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Echaore, Susan D. – 1982
The Science in Action series is designed to teach practical science concepts to special-needs students. It is intended to develop students' problem-solving skills by teaching them to observe, record, analyze, conclude, and predict. This document contains a student workbook which deals with basic concepts about how the earth moves and its…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Astronomy, Earth Science, Educationally Disadvantaged
Roderman, Winifred Ho; Booth, Gerald – 1984
The Science in Action series is designed to teach practical science concepts to special-needs students. It is intended to develop students' problem-solving skills by teaching them to observe, record, analyze, conclude, and predict. This document contains a student workbook which deals with basic principles of life science. Six separate units…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Animal Behavior, Animals, Biological Sciences
Friedland, Mary – 1982
The Science in Action series is designed to teach practical science concepts to special-needs students. It is intended to develop students' problem-solving skills by teaching them to observe, record, analyze, conclude, and predict. This document contains a student workbook which deals with basic principles of life science. Six separate units…
Descriptors: Biology, Botany, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Katz, Elaine; And Others – 1982
The Science in Action series is designed to teach practical science concepts to special-needs students. It is intended to develop students' problem-solving skills by teaching them to observe, record, analyze, conclude, and predict. This document contains a student workbook which deals with basic principles of physical science. Seven separate units…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Electric Circuits, Electricity, Elementary Education
Download full textHanson, Sandra L.; Ginsburg, Alan L. – 1985
This study examines effects of traditional American values, held by students, their parents, and their friends on the success of students in school and their use of out-of-school time. Students' values in this study refer to the work ethic, importance attached to education, and strength of religiosity. Indicators of parents' values are concerns…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research, Educationally Disadvantaged
Cooper, Harris M. – 1986
This paper examines the research on how student-to-instructor ratio effects influence schooling, with particular attention to how the research relates to low-achieving children. It also summarizes the conclusions of several existing reviews of literature on: the effects on schooling outcomes of class or instructional group size; and scheduled,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Committee for Economic Development, New York, NY. – 1987
One-fifth of children in the United States live in poverty and a third grow up undereducated. This is a waste of human resources and makes little economic sense. Business has an important stake in helping public schools prepare youth for the future. Business leaders, educators, and policy makers should provide early and sustained intervention in…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Community Schools, Corporate Support, Dropout Prevention
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1988
The School District of the City of Saginaw, Michigan operates a compensatory education delivery system in reading and mathematics consisting of two programs, elementary and secondary Academic Achievement (A2). The program was designed to provide direct instruction to some 2,613 students in grades one through nine. The goal of A2 was to improve the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Ana G. Mendez Educational Foundation, Rio Piedras, PR. – 1987
Through the Problem Solving and Reasoning Skills Cognitive Development Model for Severely Disadvantaged Puerto Rican College Students, the Ana G. Mendez Educational Foundation developed a model for cognitive skills development for disadvantaged, low-achieving Hispanics. The program incorporates cognitive skills into existing remedial courses in…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Basic Skills, College Curriculum, College Freshmen
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1988
This report is a summary of deliberations and strategy development at a forum focussed on the problems of youth at risk of not making a successful transition from school to adulthood. Twenty work groups came up with three priorities in dealing with the problems of at-risk youth: (1) address a child's education, social, health, and other needs…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Conferences, Cooperative Planning
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1989
The Integrated Occupational Program (IOP) was designed for students who may function a year or more behind their peers. It consists of both core and complimentary courses designed to provide for the development of essential concepts, skills and attitudes in science that will enable the student to function successfully at home, in the classroom,…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Curriculum Development, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
May, Carolyn S.; Farha, Jacquelyn L. – 1989
The early intervention strategies of the Wichita (Kansas) Public Schools Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 Prekindergarten Program made a difference in the later academic achievement of participants. The Prekindergarten program serves educationally and developmentally disadvantaged 3- and 4-year olds residing in low-income…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Developmental Disabilities
Scott, Hugh J. – 1985
As "Saving the African American Child" (the report of the Task Force on Black Academic and Cultural Excellence) emphasizes, African American educators must be aggressive in carrying out their inherent obligation to eliminate the impediments to growth and development which restrict the life chances of African Americans. Black America…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Leadership, Black Students, Civil Rights
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1987
In the Illinois public community colleges, disadvantaged student grant funds are allocated by formula, with each eligible college district receiving a basic grant of $20,000, and the remaining appropriation distributed to each district based on the number of credit hours produced in the remedial and adult basic and secondary education funding…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Testing
McMullan, Bernard J.; Snyder, Phyllis – 1987
The results of a study of school/business partnerships is reported. This privately funded national study was an assessment of collaborations attempting to increase the effectiveness of public schools. Qualitative research techniques were employed to study the components and structures of the programs and to assess student outcomes. The following…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Business, Dropout Prevention, Educational Change
