The Language Services Department in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights (Ohio) City School District is presented as a model for the extension of language support services in public schools. Described are the district's Bilingual Education, English as a Second Language, and English as a Standard Dialect programs. Appendices include…

The article examines the consultation model in special education including such aspects as definition, its potential for development of improved problem-solving skills, the regular educator as recipient, the special educator as consultant, collaborative consultation, and cost effectiveness. (DB)

Examines two different planning models (creative and rational means-end) used in a teacher preparation program to determine what influence the different planning models had on preservice English teachers' thinking before, during, and after teaching. Finds the creative planning model more effectively encourages active worldmaking. (MS)

This article presents a framework for preservice or inservice development of transition personnel. The framework focuses on working with others, knowledge of agencies and influencing systems, development of individualized services, professionalism, job training and support, assessment, administrative functions, philosophical considerations, career…

Academic libraries and schools of library and information studies (LIS) may, by using LIS students to staff an information desk as fieldwork for a basic reference course, collaborate to provide useful educational experiences to LIS students and reliable reference service to library users. (Author/AEF)

A prereferral model consisting of three components (information sharing sessions, peer exchange sessions, and peer coaching teams) was implemented in two inner-city elementary schools. Emphasis was on teachers assisting each other in generating solutions for student learning or behavior problems. Referral rates indicated that participants referred…

This paper outlines the arrangements for assessing school leavers under Sections 5 and 6 of Great Britain's Disabled Persons Act, summarizes the results of research in Avon (England) following the lives of 50 people with severe learning difficulties just before and after they left school. Presents a model for individual and strategic planning to…

Six dimensions of consultative services in early intervention for young children with disabilities are described: location, presence of other children, adult-child initiations, goal functionality, context of intervention, and consultant's role. A continuum of consultative models from totally segregated to fully integrated is presented, and data on…

An econometric model that allows any institution to study the effect of financial aid and other variables on within-year persistence of college students is described. It is concluded that total amount of aid and the amounts of grants and loans received are significant in promoting persistence. (Author/MSE)

A review of the bibliographic instruction (BI) format for business and career information in a business writing class at Louisiana State University revealed that a new framework was needed. Problems of the current format, results of student surveys, questioning techniques, learning models, and the role of assignments were examined. The conceptual…

Argues that collaborative models of service integration embedded in a policy perspective will have a positive impact on all children from birth to the start of kindergarten, a group for which there is no single recognized system for the delivery of early childhood care and education. (MDM)

Focuses on the resurgence of action research in teaching. Based on the concept that education is a social science whose theoretical principles should be grounded in the practitioner's knowledge, action research is a viable model for getting teachers involved in educational research. A typical action research project develops in successive stages.…

A naturalistic study of Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) development included an examination of parent-professional relationships. Relationship quality and control issues emerged as significant factors in parent-staff interactions. A model is presented that can be used to monitor progress in implementing family-centered approaches.…

Reviews problems with research in determining the effectiveness of distance education, and presents a systems model to be used as a framework upon which researchers can build. The telecommunications in instruction model incorporates learner variables, instructor variables, presentational elements, course content elements, and distance education…

Although often ignored by policymakers, African-American independent neighborhood schools provide models of successful learning environments grounded in cultural history and the pursuit of excellence. These schools are usually urban and mostly minority and have a long tradition of self-help providing stability to the African-American community.…