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Direct linkLerner, Richard M., Ed.; Jacobs, Fraincine, Ed.; Wertlieb, Donald, Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2005
This course textbook has been adapted from the four-volume "Handbook of Applied Developmental Science" (SAGE 2003), a work that offers a detailed roadmap for action and research in ensuring positive child, youth, and family development. In 20 chapters, "Applied Developmental Science: An Advanced Textbook" brings together theory and application…
Descriptors: Human Services, Graduate Students, Early Intervention, Community Schools
Peer reviewedMcPherson, Elisabeth – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1990
Discusses issues of concern to community college English teachers in the 1960s: institutional growth, professional recognition, work load, sexism in language, students' right to their own language, teacher training, racism and bias, back to basics movement, usage tests, and doublespeak. Presents excerpts from a speech made by the author in 1969…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, College English, Educational History, Educational Innovation
Download full textDepartment of Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
Educational research studies conducted in recent years are distilled into 41 significant findings or conclusions that can be used as a practical guide for parents and teachers seeking those educational practices found to be most effective in helping children to learn. The 41 findings are displayed one to a page. Each page is organized into three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Back to Basics, Classroom Techniques, Core Curriculum
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1987
Educational research studies conducted in recent years are distilled into 59 significant findings or conclusions that can be used as a practical guide for parents and teachers seeking those educational practices found to be most effective in helping children to learn. The 59 findings are displayed one to a page. Each page is organized into three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Back to Basics, Classroom Techniques, Core Curriculum
