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Long Beach City Coll., CA. – 1973
To obtain information concerning current practices in placing community college students in English Composition courses, a two-page questionnaire was mailed to each of California's 93 community colleges; replies were received from 62. Summaries of the replies are provided in seven tables. Observations resulting from the survey data include the…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Educational Practices, Educational Testing
Moody, Charles D., Ed.; And Others – 1972
The Program for Educational Opportunity, an institute based at the University of Michigan and established by the Office of Education pursuant to Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, is designed to assist school districts in the process of desegregation. The Program annually conducts a series of conferences. The Conference on The Personnel…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Control, Desegregation Effects, Minority Group Teachers
Ueno, Tatsumi – Japanese Journal of Educational Research, 1969
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of an article on preschool education. The author's first point is that early childhood education should be run separately from elementary education. It is true that the education of five year olds forms part of elementary education and is so practiced in the USA and the UK,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Age Grade Placement, Age Groups, Early Childhood Education
Regier, Herold G. – 1972
The NEA reports that a gross oversupply of teachers currently exists and is likely to become worse in the future. This publication attempts to (1) assess the teacher supply and demand situation, (2) look at related conditions that have influenced this situation, and (3) make suggestions for changes. Many qualified teachers are without jobs --…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Differentiated Staffs, Early Childhood Education, Faculty Mobility
Van Arsdale, Peter W.; And Others – 1970
Relationships between Modern Language Aptitude (MLA) test scores and grades for French, German, and Spanish were determined. Analyses within courses 01, 05, 06, 07, and 11 were conducted. Successful and unsuccessful students and their MLA scores were identified in each course. Results indicated that placement was generally more successful in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Language Programs, College Students
Miller, Theresa M. – 1972
New York City high school graduates, regardless of previous academic history, were eligible for admission to one of the free city colleges in September 1970. That free college costs a lot more money than free high school is part of the problem with which the new student population had to cope under Open Admissions. For some students the…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Freshmen, College Preparation, College Students
Primoff, Ernest S. – 1968
This paper concerns two features of a project on the assessment of job potential: the J-Coefficient, and the J-Scale. The J-Coefficient is a means of determining the validity of a test for a position on the basis of (1) the Beta Weights for predicting test scores from a set of elements and (2) estimates of importance of each element in the…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Evaluation Methods
Turim, Jay; And Others – 1972
The study was designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the Public Service Careers (PSC) Program, based on data collected from a number of the earliest projects at two points in time over a period of approximately a year. Volume 2 (of three) presents the data from the second, or follow-up, round of interviews with PSC project staff…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Disadvantaged, Employment
DePetro, Henry – 1972
Planned as a cooperative program between Aims College and a local school district, the exemplary program Operation Bridge will represent a comprehensive approach to the vocational needs of disadvantaged youths with a program aimed mainly toward Chicano youths from economically underprivileged families. Project features are to include: (1)…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Education, Cooperative Programs
Chapman, David; And Others – 1976
Project Advance is a cooperative program between Syracuse University and New York State school districts. Selected courses, developed and implemented in the university by cooperating academic departments and the Center for Instructional Development, are piloted on campus and then offered for both high school and university credit in participating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission (School), Advanced Placement Programs, College Freshmen
Calcasieu Parish School System, Lake Charles, LA. – 1976
Provided is information on the activities and curriculum of the SPARK (Seeking Purposeful, Analytic, Realistic Knowledge) Primary Gifted Program in Calcasieu Parish (Louisiana). The first major section of the document includes brief segments on the program's philosophy and rationale, definition of gifted and talented youth, identifying…
Descriptors: Activities, Community Role, Curriculum Guides, Gifted
Tainton, Barry E.; Turner, Terence J. – 1976
Data from research conducted by the Department of Education, Queensland, shows that over 90% of the state's teachers support an entirely voluntary system of transfer, 68% favor obligatory transfer for positions that cannot be filled by volunteers, and 45% support a completely compulsory scheme of teacher transfer. A sample of 957 teachers were…
Descriptors: Educational Problems, Faculty Mobility, Foreign Countries, Incentives
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And Others; Bach, Carole Ann – Nursing Outlook, 1979
Positive and negative aspects of assigning faculty in nursing specialties to teach foundations or basic nursing skills courses are discussed. Students' reactions to nursing specialists' instruction are also examined. Recommendations are made for duplicating the positive outcomes of a multidisciplinary faculty mix. (MF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Clinical Experience, Core Curriculum, Integrated Curriculum
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Green, Fiona; Bayley, John – British Journal of Special Education, 1987
The article describes activities of two education guidance centers in England providing short-term help to behavior disordered students ages 3-15. Program features include classroom-based intervention, individual and group therapy, interim special class placement, and work with families. Assessment and intervention practices are summarized, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
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Hickman, Julia A.; Reynolds, Cecil R. – Journal of Special Education, 1987
A study involving the construction and administration of Black and White intelligence test forms to 386 Blacks and 386 Whites indicated that Blacks did not perform significantly better on the Black test form, suggesting differences in Black special education placement rates are not affected by underrepresentation in the test development group.…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Intelligence Tests, Item Analysis, Minority Groups
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