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Gerde, Hope K.; Skibbe, Lori E.; Wright, Tanya S.; Douglas, Sarah N. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2019
Writing is a core school readiness skill, yet preschools typically provide children with limited writing opportunities. To consider how curricular materials guide writing instruction, the five most common Head Start curricula were systematically examined in accordance with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework. Curricula were coded…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation
Pace, Arthur L. – 1970
Between May 1967 and June 1970, the Houston Independent School District in consortium with 14 others contracted with USOE to coordinate the development of an organic curriculum. The project's purpose was to create a climate for change, while interpreting for Houston secondary schools the objectives of a plan that would be: relevant, based on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Federal Programs, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. National Advisory Council on Supplementary Centers and Services. – 1974
In this document the National Advisory Council on Supplementary Centers and Services presents its Sixth Annual Report on the status of Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act ESEA). Five recommendations for carrying forward and strengthening ESEA Title III are presented: a) that it be extended for a minimum of four years; b) that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Innovation, Environmental Education
Southeastern Education Lab., Atlanta, GA. – 1970
"A Preschool Training Program" is Volume 6 in a series of 7 guides prepared by the Southeastern Education Laboratory to assist rural school districts, especially in the Southern States, in writing acceptable Title III proposals under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The document presents a planning proposal which was funded, along with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods
Russell, Gail – 1973
Project Success Environment was funded under Title III of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act to help alleviate the behavioral and academic problems of economically disadvantaged inner city students by providing them with the opportunity to experience, on an individual basis, success in school. The program that was developed during the…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Texley, Lloyd C.; Dvorak, Ronald S. – 1973
The purposes of the Multiple Activities Program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, were: (1) to supplement the instructional program for educationally disadvantaged children by developing a curriculum and techniques, specifically in reading, which would raise their achievement level commensurate with their…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Estes, Gary D. – 1976
The Mathematics Accountability Model (MAM) Project has succeeded in the development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of a completely individualized learning program for basic and higher order math skills. Student interest and achievement in the MAM Project are well documented exemplars of its success. It is recommended that the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Contemporary Research, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. – 1975
The National Institute of Education is in the process of designing and conducting a study of compensatory education in accordance with the Education Amendments of 1974. Special attention will be devoted to examining the relative effectiveness of "standardized" versus "individualized" instructional programs. The stated purpose of this report is:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
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Saylor, John M. – 1992
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing funds for coalitions of engineering educational institutions to improve the quality of undergraduate engineering education. A hypothesis that is being tested is that people can learn better in environments that allow self-paced and/or collaborative learning. The main tools for providing this…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Cooperative Learning
Lydiard, Beverly, Ed.; Simon, Beverly Silver, Ed. – 1973
This report is a guide to ESEA Title III programs in Massachusetts. Forty-six programs are described; these programs concern, among many other topics, curriculum development, bilingual education, inservice teacher training, interdisciplinary programs, individualized instruction, learning and behavior problems, and environmental study. In addition…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, Directories, Educational Innovation
Palisades Park Public Schools, NJ. – 1975
This Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III Project has been validated as successful, cost-effective, and exportable by the standards and guidelines of the U.S. Office of Education. The Title III Training-Resource Center has developed a systems approach to teacher training and student learning. This is a comprehensive and thorough package…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Objectives
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. – 1974
Seventy projects funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, and providing the funds to public school districts to demonstrate the feasibility of educational innovations, are described in this document about Iowa Title III exemplary programs. Projects are subdivided according to planning grants, operational grants, guidance…
Descriptors: Career Education, Communications, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
Jones, Earl, Ed.; Davis, Peter B., Ed. – 1977
The Edgewood Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), using a mini-system of one high school, one middle school, and four elementary schools, conducted an Experimental Schools Program from 1972-1977 to test a local decision making, long-term innovative program to effect substantial changes in the affective and cognitive characteristics of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Development
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1974
Eighteen projects funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III, and providing funds to public school districts to demonstrate the feasibility of educational innovations, are described in this booklet developed as a dissemination project by Title III in Oklahoma. Programs described are said to have the common theme of increased…
Descriptors: Accountability, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Counseling Services
Berney, Tomi D.; De Megret, Wendy – 1989
In the first year of a 3-year funding cycle, Project Go-For-It, a multisite bilingual education project, provided instructional and support services to 292 gifted and talented limited-English-proficient speakers of Haitian Creole/French, Vietnamese, Chinese, Spanish, and Italian at 3 high schools. The project's aim was to provide individualized…
Descriptors: Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Counseling, Chinese