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Wallace, Sherry – 1984
The prekindergarten program in the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) is described. The program was developed to meet the needs of disadvantaged four year old children. Students were chosen with respect to age, residence in a Chapter I attendance area, and a low score on the Preschool Screening Evaluation (PSE). Areas of learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives, Preschool Education
Ehrlich, Virginia Z. – 1979
The paper describes the Astor program for prekindergarten through primary age intellectually gifted children, and presents findings of a 5-year followup on the effect of the program on children's growth. Outlined are the program's major goals (including the promotion of continuing research, experimentation, and education of gifted in New York City…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Administrator Attitudes, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies
Darlington, Richard B.; And Others – 1980
This study reports evidence that early childhood programs can have an impact on the academic careers of children from low-income homes. A wide variety of status and process variables were collected by several individual investigators over four waves, or time periods, of data collection. Before pooling data from 14 longitudinal research and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Failure, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income Groups
Download full textBear, George G. – 1999
This report discusses the discipline of students with disabilities in schools, and new provisions in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that allow school personnel to order a change in a student's placement to an interim alternative educational setting (IAES) under certain circumstances. The first section provides a brief…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Discipline, Educational Environment
Heintz, Paul; Kastner, Sheldon – 1975
This document provides descriptions, a list of evaluation procedures, findings and summaries, conclusions, and recommendations for each of twenty-one programs held in New York City Schools. Programs for parents, teachers, tutors, reading, mathematics, English, educational development, basic skills, Afro-American history, and mental hygiene are…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGallagher, James J.; Simeonsson, Rune – Peabody Journal of Education, 1982
Representative adaptations currently being used to educate exceptional children are described and their effectiveness is weighed. Diagnostic-prescriptive teaching, behavioral modification techniques, lesson content modifications, and early intervention are considered, as are student placement options, such as special schools and classes and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
O'Sullivan, Rita G. – 1988
This study field-tested a decision-making program for groups of 20 at-risk seventh grade students who met for 45 minutes once a week for nine weeks to learn health and physical education, math, English, social studies, science, and decision-making. One hundred and five students, some of whom served as control group by not participating in the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Grade 7
Peer reviewedMcGinn, Peter V.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
Fifty-one very bright adolescents participated in a productive-thinking program and a challenging course in either creative writing or the social sciences. The program produced significant gains in verbal intelligence scores. The productive-thinking program also significantly raised scores on measures of creativity. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Creative Development, Creative Writing, Creativity
Direct linkBritner, Preston A.; Balcazar, Fabricio E.; Blechman, Elaine A.; Blinn-Pike, Lynn; Larose, Simon – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
Whereas mentoring programs are well received as support services, very little empirical research has been conducted to assess the effectiveness of these programs to meet the diverse needs of different special populations of youth. Potentially useful theoretical orientations (attachment, parental acceptance-rejection, social support, adult…
Descriptors: Mentors, Risk, Adolescents, Program Effectiveness
Kryzanowski, Elaine – 1992
This document presents a literature review on effective educational programs for students with severe behavior disorders. The literature review's scope includes definitions of relevant terminology, statistics on prevalence, descriptions of several conceptual models and how they affect perceptions of the etiology of behavior disorders and thus the…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Day Programs, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Donovan, Richard A. – 1976
Highlights are presented of programs designed to aid students underprepared for college level work at the ten institutions chosen as Associates for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) National Project II: Alternatives to the Revolving Door. The selected programs include: those at Bronx Community College, the Educational…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Counseling, Educationally Disadvantaged
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1975
This is a comprehensive report of the effects of local school programs, K-12, developed with funds from ESEA Title I, the State Educationally Disadvantaged Youth (EDY) Act, and the Early Childhood Education (ECE) reform effort during 1974-75. The program description defines outputs, both in terms of institutional changes and in terms of student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delinquency, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change
Fullerton, Ann; Brannan, Steve; Arick, Joel – 2000
A study examined the impact of specialized, residential camp programs on children and youth with disabilities. Case studies were used to describe the real-life context of program effects and to explore various effects in situations where there may be no clear, single set of outcomes for all participants. Fifteen specialized residential summer camp…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Camping, Child Behavior, Daily Living Skills
Rasp, Alfred, Jr.; Plato, Kathleen C. – 1988
The State of Washington received a Chapter 2 award of $8,224,052.00 for the school year 1986-87, a decrease of 3.3 percent from 1985-86. Planned expenditures and student services for basic skills programs declined over the past four years, but the amount of expenditures for special projects rose for the fifth consecutive year. These special…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Chicago Board of Education, IL. – 1965
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A SPECIAL PROJECT IN SOME DISADVANTAGED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A CHICAGO SCHOOL DISTRICT. OVERAGE, UNDERACHIEVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS WERE OFFERED YEAR-ROUND SPECIAL INSTRUCTION AND AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDED VOCATIONAL SKILL TRAINING, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND PART-TIME JOBS. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE PROJECT WAS TO…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
