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Kulm, Gerald – 1993
The theoretical and practice-based framework is presented for a study that explored the effect of teachers' use of alternative assessment on their mathematics teaching. A model for the impact of alternative assessment on teacher knowledge and classroom teaching processes is proposed, building on work by E. Fennema and M. L. Franke (1992) and P. L.…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Educational Assessment
Pankratius, William J.; Snow, Mary B. – 1991
This study focuses on the need to know more about Nevada science teachers, their current teaching situations, their educational and experience backgrounds, their needs, and their opinions. Questionnaires were mailed to all 471 Nevada educational personnel assigned to teach science classes in the spring of 1990. The number of respondents was 345.…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Science, Concept Formation, Educational Facilities
Storey, Dee – 1985
This document presents results of a survey studying the Japanese picture book, "Hiroshima No Pika." The story aptly captures how a family of three find their lives shattered in a matter of seconds when the atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima (Japan) in World War II. Issues presented in the story are: (1) immediate survival in the face of…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Disarmament, Elementary School Students
Whisler, Jo Sue; McCombs, Barbara – 1992
This document presents the McREL Middle School Advisement Program, a program designed to provide middle school students with an environment in which they can adjust to new school responsibilities and grow and develop in positive ways. The program is organized into nine modules. Within modules are activities which consist of a Teacher Guide and,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Elementary School Students
Kellogg, Nancy Rader – 1990
This Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Curriculum was developed for intermediate elementary (5th, 6th, and 7th grade) students. It is an integrated unit that encompasses health, science, social studies, math, and language arts. The curriculum is comprised of nine class activities designed to meet the following objectives: (1) to determine…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Activity Units, Curriculum Guides, Decision Making Skills
Christensen, Lois M.; McNair, Layla; Patterson, Janice; Wade, Sheila – 1998
This paper describes the experiences of several individuals involved in the initial stages of orchestrating a school-university partnership. A group of elementary teachers, a student teacher, a cooperating teacher, a university faculty member, and a coordinator of school-university partnerships participated in the experience and shared their views…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Education
Cotton, Kathleen – 1998
Decades of research indicate that when parents take an active part in their children's education, it has a positive impact on their children's academic achievement, attitudes toward learning and school, confidence as a learner, and social behavior. Parents can also help children develop the lifelong learning skills and attitudes they will need in…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Elementary School Students, Experiential Learning, Intermediate Grades
Tushnet, Naida C. – 1991
Findings from 20 interviews conducted with individuals involved in the California New Teacher Project, which is administered by the California Department of Education and the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, are reported to assess the policy environment for new teacher support and assessment programs. The study was conducted by the Southwest…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Beginning Teachers, Educational Environment, Educational Policy
Popwell, Emma P. – 1991
This report describes the administrative structure and program design for an after-school program for school age children (aged between 5 and 13 years) in the 1990-91 school year in the Atlanta (Georgia) Public Schools (APS). The program took policy and regulations from the pertinent Board of Education policy and guidelines and was administered by…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Enrichment Activities
Castro, Raymond E.; Ingle, Yolanda R. – 1991
This volume presents the results of an effort at the Tomas Rivera Center in Claremont (California) to determine what is being done in the southwestern United States to produce more Latino and other minority teachers, including descriptions of 31 programs currently implemented at colleges and universities. The first section describes the changes in…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Cooperative Programs, Elementary School Teachers, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
National Association of State Coordinators for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, Austin, TX. – 1992
This report highlights selected states' attempts to meet the requirements of the 1990 amendments to the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (SMHAA), which lays the groundwork for assuring that homeless children and youth have access to and success in schools. A homeless child's success story and an issue that impacts a state's ability to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Compensatory Education, Compliance (Legal), Disadvantaged Youth
California Univ., Berkeley. Board of Regents. – 1990
The proceedings of a program on teaching chemistry through energy and the environment that included plenary lectures, country and commission reports, introductions to new programs and materials, and an experimental approach to curriculum development across national boundaries via the production of an instruction unit are provided. The workshop…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Conservation (Environment), Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science
Northwest Territories Dept. of Education, Yellowknife. – 1986
As the world becomes more complex and the rate of change increases, Canadian students need more and better science education increases, Canadian students need more and better science education to prepare them for the future. This book provides a framework for building scientific concepts and developing the learning of process skills for grades 1…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Science, Foreign Countries
Gonzalez-Tamayo, Eulogio – 1991
Test scores on the Test of Basic Concepts, a school readiness test, were compared with actual performance in school for 186 low-scoring and 133 high-scoring groups of first graders from Spain at the beginning of the school year to explore the issues of competence testing and prediction of performance. The measure of school performance was derived…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary School Students
Jacobson, Larry; Stilley, Lori Rittenhouse – 1992
The Assessment Development Laboratory for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is developing a certification process with the three components of school site documentation, a content knowledge examination, and assessment center exercises. Activities involved in the development of the exercises and their scoring are described. The…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), College Students, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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