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Demir, Meral; Soytürk, Mümine; Öztürk, Özden Tepeköylü – Journal of Educational Issues, 2020
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of inquiry-based instruction in the teaching of fundamental movement skills to fifth-grade students on the children's perceived motor competence. Utilizing a post-test experimental design with control group, the study was carried out with 260 fifth-grade students studying in ten different classes…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Basic Skills, Psychomotor Skills, Movement Education
Zeidenberg, Matthew; Cho, Sung-Woo; Jenkins, Davis – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
To increase the rate at which adult basic skills students advance to and succeed in college-level occupational programs, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) developed the Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training, or I-BEST. In the I-BEST model, a basic skills instructor and an occupational instructor team…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Labor Market

McAndrews, Gordon L. – High School Journal, 1977
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Catone, William V.; Brady, Susan A. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2005
This investigation analyzed goals from the Individual Educational Programs (IEPs) of 54 high school students with diagnosed reading disabilities in basic skills (decoding and/or word identification). Results showed that for 73% of the students, the IEPs written when they were in high school failed to specify any objectives regarding their acute…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Reading Difficulties, Basic Skills

Greene, Brenda M.; And Others – Community Review, 1991
Offers a rationale for collegewide writing across the curriculum (WAC) approaches. Assesses the effectiveness of a WAC project at Medgar Evers College involving two courses (computer science and chemistry). Reports improvement in students' ability to summarize an article's content and writing fluency. Includes writing assignment instructions and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Chemistry, Community Colleges, Computer Science
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1982
This summary evaluation report is designed to (1) give an indication of how Oklahoma achieves the goals of Federal programs; (2) increase understanding of various Federal programs; and (3) show the degree of achievement of the goals of the State-Federal Programs Division. The following programs are described: Adult Basic Education; Arts in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Art Education, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education
Cunningham, Donna; And Others – 1985
A third-party evaluation of the Texas coordinated vocational-academic education (CVAE) program was conducted in 1984-85 to determine the effectiveness of CVAE as a vocational program for meeting the needs of secondary students who are unsuccessful in traditional academic programs. A project advisory committee was established, a review of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Johnson, Lary – 1973
The Employability Skills Program (ESP) at Edison High School was designed to serve 10th grade students who were considered to be potential dropouts because of basic skills deficiencies, poor attitudes toward school, or individual adjustment problems. The major student-related objectives of the project were to improve basic skills, improve…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Career Awareness, Comparative Analysis
Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center, Rantoul. – 1993
A study examined basic skills programs at 21 Illinois companies. Most of the top managers interviewed recognized the basic skills training needs of their work forces; however, only 14 of the companies actually offered workplace basic skills programs. Three major motivating factors were identified as catalysts for beginning a program: a drive for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Corporate Education
West, Carol Ann – 1986
This compendium provides secondary school teachers, administrators, and Chapter 1 directors with descriptions of effective practices in Chapter 1 programs. The focus is on managerial and instructional strategies that promote success for poor and/or educationally disadvantaged students. The compendium is divided into five chapters: an introduction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Programs
Bossone, Richard M., Ed. – 1982
This report summarizes the proceedings and presents the papers discussed at a national conference on effective aspects of urban education. The first paper discusses the development of the San Francisco (California) Redesign Program, a five year master plan for educational reform which aimed to improve the physical educational environment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Computer Assisted Instruction
Palomar Community Coll. District, San Marcos, CA. – 1999
This document describes what Palomar Community College District (California) is doing to address a pressing need in higher education: the need to produce more and better student learning in exchange for the state's education investment. The need is especially crucial in regard to the greater number of under-prepared students who are entering…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, College Outcomes Assessment, College Role
Schultz, Katherine – 1992
Although the National Workplace Literacy Program is relatively new, a new orthodoxy of program development based on particular understandings of literacy and learning has emerged. Descriptions of two model workplace education programs are the beginning points for an examination of the assumptions contained in most reports of workplace education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Course Content
Wichita Public Schools, KS. – 1981
A desire for greater accountability in the basic skills areas in the Wichita (Kansas) Public Schools led the board of education to establish a 58-member task force to study the situation. This document comprises the final reports of subcommittees in six areas of investigation: reading, mathematics, social studies, written composition, vocational…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Center--Resources for Education, Des Plaines, IL. – 1998
This document is the final report of a demonstration project during which the corporation First Chicago/NBD and a local education agency developed and delivered basic skills training to the corporation's nonexempt work force. The report describes the following key project activities: basic skill needs analyses for various customer services…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Banking, Basic Skills