The task of setting up and administering educational programs for the American Indian has been fraught with seemingly insurmountable problems and inbuilt frustrations for both the Indian population and the Federal Government. Many programs are now under way to increase Indian control of Indian affairs, including their own educational institutions.…

Dropouts are considered to deviate from the following norms: maintaining certain levels of performance in school work; submitting to the requirements of classroom and school management; abiding by the moral codes of schools; conforming to peer group expectations; and seeking to move into the cultural mainstream of middle class white America. The…

The present paper considers critical factors in the experience of young people that need to be taken into account in order to understand them and to develop prevention programs. Drawing on research and the literature on socialization, social psychology, and drug abuse, an ethnographically informed social context model of the actor is developed and…

This study attempted to determine if 3-year-old low socioeconomic status children possessed a generalizable concept of circle/round, and examined two methods of teaching to those children who did not already possess it. Twenty 3-year-old children were first presented with training sets consisting of 12 pairs of stimuli: six pairs of objects…

The author maintains that IQ testing developed in a political context and still serves to descriminate against minority group gifted children; he suggests a method of identifying potentially gifted disadvantaged children by using culturally familiar experiences. The discriminatory aspects of intelligence testing are evidenced by quotes from L.…

Twelve annotations from the ERIC system are intended to give the practicing educator easy access to recent and useful information on the needs assessment process. (MLF)

This research was based upon the rationale that occupational information is an educational essential. The subjects were Occupational Work Experience (OWE) students who were randomly assigned to individual guidance from either a computerized occupational information systems, a counselor-based information system, or to a control group. The groups…

This second updated search of the ERIC system, "Dissertation Abstracts," and the journal literature yielded 76 documents which present guidance and counseling practices for particular use with minority and other disadvantaged elementary and secondary school students. (CJ)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate both the relative effectiveness of different instructional personnel and the effect of differences in group size upon oral language acquisition for educationally disadvantaged first grade children. Involved in the treatment program were 23 classes in eight schools, all serving lower class areas of a…

The Integrated Career Development Curriculum Project was designed to improve career preparation opportunities for youth who attend small, rural schools by developing a curriculum for grades 9 through 12 that would enhance career opportunities for these youth. The rationale and specifications for the project were discussed in terms of basic…

This directory of instructional materials is designed for use by vocational education teachers of the disadvantaged or handicapped student. Representing a number of sources and a variety of approaches to curricular materials for students with special needs, this listing covers 24 topics, from individualized curriculums to instructional support…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 1650 disadvantaged students in grades three through seven at ten elementary schools and three middle schools. Reading centers in the elementary and middle schools are designed to give intensive individualized instruction in basic reading skills. Students at least one year…

This document, containing several papers, reports on the evolution of a workshop model which deals with the development of techniques, principles, and intervention programs for disadvantaged children and youth. School psychologists, teachers, supervisors, and administrators who attended three summer institutes and two followup programs were…

Three facets of literacy measurement were examined in this study: the assessment of functional literacy with an instrument designed to reflect practical reading tasks; the effect of mode of test administration on literacy; and the relationship of literacy to sex, schooling, and traditional measures of reading. Subjects were 626 young adults…

Assessed is the functioning of the Metropolitan Child Advocacy Committee established by the Oregon State Children's Services Division to provide evaluative and arbitrative services for children who did not fit easily into the normal social service framework. Case studies of two disturbed children whose cases came before the committee are…