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The National Behavior Research Coordination Center: Coordinating Research and Implementation of Evidence-Based School Interventions for Children with Serious Behavior Problems
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Wagner, Mary M.; Sumi, W. Carl; Woodbridge, Michelle W.; Javitz, Harold S.; Thornton, S. Patrick – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2009
In implementing its Behavior Research Initiative, the U.S. Department of Education funded four Behavior Research Centers, each to test the efficacy of a separate intervention to improve the behavior of elementary school students with or at risk for serious behavior problems. The initiative also established the National Behavior Research…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Elementary School Students
Environmental Education--Implications for Public Policy.
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Forbes, Jean – Environmentalist, 1987
Examines the practical requirements of educational "participation," attempting to define the kind of educational system which would meet these requirements. Describes the role of environmental education for all age groups. Presents some organizational and curriculum models designed to form a collective learning process. Discusses some of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Community Coordination, Community Education
Young Children's Ability to Adapt Their Drawings of the Human Figure.
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Cox, Maureen V.; Ralph, Matt Lambon – Educational Psychology, 1996
Presents the results of a study where five-, seven-, and nine-year olds were asked to draw three figures: one standing still and facing them, one standing still in profile, and one running in profile. Half drew from imagination and half drew from models. Discusses the differences between the efforts. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Body Image
Constructing a Life and a Community: A Partial Story of Maggie Lena Walker.
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Brown, Elsa Barkley – OAH Magazine of History, 1993
Relates the accomplishments of Maggie Lena Walker, an African-American social activist in Richmond, Virginia, during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Describes how Walker used education, religion, and community organizations to further her goals of improving economic and social conditions for blacks. (CFR)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Culture, Black Family, Black History