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Lavenhar, Marvin A. – Journal of School Health, 1980
Survey findings suggest that a 1973 resolution made by the New Jersey State Board of Education, designed to promote a more comprehensive approach to health education in the schools, has not been uniformly implemented. (CJ)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life Education, Health Education, Program Evaluation
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Ryan-Zeugner, Kathryn; Lehman, Mary W. – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1998
Discusses the need to keep union lists of serials holdings updated and describes efforts by the University of Notre Dame library to update holdings on the Indiana Union List so that fill rates for interlibrary loan requests are improved. Results are reported that indicate an improvement in fill rates. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Services
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Young, LaVerne H.; And Others – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1980
Describes a project conducted to develop standards and guidelines for the improvement of industrial arts programs that fulfill the objectives of the Vocational Education Act of 1963. The project also sought to facilitate the incorporation of the American Industrial Arts Student Association into the total fabric of industrial arts education. (CT)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Industrial Arts, National Surveys, Program Descriptions
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Corbin, Charles B.; Laurie, David R. – Physical Educator, 1981
Guidelines are provided which focus on adapting sports to meet the needs of each individual child. A study is described which illustrates the way in which a T-Ball program was adapted to meet the needs of seven- and eight-year-old children. (JN)
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Baseball, Children, Competition
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Dugger, William E., Jr. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1980
Describes a project conducted to develop standards and guidelines for the improvement of industrial arts programs that fulfill the objectives of the Vocational Education Act of 1963, as amended by the Education Amendments of 1976. (LRA)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Industrial Arts, National Surveys, Program Development
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O'Dell, Frank L.; And Others – Clearing House, 1996
Reports on a 6-year study and project in Ohio that visited schools to evaluate their guidance programs, implemented revitalization ideas into 10 programs, and evaluated and disseminated the results. Presents eight essential actions for revitalizing guidance programs. (SR)
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidance Programs
Chase, Francis S. – 1979
An analysis of data collected from 30 urban districts indicates that there are encouraging developments in urban education which are exemplified by a number of successful programs. These include work-study programs, arts in education programs, programs which incorporate community resources, and alternative education programs. Five generalizations…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, Educational Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education
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Singer, Harry; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1984
Reports on a study of the curriculum in six paired elementary schools in Los Angeles. Concludes that, if a school has low scores on inferential, interpretive reading, the cure is probably not to give students more of the basics but to develop their vocabularies and general knowledge by providing broad instruction in the content areas. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Curriculum, Elementary Education
Blosser, Betsy J. – 1983
Recognizing that some of the lessons educational television teaches children are cultural--how to be members of their own cultural group, for example, or what other cultural groups are like--a study developed qualitative methods for the formative evaluation of the accuracy of an educational television program's cultural content with respect to the…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Educational Television
Howard, Katrena C.; DiSalvo, Mindy L. – 1989
Writing to Read (WTR), a project of the International Business Machine Corporation (IBM), is a language development program designed to facilitate reading, writing, listening and speaking skills of kindergarten and first grade students. This paper reports on an evaluation of WTR in a large suburban school district in Georgia seeking answers to the…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Webster, Duane E. – 1977
The use of analytical models and quantitative methods for both short- and long-range problem solving offer library managers an excellent opportunity to improve and rationalize decision-making for strategic and organizational planning. The first step is to identify the problems confronting the library and understand its current capabilities.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Planning
Norfolk Public Library System, VA. – 1978
This study of the community of Norfolk, Virginia, and its public library system concentrates on an area of the city with a large Black community. The city planning process is explained, and the Model City Program described as a prime example of planning in such areas. The situation and programs of two agencies--a storefront public library and the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Branch Libraries, Community Characteristics, Community Study
New Educational Directions, Crawfordsville, IN. – 1980
A project was conducted (1) to obtain an operational definition of vocational guidance as it is practiced in Indiana's secondary schools, (2) to establish a model vocational guidance program as defined by panels of Hoosier practitioners, and (3) to develop an objective, self-administered instrument designed to assess movement toward the model…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Definitions, Demonstration Programs
Halasz-Salster, Ida; And Others – 1979
A statewide study was conducted to assess the extent of services offered by Education Information Centers (EICs) in Ohio. The following four objectives guided the project activities: (1) to catalog, describe and analyze current statewide resources and services for providing educational information, guidance, counseling and referral services to all…
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling Services, Federal Legislation, Guidance Centers
Wood, Christine T.; And Others – 1986
This study examined the dynamics and outcomes of the selection procedures of Chapter 1 programs in order to provide information needed for program reauthorization. Of central concern was the reason for variation in the student and school selection characteristics across districts. As information was analyzed and compared for Chapter 1 and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
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