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Eldridge, Mary Sue – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1973
The results of this study suggest that planned experiences with children such as the program of Developing Understanding of Self and Others (DUSO) can have a positive effect on self concept development. The DUSO guidance program was used along with counselor consultation. (JC)
Descriptors: Consultants, Counselor Role, Educational Programs, Elementary Education
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Dooley, Cindy – Reading Psychology, 1996
Discusses individualized reading instruction in the United States in its historical context. States that effective, child-centered, individualized reading programs are guided by three principles: the desires, needs, and motives of each child; individual abilities, interests, and instructional needs; and opportunities for social interaction. Points…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational History, Elementary Education, Individual Development
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Prior, Suzanne M.; Welling, Katherine A. – Reading Psychology, 2001
Finds that grade two students' comprehension scores did not differ significantly between oral reading and silent reading, while grade three and four students' comprehension scores were significantly higher after oral reading. Argues that these findings are consistent with a Vygotskian model of the transition from oral to silent reading. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individual Development, Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension
Southwest Florida School-to-Careers Consortium, Fort Myers. – 1999
This curriculum guide for elementary school student development was created in response to needs expressed by business and other organizations throughout the Southwest Florida School-to-Careers Consortium. The guide encompasses four curriculum categories: academic achievement, career development, personal and social development, and community…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Course Content, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Education
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Moon, Sidney M.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1994
This retrospective study evaluated an elementary pull-out program based on the Purdue Three-Stage Model. Perceptions of students and families when the students were seniors in high school indicated the program was seen as having a long-term positive impact on the cognitive, affective, and social development of most participating students.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Followup Studies, Gifted, High Schools
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Zakharchenko, Eugene Y.; Ksenzhonok, Nina V. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2000
During this period of social and political transformation in the former Soviet Union, there is no typical Russian school. Open-type schools generally emphasize student self-development. Students' intellectual, personal, and spiritual upbringing depends on a school's socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental context. Teaching practices must be…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries
Watts, Caroline L.; Murphy, Jennifer A.; Nikitopoulos, Christina E. – 1997
The Early Childhood Prevention Project (ECP) is an innovative effort to integrate psychosocial and educational approaches for promoting children's healthy development in elementary school. ECP takes a holistic approach to the prevention of academic and psychosocial problems and the promotion of students' educational and interpersonal development.…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Early Intervention, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
D'Andrea, Michael; Daniels, Judy – Elementary School Guidance & Counseling, 1995
Tested the effectiveness of a framework that linked developmental and multicultural counseling theories for use among elementary-school-age students (n=117). Designed to help students develop a variety of social and interpersonal skills that would increase their ability to resolve conflicts resulting from negative prejudices, the intervention was…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Pluralism, Developmental Programs
Foster-Harrison, Elizabeth S. – Elementary School Guidance & Counseling, 1995
Peer helping provides critical opportunities for practice and reflection as a means of supporting psychosocial development. School counselor skill and knowledge play an important role in the process of peer program development and success. Provides steps for developing a successful program and a sample developmental training model. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Programs, Educational Counseling, Educational Theories
Amonashvili, Shalva Aleksandrovich – Soviet Education, 1988
Offers excerpts from Shalva Amonashvili's 1983 teaching guide, "Hello Children." Includes chapters on Amonashvili's analysis of Day No. 122 in the school year and reflections on the last day. The guide is based on Amonashvili's experiences teaching six-year olds that incorporated his love for children and humanistic teaching methods. (CH)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Experimental Teaching, Foreign Countries
Amonashvili, Shalva Aleksandrovich – Soviet Education, 1988
Provides excerpts from Shalva Amonashvili's 1983 teacher's guide, "Hello Children." Explains that "Hello Children" is based on Amonashvili's successful experience teaching six-year olds and increasing the elementary grades to four (now implemented throughout the USSR). Amonashvili stresses teachers' love for children and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Experimental Teaching, Foreign Countries
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Kurtz, Beth E.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1990
Teachers' reported instruction of strategies and metacognitive knowledge in the classroom, and their attributional beliefs about the reasons underlying children's academic successes/failures were studied, using 59 teachers from West Germany and 43 teachers from the United States. A 7-item questionnaire was administered. Implications for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Kaplan, Leslie S. – Schools in the Middle, 1996
Proposes recommendations for balancing middle school students' academic, personal, and social needs by addressing personal development through curriculum and instruction, instructional program components, and a culture of assessment. Argues that academic achievement enhances self-esteem, concluding that students' academic achievement and personal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Adolescent Development, Classroom Environment
McPherson, Kate – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Describes six community-based service-learning projects that are available to students as an alternative learning environment. Presents goals of service learning, including academic development, civic responsibility, personal development, social responsibility, career development, and ethical development. Discusses research indicating that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Services
Peyser, Sandra; McLaughlin, Miriam – 1997
Each year more children come to school unprepared to relate appropriately to others and to contribute to a positive school climate. These children seem to have more problems and less ability to cope with the structural environment of the school. Educators tend to agree that many children lack the character traits necessary for healthy, positive…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Citizenship Education, Class Activities