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Download full textFuchs, Douglas; And Others – 1990
The study investigated whether a consultant-driven prereferral intervention (Mainstream Assistance Teams) may be shortened in duration, thus improving its efficiency, without reducing its effectiveness. Subjects were 60 general educators, their 60 most difficult-to-teach nonhandicapped pupils, and 22 consultants, representing 17 elementary schools…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Prevention
Peer reviewedVan Scyoc, Lee J.; Gleason, Joyce – Journal of Economic Education, 1993
Reports on college-level microeconomic classes to compare learning in short-term intensive course with traditional semester-length course. Found students in three-week courses performed better on achievement tests than those in traditional semester courses but this advantage disappeared when knowledge retention was measured. Raises policy…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Strategies, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGillingham, Lisa; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1991
A study of 723 doctoral students investigated the relationship between time taken to complete the degree and economic factors, including employment hours, study hours, household income, indebtedness, amount and type of aid, and part-time student status. Field of study and foreign/domestic student status were also considered. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Doctoral Degrees, Economic Factors, Graduate Students
Monahan, William G.; And Others – 1983
Results of an open-ended, five-question inquiry sent to sample members of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) are presented and discussed. The questionnaire sought to probe into how AACTE members feel about the concept of an extended or five-year program for preparing prospective teachers. Questions concerned: (1)…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Degrees (Academic), Higher Education
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1983
Part of a series of position papers prepared by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), this pamphlet considers the need for extended teacher education programs. Seven alternative models of extended teacher preparation programs are described: (1) four-plus-one (B.A.); (2) four-plus-one (internship); (3) five-year (B.A.…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Teters, Peggy; Gabel, Dorothy – 1984
A survey was conducted to determine the needs of elementary teachers with respect to the teaching of science. Areas addressed in the survey included: biological, physical, and earth science topics taught at various grade levels; criteria used to select sequencing and content of the science curriculum; most common methods of instruction used in the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers
