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Johnson, Robert C. – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1989
Evaluation of mainstreaming's effectiveness for hearing-impaired students depends on the definition of mainstreaming, impact of students' personal attributes, and program characteristics. Nine mainstreaming studies, conducted at Gallaudet Research Institute, are briefly described, focusing on model development, longitudinal studies,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Instructional Effectiveness, Mainstreaming
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Britton, Bruce K. – Teaching of Psychology, 1979
Examines the research participation system in college and university psychology departments. Students in an elementary psychology course were surveyed regarding their opinion of the educational value of participating in a psychology experiment. Nearly all subjects reported positive feelings about their participation. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Experiments, Higher Education
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Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2007
Project STAR (Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio) was a large-scale randomized trial of reduced class sizes in kindergarten through the third grade. Because of the scope of the experiment, it has been used in many policy discussions. For example, the California statewide class-size-reduction policy was justified, in part, by the successes of…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Research, Research Projects, Primary Education
Hawkins, Joseph A. – 1988
The Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools Suspension Project has evolved into three distinct studies: (1) the Discipline Monitoring System (DMS); (2) the experience and behavior of students suspended multiple times in Junior and Senior High; and (3) school suspension rates. This paper reviews/summarizes the findings from the first two…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Computer Uses in Education, Discipline
President's Committee on Public Higher Education in the District of Columbia. – 1964
The final report of the Committee on Public Higher Education in the District of Columbia, which was created by President Kennedy in 1963, is presented. The contents are as follows: the committee's assignment and procedures; educational problems of the District of Columbia; the educational resources and deficiencies of the District; the basic…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, College Administration, College Planning, College Role
Brown Univ., Providence, RI. – 1980
A report of The Brown Project, which concerns coeducation at colleges in the late 1970s, is presented. Section one contains five working papers on various aspects of the undergraduate experience, based on the work of the research team representing six institutions. Topics concern: academic and intellectual development and sex differences;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Coeducation, College Environment