This paper describes an evaluation of the Child Health and Development Project (CHDP), a home-based early intervention program designed to promote parenting skills and to foster the physical, social, and intellectual development of children from birth through 6 years. The project served families from six counties in East Tennessee through funding…

Six suggestions for comprehensive secondary reading programs were developed after consideration of comments made by Judith A. Boettcher, Anne E. Newton, Randall J. Ryder, and Roger C. Googins (see related documents). The suggestions are as follows: (1) A comprehensive program must deal with all students who need help; thus, there should be a…

The potential of cooperative efforts between universities and local education agencies is examined and a model for facilitating school/university partnerships is presented. The model is based on cooperative experiences of the Center for Educational Improvement at Loyola University (LCEI), New Orleans, and public and parochial schools in the New…

An overview of the general education programs in higher education is presented and six curricular patterns are discussed. The distribution model requires students to generalize their fields of knowledge to some extent and acquaints students with various modes of discourse. Integrative models aim to draw upon the knowledqe and methodological…

This is the teacher's guide for the required, interdisciplinary, ninth-year environmental science course for the New York City Schools. One hundred twenty lesson plans, divided into nine units, are presented. Areas of study include the living and non-living environment, ecosystems, population, urban ecology, energy and technology, pollution, and…

Reported are the proceedings of a conference of practitioners of energy education including classroom teachers, curriculum experts, administrators, and representatives from industry and government. Participants worked in six groups to produce papers and recommendations. Topics addressed by each group included: (1) State-of-the-Art and Needs…

This guide is intended to support the leader of a youth group in increasing the awareness of members of the need for good forest conservation practices. Sections include: (1) science fundamentals; (2) making informative exhibits; (3) gaining community involvement; (4) Christmas activities; (5) games and crafts; and (6) a list of resources and…

This field trip guide, designed for use in specific state parks, is also a guide useable in general by teachers who are not outdoor-types. The guide is divided into three sections. The first section includes information for teachers concerning the assembly of a successful field trip package. The second section contains reproducible self-guiding…

This data book is an information source for a specific state park. However, it contains principles of organization useful in other areas. The data book describes the topography and ecology of the field trip site in a first section. A second section covers the cultural history of aboriginal people who inhabited the area before white settlement. (RE)

Ethnic studies programs, initiated in the recent past, have begun to wane in popularity. There are a number of possible explanations for this phenomenon. Ethnic studies programs have encountered the following stumbling blocks when implemented: (1) inadequate teacher preparation and commitment; (2) fragmented integration with other curriculum…

Intended for special education personnel, the resource guide is designed to clarify the concept of learning disabilities, determine the nature of the data which must be collected to determine the presence or absence of learning disability, develop procedures for collecting the data, and interpret the data. Initial sections address P.L. 94-142 (the…

This guide is designed to assist elementary school teachers in developing sequential drug education activities for infusion into the general curriculum, particularly in the communicative arts areas. The scope of the materials encompasses health habits, drug use and abuse, drug laws, and treatment/rehabilitation in specific sections entitled…

This manual is designed to assist teachers in integrating the theme of the Bicentennial into all subject areas. Most of the activities and materials described in this unit relate to the outdoors. The manual deals with activities under the three categories of interest in the Bicentennial celebration: (1) Heritage USA - the people, places, and…

This guide is intended to be a source of ideas for outdoor learning activities appropriate for youngsters in elementary, middle, and junior high schools. It may also be useful for those who work with children primarily in outdoor settings. Decisions as to which activities are appropriate for particular age levels are left to the teacher. Each…

The Reading Improvement Through Art (RITA) program, an interdisciplinary approach to remedial reading that combines reading and visual arts activities, was evaluated in nine New York City high schools. A total of 240 students participating in the program were pre and posttested during the fall 1975 and spring 1976 semesters. The results of this…