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Phillips, Dave – 1970
This report summarizes the efforts of a demonstration project at Prairie Elementary School in Urbana, Illinois to implement individualized reading and mathematics programs and to introduce the systematic application of behavior modification principles in the classroom. It describes the development, implementation, and revision of Individually…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education
Hooban, Louis; Pugsley, Robert – 1974
Project SCHOOL (School Concerned with Helping Others' Objectives and Learning) is a program developed to prevent dropping out through group counseling, parent counseling, and positive reinforcement. Project SCHOOL operates as a dropout prevention program in grades 1-12. Teachers and counselors, using a locally developed check list and other…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
Pyatte, Jeff A.; Mathews, Samuel R., III – 1975
An ESEA Title III project in language arts, this program emphasizes instruction tailored to the individual learner's needs. In the fall of 1974, Southside Elementary School, Crestview, Florida, adopted the program which is described and evaluated in this paper. Program components include team teaching in an open space classroom; the use of…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Diagnostic Teaching, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Individualized Reading
Persons, Scott; And Others – 1973
Three documents describe the Project Success Environment Program, which was funded to help alleviate behavioral and academic problems of children from urban, low-socio-economic backgrounds by providing them with an opportunity to experience success in school. The program, sponsored by the Atlanta Public Schools, consisted of: (1) a positive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Classroom Design, Contingency Management