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The NIE Conference on Basic Mathematical Skills and Learning (Euclid, Ohio, October 4-6, 1975). Volume I: Contributed Position Papers.
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National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1975
In October 1975 a conference was convened in Euclid, Ohio, by the Basic Skills Group of the National Institute of Education (NIE). Thirty-three participants presented position papers addressing two major questions: (1) What are basic mathematical skills and learning? (2) What are the major problems related to children's acquisition of basic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Conferences, Curriculum, Educational Change
The NIE Conference on Basic Mathematical Skills and Learning (Euclid, Ohio, October 4-6, 1975). Volume II; Reports from the Working Groups.
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National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1975
In October 1975 a conference was convened in Euclid, Ohio, by the Basic Skills group of the National Institute of Education (NIE). Position papers presented by the 33 participants and status reports from 11 agencies involved in mathematics education were received and analyzed. On the basis of this analysis, four topics were identified as issues…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Conferences, Curriculum, Educational Change
The Federal Role in Research and Development. Report of a Workshop (November 1985).
Finneran, Kevin – 1986
This report summarizes a workshop held in November, 1985 and sponsored by the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy and by the Academy Industry Program. It summarizes 2 days of intensive discussions on two overlapping topics: capabilities for measuring economic returns on federal investments in research and development (R&D), and…
Descriptors: College Science, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Government (Administrative Body)
Teacher Centers: What Place in Education?
Feiman, Sharon, Ed. – 1978
A Seminar on Teacher Centers was convened in 1977 by the University of Chicago's Department of Education and Center for Policy Study in cooperation with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris. This volume contains the papers commissioned for the seminar. These papers report on principal issues discussed, and give…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Anthropology, Educational Trends
Organization and Scope of Research in Education for the Health Professions. Report on a Consultative Group (Prague, Czechoslovakia, September 28 - October 1, 1981).
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1982
A meeting of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe was convened to examine the organization and scope of research in education for health manpower development (HMD). As a prerequisite for the formulation of recommendations, the participants considered the following points: the need for developmental research, the definition of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Definitions, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
Making Schools Work for Underachieving Minority Students: Next Steps for Research, Policy and Practice. Report on Local Activities. Proceedings of the Conference (Los Angeles, California, June 25-26, 1987).
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Bain, Josie G., Ed.; Herman, Joan L., Ed. – 1987
The conference reported in this document sought to do the following: (1) focus attention on the problem of underachieving minority students, and issue a call for action to improve their educational achievement; (2) promote dialogue on promising practices aimed at solving the problem; (3) foster collaboration on solutions among practitioners,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Students, Asian American Students, Black Students