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Alternative Route Programs for Certification in Special Education: Program Infrastructure Instructional Delivery, and Participant Characteristics
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Rosenberg, Michael S.; Boyer, K. Lynn; Sindelar, Paul T.; Misra, Sunil K. – Exceptional Children, 2007
This study describes special education alternative route (AR) teacher preparation programs. The authors developed a national database of programs and collected information on program sponsorship, length and intensity, features, and participant demographics. Most of the 235 programs in the database were in states that had significant shortages of…
Descriptors: Program Length, Program Development, Participant Characteristics, Databases
Group Prekindergarten Education: The Perspective of Elementary Principals.
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Anselmo, Sandra – Educational Horizons, 1979
Kindergarten is not soon enough to begin teaching young children in a group setting, according to elementary principals surveyed by the author. Most principals surveyed believed that all children could benefit from prekindergarten programs during the year before kindergarten entrance. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Age Grade Placement, Childhood Needs, Early Childhood Education
Arizona's Three-Year Medical Curriculum: A Postmortem.
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Kettel, Louis J.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1979
Students and faculty at the University of Arizona College of Medicine found the three-year medical program to be an unsatisfactory educational experience due to excessive intensity of classroom work, insufficient vacation time, and inadequate time to teach basic science. Measures of student performance showed no differences between three- and…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Higher Education