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Lapadat, Michael J. – Hoosier Science Teacher, 1995
Discusses strategies by which high school teachers can take advantage of the assistance parents can provide, including reading articles with their children, mini-projects, and home labs. (MKR)
Descriptors: High Schools, Home Study, Parent Participation, Parents as Teachers
Kong, Nancy; And Others – Instructor, 1991
Elementary teachers from four schools nationwide describe how they partner with parent volunteers to enhance education through special projects, yearly events, and schoolwide programs. The activities address self-esteem, family-centered science, geography, and parent learning. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, Parent Student Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation
McCollim, Lori – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1992
A five-session class called "Parenting Bright Children" was designed to help parents of school-aged children assist in their children's education. The class involved discussions of learning theory and practice, as well as hands-on applications of the theory presented. Topics discussed in the class included creativity, perfectionism, learning…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Mentors
Kaiser, Ann P.; And Others – 1990
Preliminary findings are reported from a study examining changes in preschool-aged child communication skill occurring when parents were trained to apply one of two procedures: milieu teaching and responsive-interactive teaching. Three families participated in milieu language training in which the adult uses naturally occurring situations as…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Intervention
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O'Connell, Patricia – PTA Today, 1995
Parents and teachers can help children enjoy the benefits of visiting museums. While school tours are important, family visits are invaluable. Drawing real benefits from visiting museums requires in-depth family visits. The article discusses the advantages of children's museums, examines learning within museums, and presents tips for visiting…
Descriptors: Arts Centers, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning
Kula, Judith A., Ed. – 1991
This document provides art information with a range of applications for Arizona preschool teachers, administrators, and parents to guide them in their development of an appropriate, preschool art curriculum. Three primary goals are endorsed: (1) making art; (2) looking at and talking about art; and (3) art in culture and history. Instruction in…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Art Expression, Art History
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Broen, Patricia A.; Westman, Martha J. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
Parents of 12 preschool children with delayed phonological development were taught to model, reinforce, and in other ways teach their children speech production skills. The speech production skills of experimental subjects improved significantly compared to a period of no intervention and to a contrast group receiving no intervention. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parents as Teachers, Phonology, Preschool Children
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Tregaskis, Owen – Arithmetic Teacher, 1991
Described are three mathematics games that parents can play with their children. These games involve parents in helping children to learn and practice mathematics in the home. Teaching, learning, and practice games are included. (KR)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Activities
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Charlop, Marjorie H.; Trasowech, Jane E. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
Parents of three autistic boys (ages 7-8) were taught to use a time delay procedure to increase their children's appropriate spontaneous speech in naturally occurring daily settings. Results indicated that all children increased their daily spontaneous speech and generalized their speech to other locations and persons. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Expressive Language, Males
Pieterse, Moira; And Others – 1989
This boxed set includes eight booklets of home activities for early intervention for young children with developmental delays. The first book provides an introduction to the program and its implementation, lists 23 resources, describes a videotape which supplements the booklets, and includes a glossary. Book 2 covers how to select goals for the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Early Intervention, Evaluation Methods
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Goldstein, Sue; Campbell, Frances A. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1991
Presented are the highlights of a study of educational intervention in the elementary grades that contained a parent-participation component. Included are eight tenets of parental involvement, sample activities, and an evaluation form for home activities. (KR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Home Instruction, Instructional Materials
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Dohrn, Elizabeth; Bryan, Tanis – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1994
Students with learning disabilities tend to hold an external locus of control for success but an internal locus of control for failure. Attribution feedback, combined with particular task strategies, can lead children to persist longer, acquire adaptive attributions, and make greater academic achievement gains. Attribution instruction can be…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attribution Theory, Behavior Change, Elementary Secondary Education
National Institute for Literacy, 2008
The National Early Literacy Panel (NELP) was appointed in 2002 and carried out its work under the auspices of the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL). NELP's primary goal was to identify interventions, parenting activities, and instructional practices that promote the development of children's early literacy skills. The National Institute…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Home Programs, Young Children, Program Effectiveness
Bell, Terrel H.; Hertzler, Elam K. – 1992
This book for parents and child care providers describes a program for home-based, early childhood education that does not use formal, disciplined instruction. The program uses the technique of "incidental teaching," which emphasizes learning activities that occur while children participate in typical daily activities, such as eating,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Educational Games
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Westley, Joan E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1991
Described are integrated science and mathematics activities that focus on gathering, displaying, and interpreting data on balloons. Students are involved in sampling, taking polls and surveys, doing experiments, classifying, estimating, and measuring. Included are directions, extensions, and activity sheets for students and parents. (KR)
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science
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