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Kelly, P. J., Ed. – 1988
One of the important aims of good biology teaching should be to encourage some basic understanding and appreciation of ecology. This understanding should include not only the scientific basis of ecology, but also its application for human welfare and, in particular, for rational exploitation and management of the natural environment and resources.…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Conservation (Environment), Developing Nations, Ecology
Powell, J. P., Ed.; Wilson, Michael, Ed. – 1974
Papers and proposals resulting from educational and rural development fieldwork in the highlands of Papua New Guinea by the education staff and students of the University of Papua New Guinea are included in this collection. Providing essential background knowledge necessary for formulating solutions to the complex and politically sensitive issues…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies, Children
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., Washington, DC. – 1977
The Report on Information Needs Assessment, on which this summary is based, had two purposes: to serve as background and resource information for The National Center for Child Advocacy of the Children's Bureau and to aid the Bureau in identifying prime issues that could be studied. A research panel composed of three specialists actively engaged in…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Delinquency
Haque, Wahidul; And Others – Development Dialogue, 1977
The study attempts to redefine the objectives of Asian development in terms of rapid social change and the redistribution of political power to the rural masses via collectivism. Part I, "The Perspective", describes the largely "anti" rural development experiences of four Asian countries (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China) in…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Field Studies
PDF pending restorationMedrich, Elliott A. – 1977
Issues of daily life experience from a child's perspective were examined in the Spring 1976 as the Children's Time Study interviewed 764 preadolescents (aged 11-12) from Oakland, California and their mothers. The interviewers explored children's use of time outside the school by focusing on five domains of time use: (1) parent-child interactions;…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Asian Americans, Blacks, Childhood Interests
Download full textMueller, Theodore H.; Niedzielski, Henri – 1968
This study conducted at the University of Kentucky in 1967-68 tests the theory of interaction between discrimination and pronunciation through a field test. After a brief review of previous research in phonemic discrimination as related to foreign language learning, the procedures and results of the test are presented. The text used was "Basic…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Auditory Discrimination, College Language Programs, Discrimination Learning
WOLCOTT, HARRY F. – 1967
THE AUTHOR'S ONE-YEAR RESIDENCY AS TEACHER IN A KWAKIUTL INDIAN VILLAGE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA FORMS THE BASIS OF THIS CASE STUDY. WITH EMPHASIS ON THE LIVES AND FAMILIES OF 5 SCHOOL CHILDREN, THE STUDY DEALS WITH THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF THE VILLAGE, DISINTEGRATION OF THE INDIAN CULTURE AND THE TRANSITION TOWARD THE…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Attitudes, Cultural Background, Culture Lag
Learning Inst. of North Carolina, Durham.
The North Carolina Advancement School was established in 1964 to study educational underachievement and to develop and disseminate methods and materials which the state's public schools might use to combat underachievement. It was operated as a private residential school for eighth grade underachieving boys from the public schools of the state.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Klausmeier, Herbert J., Ed.; And Others – 1968
Experimental educational programs emphasizing individualized instruction and motivation were conducted with classes from kindergarten through grade 6. Projects analyzed individualization and motivational procedures in mathematics, individualization in handwriting and spelling, instructional procedures in language arts for disadvantaged children,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Elementary Schools, Field Studies
Lipe, Dewey; Haveman, Jacqueline E. – 1977
Issues associated with the evaluation of 61 educational curriculum units, which was conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) are described. The units were adapted to the AIR Career Education Curriculum framework by creating 133 instructional units within which students could develop career skills in an orderly sequence. The…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Analysis
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1972
The Academic Achievement Project (AAP) was conceived as a comprehensive plan for the improvement of the learning experiences of students in the public schools of the District of Columbia, primarily in the curriculum areas of reading and mathematics. A number of programs or components constituted the framework through which this project was to be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Bogatz, Gerry Ann – 1967
The methodology used in the evaluation of this unit is the same as that described in SO 000 433. The same seventy teachers were involved along with 2,400 seventh through twelfth grade students. There were nine activities in this unit: 1) Geographic Patterns of Manufacturing in the United States; 2) Definition of Manufacturing; 3) and 4)…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Technical Education Research Center, Montgomery, AL. – 1974
A project to develop a model program to instruct training personnel for an individualized manpower training system (IMTS) is reported. In two phases, January 1971 to June 1972 and July 1972 to December 1973, the project trained personnel and field tested IMTS at 10 scattered sites in California and the South. The IMTS component programs include…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Field Studies
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1971
The Kentucky State plan for the collection of data concerning the cognitive, affective and psychomotor needs of school children is discussed. The plan entailed three phases: (1) the identification of learner needs; (2) translating needs priorities into program goals and field testing the program objectives in a sampling of school districts to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Tuckman, Bruce W. – 1972
Research is a useful tool for educators because of its ability to uncover causal relationships between variables that are often obscured in field investigations. This textbook presents basic methodological information that has been designed for and proven to assist the educator who seeks to move himself from the laboratory to the field. The book…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Data Processing, Discriminant Analysis
