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Zinski, Joanne Pica – Florida Educational Research and Development Council Research Bulletin, 1983
A study was conducted to determine if participation in a pre-first grade transactional program would be more effective than grade repetition in enhancing first grade readiness. The transition program emphasized the acquisition of academic and behavioral skills necessary for a successful first grade experience. Students in the program were trained…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade Repetition, High Risk Students, Primary Education
Download full textNotes from the Field: Education Reform in Rural Kentucky, 1998
As part of an 8-year study of education reform in rural Kentucky, this report examines the primary program that has evolved in six rural elementary schools as a result of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), which requires that grades K-3 be replaced by a nongraded program. This change aimed to eliminate failure in the first 2 years of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
The ERIC Review, 1991
"The ERIC Review" announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme topic. This second issue contains three principal articles: "Issues in Adult Literacy Education," by JoAnn Crandall and Susan Imel; "Emergent Literacy: An Early Reading and Writing Concept," by Carl B. Smith;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy
