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Marzano, Robert J.; And Others – 1992
The model presented in this document integrates authentic assessment with traditional evaluation practices to create comprehensive assessment systems for elementary and secondary school students. Specifically, the model poses six categories of competencies that enjoy high levels of acceptance and construct validity: (1) knowledge of concepts,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Alternative Assessment, Competency Based Education
Chaney, Bradford; And Others – 1995
This survey gathered information on programs at institutions of higher education that are designed to increase the access of educationally or economically disadvantaged elementary and secondary students to higher education. In addition the study aimed to compare Upward Bound, one prominent federally funded program, with others around the nation.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Attendance, College Preparation, College Programs
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
In 1994, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessed the reading, U.S. history, and geography knowledge and skills of a nationally representative sample of students in grades 4, 8, and 12. The NAEP also assessed representative samples of students from 44 states and jurisdictions in reading at grade four. This Almanac Viewer is…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Demography, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Special Education Services Unit. – 1996
The report summarizes five Colorado teacher research projects in teaching students with disabilities. The five projects described demonstrate that teacher initiated classroom based research allows educators to develop innovative approaches to instruction and to analyze their results in an objective way. The following projects are presented: (1)…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Harris, Ian M. – 1995
This report summarizes a study carried out during the 1993-1994 academic year that evaluated peace education curricula in selected Milwaukee (Wisconsin) public schools. Experimental and control sample populations were established with eight different classrooms, including two classes at a Montessori school and two classes at a neighborhood…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Classroom Environment
Mishne, Judith Marks – 1996
Written for parents and for professionals working with children and their parents, this book demonstrates that children's social development must be given paramount importance in order for them to achieve long-term school success. The book shows parents how to be effective caregivers by knowing what to realistically expect from a child based on a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs
Bender, David S.; And Others – 1994
This paper describes the history, characteristics, program model, activities, and evaluation results of the Pottstown Homework Center Partnership project, in Pottstown County, Pennsylvania. The goal of the program is to initiate homework centers and train volunteer tutors from the community to support the at-risk middle students by providing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Extracurricular Activities, High Risk Students
Marshak, David – 1994
This paper on multiage classrooms provides first steps toward a systemic understanding of the defining qualities of multiage classrooms and, from teachers' perspectives, the benefits of such classrooms for students, teachers, and parents. The multiage classroom movement in elementary schools is viewed as not just restructuring, but also as the…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Allen, Judy; And Others – 1992
This book documents a portion of The Learning Tree program, which develops cultural awareness. It provides activities, written from practical experience, that are designed to give children their first contact with the customs of other cultures. These activities are for teachers to share with preschool-, kindergarten-, and primary-school-age…
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
Mills, Sheryl – 1993
This booklet for teachers describes and explains classroom management based on a student centered format for structured freedom using contracts, learning stations, and learning packages. The booklet is structured as a narrative describing a fictional teacher's visits to a classroom where this approach is successfully implemented. Structured…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1992
A program to reinforce English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learning through participation in a choral performance group (Los Cumbancheros) is described and evaluated. The program served 218 students in 5 intermediate and junior high schools and 2 elementary schools in the Bronx (New York). Most students were classified as limited English…
Descriptors: Choral Music, Cultural Activities, Dance, Elementary School Students
Hammer, Judith McGowan; O'Bar, Angelina Merenda – 1989
Growing Up Strong (GUS) is a curriculum designed to develop strong mental and physical health in kindergarten through sixth grade students, with the objective of preventing subsequent substance abuse. This document contains a teacher's guide for using GUS in fifth and sixth grade classrooms (GUS 5-6) and duplication masters of materials that can…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Child Rearing, Class Activities, Daily Living Skills
Grosse, Susan J., Ed.; Thompson, Donna, Ed. – 1993
This volume explores legal issues that serve as foundations for quality active leisure participation by persons with disabilities. In addition to documenting details of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), playground and equipment standards and guidelines, and American Camping Assoication standards, it presents specific information on risk…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Accident Prevention, Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
Olen, Sandra – 1992
This paper identifies obstacles to physical and intellectual access and effective use of books and media by South African children and suggests some possible solutions. It also includes a description of a study of the attitudes of first-year student teachers at colleges of education and universities in the Transvaal towards school libraries. The…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Childrens Literature, Developing Nations, Elementary School Students
Gable, Robert A., Ed.; Warren, Steven F., Ed. – 1993
This collection of papers presents strategies for teaching students with mental retardation. An introduction by Robert A. Gable and Steven F. Warren titled "The Enduring Value of Instructional Research" reviews problems besetting special education instructional research and outlines the papers' approach to the field from both an empirical research…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Methods
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