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Foy, Pierre, Ed.; Arora, Alka, Ed.; Stanco, Gabrielle M., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
This supplement contains documentation on all the derived variables contained in the TIMSS 2011 data files that are based on background questionnaire variables. These variables were used to report background data in the TIMSS 2011 International Results in Mathematics and TIMSS 2011 International Results in Science reports, and are made available…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Guides, Guidelines, International Education
Gersten, Russell, Ed.; Newman-Gonchar, Rebecca, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
Edited by National Math Panel veteran Russell Gersten with contributions by all of the country's leading researchers on RTI and math, this cutting-edge text blends the existing evidence base with practical guidelines for RTI implementation. Current and future RTI coordinators, curriculum developers, math specialists, and department heads will get…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, General Education, Student Reaction
Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Washington, DC. – 1977
These eight papers on guidelines and standards for learning resources programs at the college and university level address such topics as technological communications services, instructional development, diffusion/adoption, production, telecommunication, utilization, facilities, and budgeting for learning resources programs. Many charts supplement…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Anthologies, Budgeting, Diffusion
Willer, Barbara, Ed. – 1990
This book is designed to serve as a handbook for early childhood professionals and others interested in improving the quality of early childhood services available to young children and their families. It also serves as a resource for information and tools that can be used to: (1) build a compelling case for improving the quality of early…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Community Involvement, Compensation (Remuneration), Cost Estimates
Sherouse, Vicki, Ed.; Post, Richard, Ed. – 1983
Produced to provide educators and library media personnel with some understanding of and direction in the rapidly expanding field of microcomputers and their applications, this monograph includes several articles dealing specifically with media center applications and others concerned more generally with the microcomputer in educational settings.…
Descriptors: Administration, Cataloging, Computer Software, Glossaries
Salt Lake City School District, UT. – 1984
Included in this document are various materials related to the Adopt-A-School Program of the Salt Lake City, Utah, public school district. Contents consist of correspondence, a journal article, program materials, assessment materials, a handbook for company coordinators, newspaper articles, various questionnaires, and a list of companies that have…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Check Lists, Cooperative Programs, Coordinators
Gaynor, Nancy L., Ed.; And Others – Illinois Libraries, 1994
Includes 24 articles that discuss off-campus academic library services. Highlights include ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) guidelines; sources of information; staffing; descriptions of specific programs at various universities; distance learning; document delivery; interlibrary loan; library cooperation; resource sharing; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Electronic Libraries, Extension Education
Kendall, Jane C., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This publication is the second of three volumes of a resource book intended for anyone who wants to start, strengthen, or support a program or course that combines community or public service with learning. This volume, which is organized in four parts, provides a variety of practical issues and ideas for programs and courses that combine service…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), College Programs, Community Services, Course Descriptions
Craver, Kathleen W. – 2002
This book provides school library media specialists (SLMSs) with practical guidelines and suggested Internet sites for designing cyber libraries that are reflective of their school's research, curriculum, and recreational reading needs. An introduction provides SLMSs with a rationale for designing cyber libraries. Chapter 1, Cyber Library…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Information Technology
Faust, Paula J., Ed. – 1985
Fund raising strategies that take advantage of the ties alumni have with their graduating class are discussed in five articles. Topics include: organizing classes to promote fund raising, training volunteer alumni, stimulating class fund raising through competition and incentives, allocating staff time and resources, and using special reunion…
Descriptors: Alumni, Alumni Associations, College Graduates, Competition
Mahoney, Beverly Saxton, Ed.; Olsen, Larry K., Ed. – 1993
This handbook provides background information on the health curriculum, as well as current, comprehensive information on publications, standards, and special materials for K-12 health education. The manual begins with an introduction, by P. Bruce Uhrmacher, which provides an overview of the ideologies and philosophies that have affected curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Role
Murphy, Catherine, Ed. – 1992
This collection of 23 articles compiled from school library journals address the special needs that make automation problematic for school libraries. The articles are divided into five sections: an overview of OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) development (4 titles); evaluating OPAC systems (4 titles); implementing OPAC systems (6 titles);…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Friedlander, Jonathan – 1981
Ten authors offer a large array of theoretical and practical ideas for developing a viable Middle Eastern K-12 curriculum. A major purpose of the 10 articles is to help teachers in the United States become aware of problems confronting them in teaching about the Middle East. In the first article, the author discusses some problems--for example,…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Lydecker, Toni, Ed. – 1983
A national conference was held to examine ways for improving vocational education in comprehensive high schools. One of the major ideas to emerge from the conference was that, like other high schools, comprehensive high schools offering a vocational component will have to make a commitment to excellence if they are to continue to serve a useful…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Change Strategies, Community Resources, Coordination
Pines, Marion, Ed. – 2000
This document contains nine papers devoted to the labor market problems faced by out-of-school and other disadvantaged young people in the United States and policy options and strategies for addressing those problems. The papers update the data on out-of-school young adults, review the lessons learned from past youth programs and policies,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Case Studies, Community Cooperation, Cooperative Planning