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Rokosz, Francis M. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
Reorganization of an intramural athletics program structure can transfer value emphasis from a sheerly competitive basis to a more balanced, participant-oriented experience. (LH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Intramural Athletics, Physical Recreation Programs, Program Descriptions
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Gordon, Virginia N.; Steele, George E. – NACADA Journal, 1992
College students who change majors often drift without recognition or advising. University College at Ohio State University has established an innovative program to help these students identify, explore, and decide on alternative educational and career directions. Components include individual and group advising, a course in academic alternatives,…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Attitude Change, Career Choice, Decision Making
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Williamson, John A.; Campbell, Lloyd P. – Clearing House, 1980
It is suggested that the most desirable approach to combatting the smoking problem is to prevent youngsters from beginning to smoke, rather than prescribing treatment for them after they have become steady smokers. A program, which uses peer models, is described in this paper. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Failure
Burkhart, Doris – 1983
A reading program was developed to motivate 20 second grade children identified as capable, confident readers but who would not read on their own. An interest inventory, a free response interview, and direct observation revealed that the students were in literate school and home environments, but few chose to read independently. A 10-week…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Family Influence, Grade 2, Motivation Techniques
2001
This guide contains all of the information, support and tools teachers will need to implement "Talking about Mental Illness" in their classroom--an awareness program that has been proven to bring about positive change in students' knowledge and attitudes about mental illness. The program supports teachers in four essential ways: it…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum, Foreign Countries
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Hepburn, Mary A.; Richardson, Helen W. – Social Studies, 1985
The major objective of the Improving Citizenship Education Project (ICE) of the Fulton County (Georgia) school system was to improve the knowledge and attitudes of K-12 students about political science and citizenship. The ICE program is described as a model for other school systems. (RM)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education
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Bellucci, Jo-Ann E.; Elbaz, Nissim M. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1982
Describes a cross-cultural awareness curriculum which can be used to modify children's racial and ethnic attitudes. Outlines curriculum grid activities including poems, films, television, photo interpretation, and experiential exercises. Suggests program can benefit counselors and other school personnel as well as students. (JAC)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bias, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role
Dunne, Jane G.; McGrath, Mary R. – 1985
Acknowledging children's need for informal conversation, the staff of an eastern elementary school began a reading incentive program to encourage children to read for fun and to increase their leisure by providing a listening ear while they told someone about the books they had read. Adult volunteers were recruited to listen to children's…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation, Minority Group Children
Kalliopuska, Mirja – 1983
Socio-emotional education has been given very little attention in Finland, either on the general level or within specific subjects. To examine the empathy level of Helsinki students and the influence of an empathy campaign on the development of empathy, 665 students, aged 11 to 18, (49 percent female, 51 percent male) were exposed to an empathy…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Children, Educational Innovation
Texas Association of Junior and Community Coll. Instructional Administrators. – 1983
This collection contains papers, study reports, and research abstracts related primarily to community and junior college education in Texas. Section I, which presents institutional studies, papers, and reports, provides: (1) an analysis of probation and suspension at Amarillo College (AC); (2) results of a survey conducted to develop an…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, Attitude Change, College Faculty
Miller, Lynda – 1993
Noting that the collective stories of special education have grown out of a tradition that, by its nature tends to perpetuate problems, this book examines such narratives and how they influence thinking and belief about intelligence and learning. It begins by examining how the current story of intelligence developed and illustrates some of the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Competence, Educational Attitudes, Educational History
FLES NEWS, 1992
Articles in the three Volume 5 issues of the National Network for Early Language Learning newsletter include: "Young Authors--A Double Success" (Carolyn Andrade); "Teacher Preparation for Elementary School Foreign Language Programs" (Carol Ann Pesola); "Strategies in a Small School Setting: The Filley FLES Program"…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Madsen, Anne L.; Lanier, Perry E. – 1992
The Support Teacher Program is a professional development program created to increase teachers' mathematical knowledge, improve instructional practices for conceptual understanding, and prepare teachers to conduct staff development activities in their schools with their colleagues. This paper is presented in three sections. The first section…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education