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Educational Programs for Minority/Disadvantaged Gifted Students.
Passow, A. Harry – 1986
This paper discusses educational programs for minority students, including females, disadvantaged and gifted. The paper begins with a section on the history of minority underrepresentation in gifted programs and gives a series of reasons why appropriate educational opportunities for these children have been difficult to establish. Perhaps the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
Multi-Cultural Competency-Based Vocational Curricula VESL Guidelines. Multi-Cultural Competency-Based Vocational/Technical Curricula Series.
Hepburn, Larry; And Others – 1981
These guidelines serve as an introduction to a set of eight course curricula in the VESL (Vocational English as a Second Language) program. This document introduces the reader to the VESL concept; multi-cultural, competency-based materials of VESL (sequential modules, translated lexicons, grammatical structure for modules, punctuation and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, English for Special Purposes
School Outcomes and Community Benefits for Minority Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances: A Synthesis of the Research Literature. Project Period: January 1, 1995 to June 30, 1997. Final Report.
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Coker, Charles C.; Menz, Fredrick E.; Johnson, Laura A.; McAlees, Daniel C. – 1997
This final report discusses the findings of a project that investigated research on the use of educational strategies with students with serious emotional disturbances (SED) for the purpose of communicating to teachers and parents which techniques were effective in serving minority youth with SED. The project reviewed 250 documents to synthesize…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Youth, Community Benefits, Dropout Prevention
Language and Literacy Learning in Bilingual Instruction: Preliminary Report. Descriptive Studies--Asian, Spanish, Navajo.
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Mace-Matluck, Betty J.; And Others – 1982
One segment of a three-year study to examine the relationship between first- and second-language acquisition in light of instructional practices is presented. The study's major focus is the development of literacy skills, including school-related language forms as well as reading and writing, and in this segment, the services delivered to language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education
A Descriptive Study of the Classroom Instruction Component of the ESEA Title VII Bilingual Education Program. Selected Case Histories.
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Cardenas, Rene F.; Rudes, Blair A. – 1983
Twenty-two case histories of bilingual education programs funded under Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are presented as a companion volume to the technical report of the same study. The case histories were developed from site visits and surveys of administrators, teachers, and parents involved in the program. The program…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs
A Community Volunteer Program for Supporting Second Language Students Who May Be Academically At-Risk.
Hunter, Ruth L.; Ratliffe, Sharon A. – 1991
Since 1980, the percentage of ethnic minority students at Golden West College (GWC) has nearly doubled. To meet the English language needs of this rapidly growing student population, a speaking and listening course was introduced into the curriculum in 1982, followed by a pronunciation course in 1985. Both courses were part of the…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Community Colleges, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement