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Williams, Judith L. – 1980
This is the final report of the Using the Second "R" Project, which was designed to provide elementary school teachers in the Cleveland (Ohio) public schools with a kit of instructional strategies and evaluative instruments for use in the development of their students' creative writing skills. The report contains a narrative account of the needs…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Material Development
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Rao, K. N.; Ratnamala, V.; Smith, Brigid – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1998
Describes the development and evaluation of new classroom materials, including a Class 1 textbook, teacher textbook, and eight supplementary readers, designed to teach children in India to read and write in Telugu. Notes that in schools using the new materials, children showed significant learning gains, and teachers and parents were highly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Material Evaluation, Material Development, Primary Education
Brostoff, Anita – 1981
Thinking through Writing (TTW) was a project to develop, test, and disseminate a program for teaching thinking and writing skills in secondary school English and social studies courses. Each of the 12 schools participating in the project scheduled a group of students to take an English and a social studies course in the program, and two teachers…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Shelton, Elaine – 1993
The Literacy for Employability (LitE) project was conducted from May 1, 1991 through January 31, 1993. The project was intended to upgrade the mathematics, writing, and problem-solving skills of employees at three Austin, Texas, companies: Hart Graphics, IBM, and Texas Instruments. At Hart and Texas, the program was mandatory; at IBM it was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Decision Making Skills