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Arredondo, Daisy E.; Marzano, Robert J. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Walla Walla Schools (Washington) designed a demonstration project using the Marzano thinking skills model, which emphasizes learning preparation, content thinking, and basic reasoning skills. Placing selected thinking skills within specific curriculum areas and grade levels proved so successful that teachers then collaborated on a content-free…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation
Tannahill, Catherine L. – Executive Educator, 1992
For a pilot program to succeed, administrators should take the following steps: state the program objectives; keep lines of communication open with school staff; broaden available resources; be clear about expected time demands; see that staff members know the availability and how to handle funds; and take time to review, assess, reflect, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Vassallo, Philip – American School Board Journal, 1992
In the Children's School, a pilot project in New York City's south Bronx neighborhood, a unique program for kindergarten to third grade students features whole-language approach. This philosophy puts children first and provides an environment that gives children varied choices for learning. (MLF)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Parent School Relationship, Pilot Projects, Primary Education
Tanis, Norman; Ventuleth, Cindy – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1987
Describes a pilot project in automated storage and retrieval of library materials which uses miniload cranes to retrieve bins of materials, and an interface with an online catalog that patrons use to request materials. Savings in space and money and potential problems with the system are discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Facility Requirements, Higher Education
Dumarsq, Carolyn C.; Scott, Charles A. – School Administrator, 1987
In a pilot test, superintendents participated in self-assessment activities in the American Association of School Administrator's Executive Development Center program. Activity stages centered on professional attitudes and skills, personal health, and fitness. Data provided a profile for professional development. Participants felt activities were…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Styles, Management Development
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Signori, Donna – Canadian Library Journal, 1985
Presents a brief overview of weeding history at the University of Victoria library, an outline and evaluation of criteria and methodology proposed by a deselection task group and adopted for 1982 weeding project, and a summary of results and observations from pilot projects and policy proposals. Sixteen references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Higher Education
American School and University, 1985
This article describes 6 of the 17 school computer projects awarded $600,000 in microcomputer equipment and software in the "Wheels for the Mind" program established by Apple Education Affairs. Apple would provide advanced courses for rural schools, set up an intercultural network, develop reasoning skills, train teachers, and create…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Databases
Moskowitz, Fern C. – Journal of the New York State School Boards Association, 1989
Describes the development of the Lunch Lab program at the Mineola (New York) Middle Schools, part of a school improvement program incorporating teacher empowerment. A committee of seven teachers and two administrators researched, developed, and implemented the pilot project that provides a special time for seventh graders to receive extra help…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Middle Schools, Participative Decision Making, Pilot Projects
Dockweiler, C. J., Ed. – 1991
This report of proceedings present papers and commentary from an invitational conference called by the Center for Mathematics and Science Education (Texas A&M University) to consider school science education reform. Topics of discussion were Project 2061 (American Association for the Advancement of Science) and the Scope, Sequence, and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Burton, Alice – 1990
A week of labor education classes is held yearly at Oakland Technical High School in Oakland, California. The goal of the program, called Labor Education Week (LEW), is to fill a perceived gap in high school education concerning the labor movement, and to present labor history and issues in workshops, field trips, classroom discussions, and films.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Educational Resources, Innovation
Campbell, Robert M.; Stern, Barrie T. – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1987
Reviews the copyright problems involved in interlibrary loans using photocopies of journal articles and describes the development of a document delivery system, in which materials are stored on optical disks, printed on demand, and a copyright fee is included in pricing. Technical and practical aspects of the system are discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Copyrights, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
Hunter, Susanne M. – 1983
This study evaluated the multi-use concept and impact of 30 microcomputers in 2 laboratories of 15 microcomputers each, which were placed in 8 Vancouver, British Columbia, elementary schools for 5 weeks each between January and June 1983. Approximately 2,780 elementary students and 120 elementary teachers, 300 district teacher inservice…
Descriptors: Community Education, Elementary Education, Evening Programs, Foreign Countries
Chance, William – 1993
This paper provides recommendations for the development, implementation, and evaluation of a demonstration program designed to assess direct lending as a replacement for the current federal student loan program. It offers a list of principles which the demonstration project should address. Recommendations include: (1) maintenance of student…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Experimental Programs, Feasibility Studies, Federal Programs
Frechtling, Joy A.; And Others – 1983
This report provides a comparative cost analysis of three different methods of developing final examinations for secondary schools in the Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland. Based on expenditure reports and interviews with central and school-based staff, cost estimates were developed for three kinds of exams: (1) the county-wide final…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, English, Feasibility Studies
Hart, Leslie A. – 1985
Whatever the past achievements of our schools, very few today bring about student learning even remotely up to the minimum requirements of a nation such as the United States; small improvements in the educational system will be of little consequence in light of the huge deficits and the country's increasing needs. Most of the large, complex plans…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Change Strategies, Educational Change
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