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Ambrose, Richard P. – 1988
The Central School, Field Local School District, which is located in rural Brimfield, Ohio, has been participating since 1980 in an ongoing demonstration project featuring all-day kindergartens. The school contains only kindergarten classrooms (7 classrooms with approximately 210 children). Central School has implemented a "Strategies in…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs, Kindergarten, Program Descriptions
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, Columbus, OH. – 1998
Professional development allows prospective teachers to develop their professional skills in order to help students achieve higher standards. The need for more challenging mathematics content for students means that teachers will also have to learn more challenging mathematics content and how to teach it. This document suggests new ways of…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education
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Reynolds, Catharine; Salend, Spencer J. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1989
Presented are guidelines for designing and incorporating cooperative group learning strategies into teacher preparation courses. Guidelines include determining appropriate content, selecting a cooperative format, forming cooperative groups, teaching cooperative skills, providing feedback, and evaluating learning. The student satisfaction results…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Higher Education
Blachly, Alice, Ed. – 1983
This collection of 43 activities represents an initial sampling of the creative efforts that Vermont teachers are currently making to improve the learning environment of their students. The resources are the outcome of a campaign initiated by the regional service teams of the Vermont Department of Education to collect information about promising…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
CONNECT, Denver, CO. – 1999
The Colorado Statewide Systemic Initiative for Mathematics and Science, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), has organized norms and tools for an Exemplary Teaching Practice project. This document identifies the norms of exemplary practice and provides an instrument that allows educators to develop a vision of how exemplary teaching…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes
Keystone Area Education, Elkader, IA. – 1988
The reference handbook is the product of an Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education project entitled "Accommodation Strategies." The project attempted to: facilitate mildly handicapped students in regular education through the development and utilization of unique educational strategies; enhance cooperative endeavors between…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming
Fender, Marilyn F., Ed. – 1981
The proceedings from a 1980 conference on secondary education of the handicapped presents 32 papers on the topic along with 6 papers not presented at the conference. A keynote address by P. Fanning, which considered future needs and trends in secondary programing is summarized. Additional papers touch on such issues as Project NEEDS (a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conferences, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Batsche, Catherine – 1985
This pamphlet offers information on high school dropouts and the role of vocational education in dropout prevention. References are provided for each section. Characteristics of dropouts, reasons for dropping out, and 12 factors that contribute to retention in high school are listed. Indicators from research are cited that show that vocational…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
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Gaskins, Irene W. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1989
An across-the-curriculum program was developed to teach learning, thinking, and problem-solving skills to bright middle-school underachievers. This article describes the pilot program's theoretical basis, axioms of program development, guidelines for teaching metacognitive strategies, and a framework for strategy implementation. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Demonstration Programs, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Thomas, Audrey M. – 1990
This report profiles 13 exemplary adult literacy programs and 6 innovative practices throughout Canada. Compiled through personal contacts of the researcher and knowledge of the field, the programs described represent institutional programs, workplace programs, and community-based programs. For each of the programs, the following information is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement
Atkins, A. June – 1992
Designed for use by persons interested in simultaneously initiating a child-care and parent literacy instructional program, this handbook presents a model for the literacy education of families with young children. The handbook begins with definitions of family literacy and discusses the rationale and purpose of a family literacy program. Part 1…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Day Care, Demonstration Programs
Paris Independent School District, TX. – 1978
Intended for administrators, the handbook provides an overview to Project SOCRATES, a program for academically gifted fourth and fifth graders designed to expand academic capabilities for problem solving, creative thinking, evaluation, leadership, and the ability to adjust to change. Sections address the following areas: statement of philosophy;…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Development, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Design
Guglielmino, Lucy Madsen; Byran, Valerie C. – 1990
This resource book provides information on developing a workplace literacy program, descriptions of Florida Workplace Literacy Programs, and an annotated bibliography of resources. An introduction discusses the problem of basic skills deficiencies, projections that indicate the problem will increase, the Florida context, and benefits realized when…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
The Texas Education Agency bulletin examines aspects of physical education for students with handicaps. Following a statement of philosophy, the guidelines address the following topics: assessment (characteristics of motor assessment instruments); the developmental program plan (program organization, descriptors and skills for essential elements);…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Hutto, Melanie D. – 1995
This monograph is intended to be a guide to the teacher of adult basic education (ABE) whose students include those with learning disabilities. An introductory chapter notes that participants with learning disabilities in ABE programs may or may not have received special educational services depending on whether they attended school before or…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Definitions, Demonstration Programs
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