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Pascarella, Ernest T.; And Others – 1979
This study investigates the family and school influences on reading and mathematics achievement for students in a voluntarily desegregated school district. General findings suggest that the best main-effects predictors of both reading and mathematics achievement are prior levels of achievement in each area. However, further analysis of the data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Conference Reports
Gray, Burl B.; And Others – 1976
A questionnaire study was conducted to gather in-depth comparative data on job training practices in the Department of Defense (DOD), commercial business/institutions/industries (B/I/I), and proprietary trade/technical schools (T/TS). Detailed questionnaires requesting information on the management, conduct, and costs of twelve high-priority job…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Industrial Training, Job Skills, Job Training
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Indiana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis. – 1966
GENERALLY FOLLOWING THE FORMAT STIPULATED BY THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION, THIS REPORT DESCRIBES AND EVALUATES THE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ACTIVITIES WHICH WERE INSTITUTED TO ASSIST INDIANA'S PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. THE TWO MOST PREVALENT TYPES OF TITLE I ACTIVITIES WERE LANGUAGE ARTS AND TEACHER AID PROGRAMS, OTHER ACTIVITIES…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Kraft, Richard H.P., Ed. – 1969
Eight papers focus on strategies for educational planning. In "Policy Formulation and Policy Implementation Relationships in an Educational System," Donald Miller asserts that performance relationships can be explained in terms of an educational system and its environment. Arnold Reisman and Martin Taft present "A Systems Approach…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Economic Development, Educational Demand, Educational Economics
Oxford Institutes in Italy, Milan. – 1967
Six conference papers, presented first in Italian and then in English, are collected in this booklet. They are: "International Comprehension through Education" by H.R. Light, "The Prelingual Period in Foreign Language Learning" by Djoraje Kostic, "Reconciling Old and New Methods of Language Teaching" by Derrick Plant, "The Use of the Language…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Conference Reports, English (Second Language)
Braund, Robert A.; And Others – 1968
The required annual report on compensatory programs funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, describes California's efforts in the first full year of operation. In general, the programs sought to raise reading and verbal performance levels, improve performance as measured by achievement tests, and also improve students'…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
World Federation of the Deaf, Rome (Italy). – 1967
Nine conference papers treat the sociological aspects of deafness. Included are "Individuals Being Deaf and Blind and Living with a Well Hearing Society" by A. Marx (German Federal Republic), "A Deaf Man's Experiences in a Hearing World" by A. B. Simon(U.S.A.), "Problem of Text Books and School Appliances for Vocational…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adults, Children
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World Federation of the Deaf, Rome (Italy). – 1967
Nine conference papers discuss the psychology of deafness. They include seven papers from the United States: "Deafness: The Interdependent Variable" by M. Vernon and D. A. Rothstein, "The Reliability and Construct Validity of the Self-Concept of Academic Ability Scale-Form D for Hearing Impaired Students" by L. M. JOINER,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Conference Reports, Emotional Development, Exceptional Child Education
Hirsch, Werner Z.; And Others – 1967
Educational enterprise must keep pace with the rest of society. Unfortunately, one by-product of the rich tradition in this field is enough inertia to make education cumbersome and slow to respond to a changing environment. There are several reasons why changes in education must be brought about: increased longevity in the lives of the population;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Conference Reports, Educational Change
Texas Univ., Austin. – 1968
A study of bilingual elementary schooling made at a 1968 summer bilingual institute held at the University of Texas includes an extensive introduction covering basic principles, definitions, misconceptions, bilingualism in the United States and abroad, variations in program design, and suggested program guidelines. The body of the document is…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingualism
Stoller, David S., Ed. – 1968
This document abstracts 57 Technical Notes of the Division of Data Analysis and Dissemination of the National Center for Educational Statistics which were prepared between May 1966 and April 1968. Among topics discussed are statistical methods, program budgeting, operations analysis, student achievement, cost effectiveness, educational planning,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness
Palmer, Bonnie E.; Pablo, Sally Giff – 1977
Summarizing discussions held during the Second Annual Child Abuse/Neglect Conference (Houston, 1977), this paper presents the following: the historical background of the special legal relationship between the Federal and tribal governments; current tribal-state relations (emphasis on state jurisdiction, Bureau of Indian Affairs' services, and the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Change Strategies
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Martorana, S. V., Ed.; And Others – 1977
The five papers presented in this volume consider the changing concepts, values, delivery systems, and needs for management which are a part of the changing context of postsecondary occupational education. Kenneth Hoyt discusses five basic kinds of changing relationships between education and work that have implications for changes, growing out of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Attitude Change
Cochrane, Hortence S., Comp. – 1977
The 1976 Rural New York Conference focused on unresolved social problems in rural America, with particular attention to needs of rural women in New York. Growing out of a course on rural poverty and social change at Syracuse University, the conference was initiated and planned primarily by students. Proceedings include "Commentaries" by:…
Descriptors: American Indians, Conference Reports, Family Planning, Federal Government
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC. – 1977
This bibliography was compiled for the Latin American Meeting on New Forms of Post-Secondary Education and the Seminar on Open Learning Systems held in Caracas, Venezuela, from September 25 to October 2, 1976. The book contains a total selection of 658 bibliographical entries on educational innovations. Part I consists of an annotated bibliography…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Conference Reports
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