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Institute for Development of Educational Activities, Dayton, OH. – 1970
The purpose of the national seminar reported in this booklet was to bring together a group of theoreticians and practitioners to (1) examine the present status of the nongraded school in the United States, and (2) establish guidelines for teachers and administrators who want information demonstrating how nongrading and continuous progress works in…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Classes (Groups of Students), Community Attitudes, Continuous Progress Plan
Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto.
THIS PAPER ATTEMPTS TO BLEND EDUCATIONAL CHANGE THEORY WITH EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. TWO CASE STUDIES WHICH ARE COMPOSITES OF MANY FIELD STUDIES ARE USED AS EXAMPLES. ONE CASE STUDY INVOLVES THE INITIATION OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRESS PLAN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND THE OTHER INVOLVES THE INITIATION OF TEAM TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS AND HISTORY AT THE…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Change Agents, Continuous Progress Plan
Kember, David – 1995
This book, which is intended for distance educators and students of the theoretical foundations of distance education, offers a conceptual model of distance education and recommendations for policy and practice that link the principles of instructional design and the provision of learner support. Discussed in the first four chapters are the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students


