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Fox, Robert S., Ed. – 1956
Educators' main concern in 1956 is with teaching in small communities rather than exclusively with teaching in one-teacher schools. The modern rural school is likely to be one which serves an entire community, usually including a hamlet, village, or small-town center and the surrounding open country area. Yet, the school tends to be small (about…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Environment, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Peterson, M. F. – 1969
A study made to identify the critical educational needs of the State of North Dakota is presented in the six chapters of this report and its appendixes. Chapter I, Introduction, discusses historical considerations and provides an overview of the report. Chapter II contains a comprehensive but concise description of the technical procedures…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Educational Needs, Educational Research
Ruddell, Robert B.; Williams, Arthur C. – 1972
The basic purpose of Project DELTA (Developing Excellence in Literacy Teaching Abilities) was to design, implement, and evaluate an inservice professional development model to enhance literacy teaching abilities, thereby effecting substantial impact on children's reading-language achievement. Five instructional strands were developed: (1) oral and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Decoding (Reading), Inservice Teacher Education
Warner, Donna D.; And Others – 1972
This manual describes procedures for collecting, recording, and reporting in a uniform, timely manner critical information necessary to the making of key management decisions for parent child centers as well as for the parent child center program. The first section describes recommended data collection and recordkeeping procedures for such…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Data Collection, Data Processing, Decision Making
Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1973
The objectives of this volume are to present the National Data Coordinator with an overview of the document input-output relationships, explain data validation and processing procedures required to produce the Quarterly Management Reports from input documents submitted by the Parent Child Centers (PCC's), and to specify system resource…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Data Collection, Data Processing, Decision Making
Center for the Study of Public Policy, Cambridge, MA. – 1970
The contents of this document are organized in nine chapters. Chapter One is "An Overview." Chapter Two presents "Seven Alternative Economic Models." Chapter Three discusses "Matching Pupils to Schools." Chapter Four compares "Vouchers and Other State Plans for Aiding Private Schools." Chapter Five describes "The Demonstration Project:…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Administration, Educational Economics
Gadway, Charles J., Ed. – 1973
This document reports the results for the second year assessment (reading and literature) by theme. The reading themes represent both a variety of reading materials and the variety of behaviors these materials require. The themes were developed by members of the National Assessment staff and reading specialists to cluster the reading exercises…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Critical Reading, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Syracuse Univ., NY. – 1973
This report traces the Syracuse University Curriculum Development Institute through its activities during the 1972-73 academic year. It reflects the field work accomplished in the North Syracuse School District by, and the Syracuse University campus activities of, the five interns involved. The text first covers participant selection procedures,…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Classroom Observation Techniques, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Design
McKinlay, Bruce; Adams, Daniel – 1971
The Occupational Information Access System (OIAS) improves the accessibility of occupational labor market information for career planning. Its operation at Churchill High School is evaluated from several angels: the likes and dislikes of users; the effect of OIAS on users' knowledge of occupational information and on their career plans; why other…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness
UEC, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1971
UEC-Educational Day-Care Systems provide the first comprehensive program of early childhood education and day-care designed especially to strengthen the role of the family in helping the children prepare for success in life. The educational components are based on more than 150,000 observations of children by learning specialists and parents.…
Descriptors: Child Development Specialists, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Family Attitudes
St. John, Nancy H. – 1971
The aim of the study was a search for factors influencing the achievement of black and white elementary pupils in urban schools of varying racial and social class composition. Key variables tested include school racial composition (current and cumulative), school social observers, and the interracial friendliness of classmates as evidenced by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Classroom Desegregation, Classroom Environment
Haavelsrud, Magnus – 1971
Because of increased concern with political socialization, a study was designed to determine the sources high school students used in acquiring certain international orientations, specifically on peace and war. Subjects filled out a questionnaire on their beliefs and indicated what sources they thought had most influenced their thinking on these…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Beliefs, Concept Formation, Family Influence
National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children, New York, NY. – 1971
Findings and recommendations growing from a 1-year study of the status of education for the children of migratory farm workers are presented. The major focus of this Ford Foundation study is an evaluation of programs financed through special Federal migrant education funds authorized by Congress in a 1966 amendment to Title I of the Elementary and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Educational Quality, Employed Parents, Expenditures
Archambo, Judith P.; Briscoe, May E. – 1970
The 1968-69 evaluation of Kentucky's Rural Child Care Project had 5 major objectives: to assess the relationship between a child's attendance in a Child Development Center and his subsequent intellectual performance and academic achievement in elementary school; to evaluate the impact of changes in the Child Development Program itself on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Curriculum Development, Family Involvement
Summers, Edward G.; And Others – 1971
A total of 42 selected publications, dating from 1948 to 1970, are collated and organized under 15 broad categories in this guide to useful materials related to secondary reading. The materials include texts, books, yearbooks, monographs, bibliographies, and a comprehensive research index. The fifteen categories are (1) the nature of reading…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Indexes, Parent Role, Reading Development
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