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Allen, Rodney F., Ed.; Farmer, Richard – 1982
Middle school energy skills (Enerskills) and activities (Eneractivities) are provided in seven sections. Areas addressed include: (1) locating energy information using telephone books, dictionaries, card catalogs, and readers' guides; (2) writing letters for energy information; (3) energy and food (food intake/human performance, calories/energy);…
Descriptors: Building Design, Conservation Education, Ecology, Elementary School Science
Collette, Alfred T.; Chiappetta, Eugene L. – 1984
This 21-chapter methods textbook provides essential information, practical applications, and resource materials for prospective, beginning, and experienced science teachers, professional science educators, science coordinators, and science supervisors. Major topic areas addressed in the chapters include: the scientific enterprise and science…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Demonstrations (Educational), Elementary School Science
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Wade, Anne; Abrami, Philip C.; Sclater, Jennifer – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2005
In this paper, we provide a description of a CSLP research project that looked at portfolio use within a middle school, the web-based e-portfolio software we have developed within the context of the Quebec educational system, our plans for further development of the tool, and our research plans related to the use of portfolios to support learning.…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Research Projects
Wallich, Lynn R. – 1980
A review of the literature on school climate provides a conceptual framework for this study in which the Kettering School Climate Profile was administered twice to students, teachers, parents, and administrators in the Stoughton Middle School (Stoughton, Wisconsin). The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between organizational…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Collective Bargaining, Contracts
MILLER, RICHARD I.; AND OTHERS – 1967
USEFUL STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING THE NONGRADED SCHOOL ARE PRESENTED IN SEVEN ARTICLES AND FOUR APPENDICES. CHAPTER 1 OUTLINES HISTORICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES THAT FORM A BACKDROP FOR THE NONGRADED MOVEMENT. CHAPTER 2 FOCUSES ON HOW ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP IS, AND SHOULD BE, EXERCISED IN SETTING UP A NONGRADED SCHOOL.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Continuous Progress Plan, Curriculum
HEATHERS, GLEN – 1967
DURING THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, 1958-63, A DEMONSTRATION TEST OF THE DUAL PROGRESS PLAN WAS CONDUCTED IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 6 OF THE NINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND IN GRADES 7 AND 8 OF THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN LONG BEACH AND OSSINING, NEW YORK. RELATED TRYOUTS OF THE PLAN WERE MADE IN 14 OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE PLAN INVOLVES…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Finn, Peter; And Others – 1977
One of a series of eleven curriculum manuals which cover the four transportation topics of public transportation, transportation and the environment, transportation safety, and bicycles for elementary, secondary, and adult levels, this manual covers the public transportation topic for grades 6-9. It contains forty-two learning activities grouped…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, Environmental Education
Noble, LaMartha; And Others – 1972
Intended for use at the junior high school level, the three units are oriented toward career awareness, personal development, and career information. The 18 lessons in the first unit, Survey of Occupations, examine self-understanding and analysis, occupational choices, changing roles, employment patterns and opportunities, personal money…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Chick, Charles E.; And Others – 1973
To identify the need for construction and to estimate the cost of meeting existing and future capital outlay needs of Florida's 67 school districts, this paper attempts to provide a broad overview of the Florida system. More specifically, the paper describes how the State system of public schools is organized, the history of capital outlay survey…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Computer Programs, Conferences, Construction Needs
Brown, Stephen I.; Walter, Marion I. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
The new edition of this classic book describes and provides a myriad of examples of the relationships between problem posing and problem solving, and explores the educational potential of integrating these two activities in classrooms at all levels. "The Art of Problem Posing, Third Edition" encourages readers to shift their thinking…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Computer Uses in Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction
Miller, Pamela J.; Wolosyk, Carl A. – 2002
Graduates of the career and technical education (CTE) teacher education program at Western Michigan University (WMU) were surveyed 5 years after graduation to determine their employment patterns, salaries, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with WMU's CTE teacher education program. Questionnaires were mailed to 143 CTE teachers. Responses were…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Abernathy, Tammy V.; Agey, Teresa – 2002
A teacher of a graduate course in severe learning disabilities developed a guided self-study project designed to move her students from a vocabulary-laden understanding of disability to an understanding of their students' unique and complex ways of learning. Self-study activities included learning about one's own learning style and how that…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cognitive Style, Grade 8
Myers, Robert E. – 1998
The activities in this book were designed to encourage students to perceive what is going on around them, to be both receptive to and critical of the ideas of others, to analyze problems, to elaborate upon ideas, to explore possibilities, and to see relationships. The activities call for all 18 of E. Paul Torrance's creative thinking abilities.…
Descriptors: Art, Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Creative Thinking
Oja, Sharon Nodie; And Others – 1995
Teams of teachers from four middle/junior high schools, in collaboration with faculty from the University of New Hampshire and consultants from the New Hampshire State Department of Education, implemented systemic changes in the teaching of mathematics and science. The curriculum goal was to design, adapt, implement, and evaluate hands-on,…
Descriptors: Action Research, College School Cooperation, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development
Jolly, Janice; Shieder, Mev – 2000
Dorchester School District 2 offers a career guidance program that promotes an ongoing, developmental career planning process for each student. The career awareness program in grades K-5 promotes the students' knowledge of self and others; awareness of collaboration among school, home, community, and business and industry; and awareness of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
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