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Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Early Education Interventions on Cognitive and Social Development
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Camilli, Gregory; Vargas, Sadako; Ryan, Sharon; Barnett, W. Steven – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: There is much current interest in the impact of early childhood education programs on preschoolers and, in particular, on the magnitude of cognitive and affective gains. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: Because this new segment of public education requires significant funding, accurate descriptions are…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Program Design, Intervention, Preschool Education
Sampling the Special Needs Kaleidoscope.
Sarkees, Michelle – Vocational Education Journal, 1985
Describes the Kaleidoscope, a conference activity designed to make special needs personnel and other interested individuals aware of a variety of new techniques, materials, and programs for handicapped, disadvantaged, and limited English proficiency learners. Subjects include evaluating software for disabled learners, workshops, competency-based…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Information Sources, Program Design
Learning Styles and Instructional Preferences in Continuing Education for Health Professionals: A Validity Study of the LSI.
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Fox, Robert D. – Adult Education Quarterly, 1984
This study evaluated the construct validity of the Learning Styles Inventory. Learning styles of participants in a continuing professional education program were associated with both the evaluative statements learners make about the design of the program and their attitudes toward lecture and small group sections of the program. (CT)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Cognitive Style, Continuing Education, Lecture Method
Instructional Setting: Key Issue or Bogus Concern.
Archambault, Francis X. – 1986
The papers presented at this conference review current research on effective educational practices for low-achieving students and identify those that might be applied to programs funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (the successor legislation to Title 1 of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
The Winning Trainer. Winning Ways To Involve People in Learning. Third Edition.
Eitington, Julius E. – 1996
This updated and expanded edition provides a number of new concepts and techniques that should prove valuable to the trainer who is interested in involving his/her learners experientially. It primarily cover methods that relate to the delivery of the training. The book's organization reflects group-in-action bias--the more participative,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Case Studies, Experiential Learning
Program and Staffing Structures: Reactions.
Rosica, Thomas C. – 1986
The papers presented at this conference review current research on effective educational practices for low-achieving students and identify those that might be applied to programs funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. A function assumed by several conference participants was to act as reactor to papers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Compensatory Education, Data Collection