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Arendale, David R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this directory was to identify, describe, and evaluate evidence that the education practices improve academic performance, close the achievement gap, and improve persistence towards graduation for low-income, first-generation, and historically-underrepresented 6th grade through college students. Method: The sample for the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
Arendale, David R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
This 2016 directory identifies, describes, and contains evaluative data evidence-based practices that improve academic performance, close the achievement gap, and improve persistence towards graduation for low-income, first-generation, and historically-underrepresented 6th grade through college students. The directory was a production of the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
Field, Cynthia E. – InCider, 1987
Reviews software that focuses on writing skills for children aged 2 to 15. Includes information on public domain and commercial programs on learning the alphabet, basic penmanship, sentence structure, and writing book reports and essays. Provides ordering information on the suggested programs. Explains how parents can help. (ML)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computer Software Reviews
Nebraska State Dept. of Education, Lincoln. Div. of School Assistance & Support. – 1984
This resource guide is designed to help principals acquaint themselves and their teachers with instructional television (ITV) programming and to assist in the supervision of ITV use to obtain the optimum educational value for students. A brief introduction presents a rationale for the educational use of television and describes the Nebraska State…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation
Pitman, Barb; Braus, Judy; Asato, Lani – 1998
This collection is designed to help educators find outstanding curricula, multimedia resources, and other educational materials that can enhance biodiversity teaching in a variety of settings. The curriculum materials were reviewed by teams comprised of classroom teachers, content experts, and environmental educators. The materials listed in this…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Conservation Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Ecology
Candler, Ann C.; Keefe, Charlotte Hendrick – 1987
The use of microcomputers in language arts instruction with exceptional students can be an effective tool for both teaching and reinforcing skills, but is not typically employed as an integral part of the overall language arts curriculum. Research studies substantiate the positive impact on student performance when microcomputers are effectively…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities
Dougherty, Barbara, Ed.; Novak, Jan, Ed. – 1982
This publication describes many of the basic skills improvement programs and activities ongoing in the state of Wisconsin. The efforts included were identified through a statewide survey in which administrators and staff members of the programs provided the information included in this volume. Programs described are grouped in the following…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, College Programs
Kruse, Janice; Presseisen, Barbara Z. – 1987
Designed to reach a varied audience, this catalog provides concise summaries of some of the major commercial programs that teach thinking, and furnishes descriptions in terms of major goal, target audience, assumptions, process/materials, time, and developer. The first section offers programs primarily intended for teachers, including the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
Healey, Deborah, Ed.; Johnson, Norman, Ed. – 1995
The annotated list of software for language learning and instruction includes items used by English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers and those marketed for ESL. Software titles are grouped by hardware (Macintosh and MS-DOS), and within those sections, by language skill or application, including these categories: those discontinued by the…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Bilingual Education, Business Administration Education, Computer Assisted Instruction