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Scheiner, Louis – 1969
This study tested the Modern English Infant School Approach to teaching as a partial solution to the problem of properly educating the ghetto child. It was hoped that the approach could (1) improve achievement in reading and arithmetic, (2) improve ability in written composition, (3) improve students' attitudes toward self, the school, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Creative Thinking, Experimental Programs
Dockweiler, Clarence J. – 1980
The research described is the result of an assessment in grades 4, 5, and 6 of a metric measurement pilot program for grades K-6 in Wheeling, Illinois. The development and administration of metric inventory and attitudinal instruments for teachers and students is described. The report presents four conclusions: (1) there was a significant growth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Walter, Kate – 1995
This report describes the first 3 years of three Excellent Beginnings projects from 1991 to 1994 funded by the Plan for Social Excellence, a private nonprofit foundation that creates or supports innovative pilot projects in education. Programs that are flexible and responsible to needs of individuals and communities, rather than system-wide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Cooperation