10.) Evaluation was designed to evaluate three program components…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Surveys
SHELDON, DOROTHY – 1967
THIS ANNUAL EVALUATION OF IDAHO'S 1966-67 TITLE I PROJECTS ACKNOWLEDGES SOME INITIAL NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD TITLE I ON THE PART OF SCHOOL BOARDS, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS. PART I OF THE EVALUATION LISTS MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS (1) A DOUBLING OF THE NUMBER OF KINDERGARTENS FROM NINE TO 18, (2) AN INCREASE FROM 10 TO 31…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Coordination
Marco, Gary L.; Landes, Sandra R. – 1971
A survey of opinions about the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I needs and activities was carried out in 1969-70 by Chicago Public Schools in cooperation with Educational Testing Service. The results and the evaluative implications of this survey are presented. (CK)
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Decision Making
Greene, Lawrence J. – Corwin Press, 2005
For every teacher who has been at a loss to help the student who seemed helpless, this is a resource that cannot be missed. In this book, the author details instructional principles to help educators model and mentor effective life skills behaviors for their students. For the child who doesn't have friends, does poorly in sports, has difficulty…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Learning Problems, Learning Strategies, Book Reviews
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Foster, William; Gaa, Nancy; Nowicki, Jan; Ross, Venessa – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated an intervention for increasing student engagement in learning to improve academic success. The targeted population consisted of students in four separate schools: pre-kindergarten and eighth graders in a large metropolitan area and fifth and eighth graders in a rural community. The lack of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning
Cooney, Sondra – 2001
In spring 2000, the Southern Regional Education Board, through its Middle Grades Assessment, gathered information from 5,000 eighth-graders and 1,800 middle-grades teachers in 60 schools in 14 states. This brief report describes what that information revealed: a significant difference between the achievement scores of the highest performing 25…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Educational Practices, Equal Education
Duttweiler, Patricia Cloud, Ed. – 2000
This series of special reports argues that states must use their newly established, more rigorous standards to (1) provide teachers with the skills and knowledge required to teach to the higher academic standards and (2) provide students with additional opportunities to learn and to achieve the higher standards. This report presents a number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, After School Programs
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Sullivan, Joanna – Social Studies, 1996
Details the educational objectives achieved by an 8th grade U.S. history class using a cooperative learning research model. Using the Group Investigation Model, the class learned to use text headings, subheads, and key words in their reading. They also became familiar with synthesizing information and linking key ideas. (MJP)
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Cooperative Learning, Grade 8, Group Activities
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Bailey, Laura – Social Studies Review, 1997
Recounts the successes of Project HAWK (Habitat Alliance and Wildlife Keepers) in Northern California. HAWK consists of various at-risk students brought together for a service learning project constructing and maintaining community gardens. Discusses how the garden was related to traditional curriculum instruction and provides information for…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Services, Educational Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education
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Main, Melody; And Others – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1996
Profiles a 16-week learning unit that led students to develop literacy in their native Spanish, as well as academic and computing skills. The reading and writing assignments incorporated grammar, geography, and local and family histories to create a sense of pride in the students' community and culture. (MJP)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Traits, Elementary Education
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Stanier, Linda – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1997
Discusses the reactions to two empowering styles of teaching introduced into a newly developed interdisciplinary unit in geography and environmental sciences. Peer assessment was embraced more thoroughly than group work which was eventually accepted with some reservations. Includes charts illustrating student reactions to both innovations. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Assessment, Geography, Geography Instruction
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Massich, Mary; Munoz, Eric – Social Studies Review, 1996
Describes instructional strategies using primary sources in middle school history instruction. Maintains that students need to make critical, personal connections to material before they understand it. The strategies examined use visual aids, living history presentations, realia, music, and primary documents. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, History, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Innovation
Potter, Les – Schools in the Middle, 1998
Describes success of an academic booster club as a rural middle school strategy to improve student test scores, attendance, grades, community perceptions of the school, and student behavior. Notes how during two years the club raised over $20,000 and fostered improvements in average daily attendance, achievement test scores, honor roll…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
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