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Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2024
The Massachusetts Early College Initiative eases the pathway to postsecondary education for thousands of high school students annually. Early college programs provide strategically-sequenced, real college classes with strong career orientations during students' regular high school day. When fully realized, they also provide enhanced academic and…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Dual Enrollment, High School Students, Educational Benefits
Reed, Samantha S.; Mullen, Carol A.; Boyles, Emily T. – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2021
This book addresses Problem-based Learning (PBL) in elementary schools and reveals how this can promote elementary students' development in critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, and citizenship, also known as the 5 Cs. Through teachers' interviews, the book explores which PBL strategies promote skills and knowledge gains…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Elementary School Students, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking
Devaney, Elizabeth; Moroney, Deborah – American Institutes for Research, 2015
Understanding the knowledge, attitudes, and skills that ultimately contribute to success in school, work, and life is a priority for educators and employers. Young people need a variety of important skills to be ready to work, including understanding key work habits and having a strong work ethic. But another aspect of employability has gained…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Employment Potential, Socialization, Emotional Development
Rosen, Rachel; Molina, Frieda – MDRC, 2019
Currently, one of the foremost questions many in the career and technical education (CTE) field are asking is: How can the design and delivery of CTE programs promote equity? CTE is currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity with policymakers and practitioners, and its proponents want to avoid repeating the history of vocational education,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Equal Education, Barriers, Access to Education
Alegre, Alberto – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2011
The theory of emotional intelligence has elicited great interest both in the academic and the nonacademic world. Therapists, educators, and parents want to know what they can do to help children develop their emotional intelligence. However, most of the research in this field has investigated adults' emotional intelligence. This study reviews the…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Intervention, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
Murdock, Edward C.; And Others – Journal of Agronomic Education, 1986
Reviews efforts undertaken in weed identification field training sessions for agriprofessionals in South Carolina. Data over a four year period (1980-1983) revealed that participants showed significant improvement in their ability to identify weeds. Reaffirms the value of the field demonstration technique. (ML)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Personnel, Field Instruction, Horticulture

Battinelli, Thomas – Physical Educator, 1984
The generality and specificity of motor ability theory is investigated in this article. Implications for physical educators and coaches, in relation to application of motor ability and motor learning theories to physical skill acquisition, are offered. (DF)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Learning Theories, Motor Development, Physical Education

Liemohn, Wendell; And Others – Volta Review, 1990
Forty-six fifth-and-sixth-grade students with hearing impairments participated in either a 14-period rhythmicity treatment program or a control program. Evaluation concluded that rhythm perception/production could be reliably measured and that the quality of rhythmic tapping performance was a function of the modality of stimulus presentation.…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Intermediate Grades, Intervention, Performance Factors
Parsons, Marsha B.; Reid, Dennis H. – 1989
This paper evaluates a program for assessing and/or training choice-making skills as a means of providing opportunities for adults with profound mental retardation to express food and drink preferences. In Experiment 1, the assessment/training procedure involving repeated, paired-item presentations, resulted in active choice-making and the…
Descriptors: Adults, Caregivers, Communication Skills, Decision Making
Nolf, Kathleen; Weaver, Dave – 1986
This paper provides generalizations and ideas on what to look for when previewing software products designed for teaching or improving the keyboarding skills of elementary school students, a list of nine products that the MicroSIFT (Microcomputer Software and Information for Teachers) staff recommends for preview, and a table of features comparing…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews, Elementary Education, Keyboarding (Data Entry)
Downing, Clinton R. – 1983
Research on 125 assistant elementary principals in North Carolina revealed seven concerns about performance of duties: (1) lack of a well-defined job description, (2) lack of authority to implement assigned tasks, (3) lack of involvement in the instructional process, (4) lack of recognition, (5) make-shift office space, (6) low salaries, and (7)…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Assistant Principals, Elementary Education, Occupational Information
Grussing, Paul G. – Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1987
A discussion of pharmaceutical curriculum design to meet the competency needs of professional pharmacists looks at the nature of competency, anticipates some of the demands of such a curriculum, describes some methods of organizing curriculum elements, and provides a brief bibliography. (MSE)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Competence, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development

Shapiro, Edward S. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
Sixty-seven learning-disabled (LD) adolescents attending vocational-technical schools completed a self-management training program. Results showed improvements in the problem-solving and job-related social skills of LD students who received the self-management training program compared to both LD and non-LD students who were not trained.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High Schools, Interpersonal Competence, Job Skills

Karraker, Meg Wilkes – College Teaching, 1993
One college teacher's use of mock trials in sociology instruction is described. Students are assigned roles as petitioner, respondent, attorneys, judge, courtroom staff, witnesses, reporters, and jurors. Pretrial investigations provide experience in information-gathering and critical thinking. Posttrial debriefing reveals others' thinking…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Court Litigation, Critical Thinking

Jackson, M. W. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1991
It is argued that college students can learn to improve their writing by being taught a number of basic strategies. A distinction is made between weak and strong strategies, and a number of each are identified and discussed. Classroom instructional procedures supporting improvement of skills are outlined. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness