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Ashby, Nicole, Ed. – US Department of Education, 2004
Various topics are discussed in this issue of "The Achiever", the U.S. Department of Education's biweekly bulletin for parents and community leaders on "No Child Left Behind," the historic, bipartisan education reform law signed by President Bush in January 2002. This issue includes the following articles: "President Bush Announces New Education…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Reading Skills, Higher Education, Preschool Education
McCormack, Rachel L., Ed.; Paratore, Jeanne R., Ed. – 2003
Noting that early intervention is insufficient for many children because they struggle in learning to read for an array of reasons, this book highlights the need for expert, intensive, and focused instruction in reading beyond the primary years in addition to identifying and describing effective practices for teaching those students in grades 3 to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Planning and Evaluation Service. – 2001
Research has shown that well-designed tutoring programs that use volunteers and other nonprofessionals as tutors can be effective in improving children's reading skills. Students with below-average reading skills who are tutored by volunteers show significant gains in reading skills when compared with similar students who do not receive tutoring…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Peer Teaching
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 2002
This executive summary of Georgia Reading Excellence Act Demonstration Sites (GA READS) includes the Reading Excellence overview; Georgia's plan and goals; state activities; a timeline; local activities; and a budget. The overview states that the Reading Excellence Act was authorized to carry out the following purposes: teach every child to read…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Faculty Development, Financial Support, Instructional Effectiveness
2000
This document contains the full text of the following invited papers from ICCE/ICCAI 2000 (International Conference on Computers in Education/International Conference on Computer-Assisted Instruction): (1) "Matching the Infoverse: About Knowledge Networks, Knowledge Workers, and Knowledge Robots" (Joachim Hasebrook); (2) "Learning…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Environment, Educational Technology
Partnership for Family Involvement in Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1999
Many faith communities partner with schools to provide tutoring, safe havens, after-school programs, mentoring, and summer activities; they also inspire their membership to volunteer on behalf of children, youth, and families in the nation's schools. This booklet describes several faith community initiatives in a variety of areas that support…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Churches, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Ankcorn, Denise – 1999
The purpose of this study was to see if cross-age tutoring by high schoolers would have an effect on the students' understanding and ability to write a short story. High schoolers, in an elective creative writing course, were paired up with sixth graders from a local feeder elementary. The high schoolers spent time studying specific short story…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Cross Age Teaching, Grade 6, High School Students
Brown, Sally, Ed.; Race, Phil, Ed.; Bull, Joanna, Ed. – 1999
This book profiles how computer-assisted assessment can help both staff and students by drawing on the experience and expertise of practitioners, in the United Kingdom and internationally, who are already using computer-assisted assessment. The publication is organized into three main sections--"Pragmatics and Practicalities of CAA,""Using CAA for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation Methods
Briggs, Dennie – 1998
Current educational reform initiatives could be strengthened by more actively involving students in teaching younger students with the collaboration of teachers and other adults. This handbook for teachers, students, and parents provides information about training and providing opportunities for students to tutor younger students. The book shows…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship
Reading Newsreport, 1971
Describes a special preservice program at Macalaster College in St. Paul, Minnesota. (MB)
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Schools
Fagan,William T. – Elements: Translating Theory Into Practice, 1971
A determination of whether a small group tutoring situation was feasible within a classroom for children with reading difficulties. (MB)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Grade 2, Grade 3, Language Experience Approach
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Weintraub, Samuel; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Reading Research, Research Reviews (Publications), Teacher Attitudes
Dreyer, Harold – Minnesota Reading Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cross Age Teaching, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Individualized Instruction
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Otto, Wayne; Smith, Richard J. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Inservice Education, Parent School Relationship, Practicums
Stuckless, E. Ross – Amer Ann Deaf, 1969
Paper presented at Symposium on Research and Utilization of Educational Media for Teaching the Deaf (Lincoln, Nebraska, March 17-19, 1969). (JJ)
Descriptors: College Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dial Access Information Systems, Exceptional Child Education
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