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Direct linkViadero, Debra – Education Week, 2004
This article discusses how Roland G. Tharp and his colleagues from the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, & Excellence, a federal research center at the University of California, identify methods to help "nonmainstream" pupils make academic gains. Tharp has identified five standards that he says mark effective instruction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Student Diversity, Student Improvement
Download full textMercer, Walter A. – 1980
Five modules were designed for use with preservice teachers to prepare them to work in desegregated schools. The modules are (1) Racism in American Education, (2) The Roles of the State Colleges and Universities, Accrediting Agencies, and Public Schools in School Desegregation Processes, (3) Incorporating Multi-Ethnic Content, (4) Affirming,…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Orange County Dept. of Education, Santa Ana, CA. – 1981
The major goal of Project IMPACT (Improve Minimal Proficiencies by Activating Critical Thinking) is to improve student achievement on district tests of basic skill competency. The program seeks to improve student performance on tests requiring critical thinking with emphasis on reading and mathematics. Students involved in Project IMPACT work in a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design, Inservice Teacher Education
Saint Charles Parish Schools, Luling, LA. – 1977
Evaluation for a one-year period (1976-77) was conducted of the St. Charles Parish Schools (Louisiana) adaptation of the Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) prototype developed by Research for Better Schools, Inc. The EBCE program provided secondary school students with cognitive skills, career experiences, and personal perspectives which aid…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Conecuh County Board of Education, Evergreen, AL. – 1977
The Conecuh County, Alabama, Experienced Based Career Education (EBCE) project, based on the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) model, was evaluated for the period of October 1, 1976 to September 30, 1977. Assessment instruments gathered data in the areas of basic skills, career development skills, and life skills from twenty-three…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Business, Career Development, Career Education
Parkway School District, Chesterfield, MO. – 1977
An evaluation was conducted on the first year operations of the three-year Parkway, Missouri, Experienced Based Career Education (EBCE) program, which offered a one-year alternative educational experience for selected grade 11 and 12 students. The ten overall program goals evaluated follow those developed by the Northwest Regional Educational…
Descriptors: Business, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Edwards, Judith B.; Van Dusseldorp, Ralph A. – 1977
Fifty-eight Iowa high school seniors participated in an experience based career education (EBCE) project conducted at Storm Lake, Sac City, and Pocahontas during 1976-77. The program followed the EBCE model developed by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory. Technical assistance and training for the project was furnished by that laboratory. A…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration
Stead, Floyd L.; And Others – 1977
A third party evaluation was conducted of the first phase, 1976-77, of the three-year Appalachian Maryland Experienced Based Career Education Project (EBCE). During this year, the project provided combined learning activities outside and within the classroom for twenty-four twelfth grade students. These experimental students and twenty-three…
Descriptors: Business, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Creative Research Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1977
An evaluation of the Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) Program of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCEBCE) for summer, 1977, was conducted to provide preliminary information for the three-year program effort to use in program planning and decision making for the 1977-78 school year. DCEBCE was evaluated using the Context, Input,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Relevant Experiences for Alternative Learning Project. Year 1. Third-Party Annual Evaluation Report.
Wasdyke, Raymond G. – 1977
This report of the first-year operations of project REAL (Relevant Experiences for Alternative Learning), an experience based career education (EBCE) project based on the EBCE model developed by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratories, is presented in four parts. (The three broad characteristics of Project REAL follow: student-centered and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills
Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, KY. – 1977
An evaluation was conducted of the Fayette County, Kentucky, implementation of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Experience Based Career Education (NWREL/EBCE) program model, which allowed for the provision of community educational experiences for eleventh and twelfth grade students. Individualized learning plans served as a basis for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business, Career Development, Career Education
Richland County School District 2, Columbia, SC. – 1976
The first three years of operation of the Richland County School District Two (South Carolina) exemplary effort in career education are summarized. Categories of activities stressed to implement a K-14 career education program were a planning process, teacher and student participation, community involvement, student placement and follow-up, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Development
Union County School District, Monroe, NC. – 1977
A three-year (1974-77) K-14 Career Based Curriculum (CBC) project was conducted in Union County, North Carolina, to implement career education concepts into four elementary schools, two middle schools, and four senior high schools. During the third year of the project, a career center serving the secondary schools and the community was opened. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Pioneer Cooperative Educational Service Agency, Cleveland, GA. – 1977
The Pioneer Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) first-year (1976-77) activities were reviewed. The project was intended to implement the Far West Laboratory (FWL) version of experience based career education (EBCE) in three Hall County, Georgia, high schools, and to prepare for second-year (school year) implementation of the program in…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education
