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Maheady, Larry; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1987
The study examined the effects of classwide peer tutoring (involving team assignment, a game format, contingent point rewards, and immediate error correction) on the academic performance of mildly handicapped and nondisabled students (n=91) in ninth- and tenth-grade math classes. Group and individual results indicated significant improvement in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Educational Games, Feedback

Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Instruction. – 1975
The 1974-75 program aimed to: raise or maintain the rate of gain in computational and communicational skills of each student in the tutorial program; improve the computational and communicational skills of each student in the "Career Development" program; increase each "Career Development" student's awareness of, specific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Demonstration Programs, Educational Assessment
Ribich, Frank M.; Barone, William P. – 1989
Sixteen underachieving gifted students at Oliver High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were identified for a pilot program called Project Inspire, which sought to improve student achievement and build self-esteem, especially for disadvantaged Afro-American students. Teachers were selected as mentors for the students, and the mentors were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Black Students, Demonstration Programs
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Instruction. – 1973
Program objectives were to: identify migrant children in the State; provide, through the national data bank, a complete educational and health record for each child; raise or maintain the students' educational level; screen migrant children for health problems and arrange for treatment as needed; increase parental involvement and understanding of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Instruction. – 1974
During fiscal year 1974, the program aimed to: identify migrant children in the State, provide a complete educational and health record for each child identified, raise or maintain the students' educational level, screen the children for health problems and arrange for health services as needed, increase parental involvement, expand the Career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs
Eiseman, Jeffrey W.; Lippitt, Peggy – 1966
The first semester of a cross-age teaching project is evaluated in this report. Three adjacent inner city public schools, an elementary, junior high, and high school, were involved. Thirty-three teachers in the schools received 68 older students as educational agents to provide individual attention to their own students for approximately 4…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Cross Age Teaching, Demonstration Programs
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Instruction. – 1971
Objectives of the Missouri migrant program were to: raise the educational level of migrant children; acquire a complete set of educational and health records for each child; screen and refer those children needing health services to the appropriate personnel; instill within parents and children the desire and need for a secondary education; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Annual Reports, Community Involvement
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Instruction. – 1972
Missouri's migrant program aimed to: raise the migrant children's educational level to that of other children in their age group; acquire a complete set of educational and health records for each child; screen and refer those children needing health services to the appropriate personnel; instill within parents and children the desire and need for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Annual Reports, Community Involvement