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Pinkerton, Dianna – 1990
This digest defines the term "extended school year" (ESY) and notes the issues of regression and recoupment which have led to development of ESY services for students with disabilities. The digest then provides answers to the following questions: (1) When is ESY needed? (2) How is eligibility for ESY determined? (3) What are some factors…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. – 1989
This information sheet summarizes findings from two reports: "Staffing Patterns and Team Models in Infancy Programs" by Jeanette McCollum and Mary-alayne Hughes, and "Early Intervention Team Approaches: The Transdisciplinary Model" by Geneva Woodruff and Mary McGonigel. The digest outlines the provisions of the Education of the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Berger, Sandra L. – 1990
This digest explores the concept of mentoring with gifted students and offers guidelines on its implementation. The literature on mentoring is reviewed, noting the maturing effect of mentor relationships and the particular value of mentors for disadvantaged students and for females. Among six guidelines offered are: decide what (not whom) the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Gifted
Shaw, Stan F.; Scott, Sally S.; McGuire, Joan M. – 2001
This digest summarizes the issues involved in the instruction of college students with learning disabilities and offers a practical approach to teaching these students. It notes first that disability law at the college level is not as prescriptive as that for the elementary secondary level. Since the instructional climate in higher education is…
Descriptors: College Students, Compliance (Legal), Educational Principles, Higher Education
Travis, Jon E. – 1996
Based on a longer report with the same title, this digest summarizes what college faculty can do to improve their teaching. It maintains that faculty need to stop viewing college teaching as "covering the content" and start viewing it as "helping students learn." To help faculty achieve such an instructional transformation,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Faculty, College Instruction, Faculty Development
Pinkerton, Dianna – 1991
This digest summarizes information on the roles of the Federal Government, the family, and teachers in preparing young children with disabilities for school. Noted are relevant provisions of Public Law 99-457, the 1986 Amendments to the Education of the Handicapped Act (Part B), including development of Individualized Family Service Plans to aid…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Educational Legislation
Aiex, Nola Kortner – 1989
Although schools in many countries have initiated mass media education, American schools still give little consideration to any systematic study of the mass media. Students are particularly in need of learning how to apply basic critical viewing concepts to watching television, the most powerful and ubiquitous of the mass media. Most researchers…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Critical Viewing, Curriculum Development, Evaluative Thinking
Willis, Barry – 1992
Instructional development provides a procedure and framework for systematically planning, developing, and adapting instruction based on identifiable learner needs and content requirements, a process essential in distance education. Although instructional development models and processes abound, the majority follow the same basic stages of design,…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Technology
Lankes, R. David – 1997
An increasing amount of national attention is focused on connecting K-12 schools to the Internet, while at the same time, there is some debate on the benefits of using it in the classroom. Most teachers know the Internet is a source of information, but may not know how it works or how to use it. This ERIC Digest provides a framework to explain…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education