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Gosak, Alice – 1988
In 1988, a longitudinal study was conducted of 1,000 students entering San Jose City College's (SJCC) English as a Second Language (ESL) Program between fall 1982 and spring 1987. Data for the study were collected from randomly selected student information profiles completed by students during ESL placement testing and from student academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, English (Second Language)
Thacker, Peter – 1992
In 1989, the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools received a grant to create an elementary arts magnet school and to enhance magnet programs at four other schools in Portland (Oregon). The Portland Magnet Program emphasized improvements in programing, marketing, and articulation between magnet programs, allowing the schools to purchase…
Descriptors: Art Education, Computer Uses in Education, Desegregation Plans, Educational Technology
Clay, Phyllis L. – 1991
The third implementation year of foreign language magnet programs in two elementary schools in the school district of Kansas City, Missouri, is evaluated. The schools, New West and Melcher, each had site task forces to develop planning outlines, which emphasized the teaching of foreign language to students and the exposure of students to foreign…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Enrollment, Evaluation Criteria
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1996
This report, the last in a series of four 1996 releases of students' opinions, represents a continued effort by MetLife to provide insight and understanding to current issues of education in American public schools. The survey assessed student opinions and interests in learning about multicultural topics. Public school students from middle and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Cultural Pluralism, Research Reports
Branham, Harold Elton, Jr. – 1981
This report describes the design and development of the MASTER program, an autoinstructional model to supplement introductory foreign language courses, and examines its application in two French language courses offered at Brevard Community College. The first sections contain introductory material, a review of the literature on second-language…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, College Second Language Programs, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Hussein, Anwar A. – 1995
A 1993 national survey investigated the attitudes of current directors and coordinators of college and university English-as-a-Second-Language programs (n=100) concerning the effectiveness of graduate programs in training them for their professional and administrative responsibilities. Results indicate that graduates of these graduate programs…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, English (Second Language), Graduate Study
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1994
This report describes the activities and accomplishments of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's (SEDL) Multifunctional Resource Center (MRC) during 1993-94. The mission of the MRC, under contract with the United States Department of Education, is to provide training and technical assistance to educators and parents of limited…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Biagini, Joyce; And Others – 1991
A revision of a manual first produced in 1980, this guide is designed to help local school districts in Minnesota meet the educational needs of their limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in academically and administratively expedient ways. The chapters in the manual, which correspond to topics pertinent to designing and maintaining an LEP…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Schoua-Glusberg, Alicia S. – 1993
A study of the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grant (SLIAG) program in Illinois, federally funded under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, is presented. The program assists the state in providing English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and civics instruction to help undocumented immigrants meet legal residency requirements. Data were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Citizenship Education, Civics, English (Second Language)
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1988
The statewide overview of Texas bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs for limited-English-speaking public school students reports results of a survey concerning program and student characteristics and successful instructional practices. Data for bilingual and ESL programs are considered separately. Student characteristics…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Research, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Griffee, Dale T. – 1995
An exploratory, longitudinal study was undertaken to investigate how student self-assessment, course evaluation, and student evaluation of teaching can be incorporated into university second language instruction. Three issues were addressed: whether students evaluate themselves differently in first, second, and third year classes in the same…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Conversational Language Courses, Course Evaluation
Greenville Literacy Association, SC. – 1994
Activities and results of the Greenville (South Carolina) English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and literacy program for limited-English-proficient community members are described briefly. The cooperative program involves the local literacy association, school district adult education program, and technical college, and offers ESL placement and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Conversational Language Courses, Daily Living Skills, English (Second Language)
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1980
High School and Beyond is a national longitudinal study of the cohorts of 1980 high school seniors and sophomores in the United States, intended to provide information through the early adulthood of these students. The machine-readable data file (MRDF) Language File contains data on each student who responded that he or she had experience in a…
Descriptors: Databases, English (Second Language), Grade 10, Grade 12
Purdue Univ., Calumet, IN. Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures. – 1986
A statewide Indiana study designed to pilot selected learning outcomes in foreign language programs is reported. It investigated the usefulness of the state's "Guide to Proficiency-Based Instruction in Modern Foreign Languages for Indiana Schools." The report outlines the project's background, the need for proficiency-based goals, the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Competency Based Education
Harari, Maurice – 1981
Information about internationalizing undergraduate education is presented. Data gathered from the membership of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) provide a profile of the degree of internationalization of these institutions. Additionally, major means of internationalizing the curriculum and the institution are…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Curriculum, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development
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