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Davis, Shannon N.; Mahatmya, Duhita; Garner, Pamela W.; Jones, Rebecca M. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2015
Interdisciplinary research is a valuable approach to addressing complex real-world problems. However, undergraduate research mentoring is discussed as an activity that happens in disciplinary silos where the mentor and student scholar share a disciplinary background. By transcending traditional academic divisions, we argue that mentors can train a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mentors, Student Research, Interdisciplinary Approach
Arthur, Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was (1) to determine the frequency in which school social workers in Virginia engage in and prefer to engage in social work related activities and (2) to determine if the frequency in which the social work related activities the school social workers engage in is related to select variables. After a comprehensive review…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Socioeconomic Status, Questionnaires, Public Agencies
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Sprague, Marsha M.; Pennell, Dale; Sulzberger, LeeAnne – NASSP Bulletin, 1998
The first stage of implementing the middle-school concept in York County, Virginia, involved moving sixth-grade teachers and students into middle schools and onto teams. One school integrated the curriculum by involving teachers in initial planning stages aligned with schoolwide goals. Curriculum integration succeeds when driven by teachers and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Grade 6, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Walther-Thomas, Chriss S.; Carter, Kathy L. – Middle School Journal, 1993
Many schools are implementing collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches (cooperative teaching, collaborative consultation, and teacher assistance teams) to help teachers meet students' diverse needs. This article, which shows how a rural eastern Virginia middle school developed coteaching as an alternative to special education pullout programs,…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities
Herner and Co., Washington, DC. – 1978
The report examines the nature of multidisciplinary teams in identification, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Reviewed is the operation of three types of multidisciplinary teams: hospital based programs, interagency programs, and state mandated multidisciplinary teams. The bulk of the document is composed of appended material,…
Descriptors: Agencies, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Guidelines
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1993
This Virginia document first states the mission of the Child Study Committee (CSC), clarifies its role, and delineates its functions from other existing programs and services. The CSC mission is stated as providing a school-based mechanism to enable school personnel to meet the needs of individual children having difficulty in the educational…
Descriptors: Committees, Decision Making, Disabilities, Due Process
Garland, Corinne W.; And Others – 1994
The "Caring for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: New Roles for Physicians" program was designed to ensure that pediatricians and family physicians have the information and skills needed to participate fully in a Virginia statewide system of early intervention. An inservice training model was developed and field tested with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Practice (Medicine), Independent Study
Meehan, Merrill L.; Cowley, Kimberly S.; Burns, Rebecca C. – 2000
The Interdisciplinary Teamed Instruction (ITI) project investigated the effects of interdisciplinary, teamed instruction on secondary school teaching and learning. It examined the effectiveness of a professional development model that facilitated the development, implementation, and evaluation of ITI. Through summer institutes and onsite…
Descriptors: Action Research, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Hange, Jane; Rolfe, Helen – 1995
This paper reports on the 30th study group sponsored by the Appalachia Education Laboratory's (AEL) Classroom Instruction Program. Twenty-three K-12 teachers worked in seven teams in six schools throughout Virginia to design and implement classroom interdisciplinary curriculum units with accompanying alternative assignments. Project research…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment, Educational Strategies