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D'Agostino, Micheline – Children in the Tropics, 1991
This document examines the use of measurement tools to evaluate children's psychological development. The first part of the document discusses the identification and quantification of developmental landmarks and the reasons for evaluation. The second part reviews several evaluation instruments. The Ruth Griffiths mental development scales are used…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Tests
Download full textAdler, C. Ralph; Harvell, Cynthia – 1996
The study described in this issue of "Look at Even Start" evaluated the Staff Mentoring Sites program, a mentoring program provided as technical assistance in Even Start family literacy programs. Staff from five Even Start programs with successful family recruitment and retention records were selected as mentors. Requests for nominations…
Descriptors: Administrators, Family Literacy, Family Programs, Interviews
Edge, 1999
"The Edge" is a Canadian publication for youth. The mandate of the Edge is to support and celebrate all career journeys embraced by youth. This issue contains career profile articles covering three jobs: crane operator, indoor climbing instructor, and product certification tester. Career trends and the state of today's workplace are also…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Budgeting, Career Development, Career Planning
Whitney-Thomas, Jean; Timmons, Jaimie Ciulla – Research to Practice, 1998
This study examined the role and participation of facilitators, family members, and friends in the person centered planning process for youth with disabilities. It examined the participation of 10 youth (ages 18-21) with developmental disabilities who took part in Whole Life Planning processes through observation of 34 organizational and planning…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics
Franklin, Elizabeth, Ed. – Insights into Open Education, 1991
In interview excerpts, three teachers at Dowa Yalanne Elementary School on the Zuni Indian Reservation discuss ways they use community resources to help their students learn. The teachers explain the importance of introducing concepts by grounding them in familiar activities from home and community. They suggest that, for them, the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Curriculum
Guadarrama, Irma, Ed.; And Others – Discovering Our Experiences: Studies in Bilingual/ESL Education, 1995
The serial publication is intended for teachers, principals, program directors, coordinators, and policymakers who work with language-minority students and their educational programs. It provides a forum for presenting innovations, concerns, and recommendations related to the schooling of this population. It has a "narratives of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)
Lynch, Francis P., Ed. – Yankee Forum, 1979
The journal, written by Connecticut teachers, covers various aspects of social studies education in that state. The objectives are to serve as a forum for exchange of information, to be a catalyst for dialogue on issues of common concern, and to be a source of mutual support and professional growth. The journal is comprised of five articles. The…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Community Services, Comparative Education, Course Content
Soete, George J., Ed. – SPEC Kit, 1999
This report focuses on the process of educating faculty about scholarly communication issues, based on interviews with 23 information professionals in 21 ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries. Most interviewees were ARL library directors. The summary of findings highlights the following areas: goals; understanding the culture; a basic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Communication (Thought Transfer), Faculty Development
Harbin, Gloria; West, Tracey – 1998
This study examined the variety of service delivery models used to provide services to preschool children with disabilities in nine diverse communities across three states (Colorado, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania). Information was derived primarily from interviews conducted with community preschool program administrators, service providers, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Decision Making
Development Communication Report, 1991
The four 1991 issues of the newsletter "Development Communication Report" are primarily concerned with the use of communication technologies in developing countries to educate the people. Evaluation is the theme of the first issue, which contains the following articles: "Evaluating Communication Programs: Means and Ends,""Making a Splash: How…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Community Involvement, Computer Networks, Data Collection
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1982
The findings of a research project undertaken by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) on student responsibility as it relates to job performance are reported. Forty high school students, 15 teachers, and 18 employers involved in Cooperative Work Experience and Experience-Based Career Education programs were interviewed. The…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Employee Responsibility, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Bjerstedt, Ake – Didakometry and Sociometry, 1988
In the news media and elsewhere, children and young adults are being confronted with dramatic details about a possible nuclear war and its horrendous consequences, resulting in feelings of unease and anxiety. The Malmo School of Education (Sweden) has launched a number of studies concerning educational and psychological research in the peace…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Dycus, David, Ed. – Literacy across Cultures, 2000
Literacy across Cultures, the journal of the Foreign Language Literacy Special Interest Group, a special interest group formed within the Japan Association for Language Teaching, seeks to network people, ideas, theory, practice, and experiences that can help lead to a better understanding of foreign language literacy. This issue contains six…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Lockwood, Anne Turnbaugh – Research and the Classroom, 1992
This publication deals with the topic of staff development for multicultural education and examines how schools should prepare their staffs for implementing an education that is truly multicultural. The document begins ("Tell Me What You've Learned So Far") by reporting on a staff development research study conducted by Christine E.…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Educational Researchers, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Caouette, Claudine, Ed.; Larrivee, Pierre, Ed. – 1997
English translations of articles in French in this issue include these: "Discourse Reported in the Print Media"; "Comparison of Register in Quebec and French Speakers"; "Method of Description of Specialized Verbs in View of Machine Translation Applications"; "Dialectal Areas in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Biblical Literature, Braille, Contrastive Linguistics
