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Download full textRobertson, Anne S. – 1997
Each year, many teachers face the problem of where to place children who do not fit into the rest of the class. Retention is an option that is frequently considered for these children. Children considered for retention often have poor academic skills, are small in stature or the youngest in the grade, have moved or been absent frequently, do…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Educational Change, Grade Repetition, High Risk Students
Peterson's Guides, Inc., Princeton, NJ. – 1995
This directory lists high school, college, and graduate study-at-home opportunities, including extensive information about external degree and certificate programs offered by accredited institutions that participate in the National University Continuing Education Association programs. An introductory section, which explains what independent study…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Correspondence Schools, Correspondence Study, Distance Education
Livieratos, Barbara B.; Frank, Jean M. – 1992
Howard Community College (HCC), in Maryland, surveyed telecourses and Weekend College (WC) students to collect information on their characteristics and satisfaction. Surveys were conducted for each set of students, obtaining a 34% response rate (n=109) among telecourse students and a 47% response rate (n=75) among weekend students. Results of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Distance Education
Freidus, Helen – 1994
By examining the role of supervision in the induction process of second career teachers, this study provides a new lens both for examining the career transition of second career teachers and for viewing the role of instructional supervision. Using case study methodology, the transitions of three cohorts (N=38) of participants in a teacher…
Descriptors: Career Change, Case Studies, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education
Kennedy, Rosa – 1993
This case study of a biracial student who was actually pushed out from the regular school system focuses on the student's perceived reality. The theory supporting the study is Labeling Theory, which asserts that the way in which a student is labeled is dependent on the social context of the student. The subject, a biracial 14-year-old in an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
Burgett, Maxine – 1993
In an attempt to better serve the diverse educational needs of both traditional and non-traditional college students, a self-directed learning process plan was implemented in two community college early childhood education classes. The process began with an informal introductory meeting between instructor and students, followed by individual…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Early Childhood Education, Education Courses, Educational Needs
O'Brien, Catherine – 1996
Tilonia, a typical rural village of the State of Rajasthan (India), is home to the Social Work and Research Centre (SWRC). Since 1972, SWRC has brought educational services, safe drinking water, health care, and employment to villages in the area. It has started 150 night schools in 89 villages, where children who work during the day develop…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Action, Community Development, Democratic Values
Robinson, Chris, Ed.; Thomson, Peter, Ed. – 1998
This volume synthesizes contemporary vocational education and training (VET) research reports and papers published in Australia in recent years. "An Overview of the Research and Evaluation Effort in VET" (Chris Robinson, Peter Thomson) introduces and discusses the 12 reviews of VET research literature. "Learning in the…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Economic Impact
Wheelock, Anne – 1992
This book examines the effects of tracking on public education, makes a case for "untracking" as a key education reform, and describes successful untracking efforts. Tracking is an educational practice that groups children of similar abilities and achievement levels together into homogeneous groups. "Untracking" is the process…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Curriculum Development, Diversity (Student), Educational Change
Smith, J. Lea; And Others – 1992
In 1988 the Kentucky Supreme Court upheld a previous decision that the state public education system had failed to provide an efficient system of common schools. The Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA, 1990) came from this decision. This paper reviews the restructuring of a primary school under the KERA, focusing on one collaborative effort…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Sweet, David; Zimmermann, Jacquelyn, Ed. – 1993
Portfolios, collections of student work representing a selection of performance, are being used in classrooms today in the tradition of the visual and performing arts in which they serve to showcase a student's best pieces and the student's evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the pieces. Portfolios are useful as a support to new…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students
Detroit Mercy Univ., MI. – 1993
In late 1990 the University of Detroit consolidated with Mercy College of Detroit to form a new university. The current grant was awarded to fund network membership costs for the DALNET Detroit area library consortium, OPAC (online public access catalog), circulation, and serials implementation at the university's new nontraditional adult student…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Libraries, Expenditures, Federal Aid
Kansas Library Network Board, Topeka. – 1993
The Kansas Library Network Board (KLNB) appointed a Distance Learning Committee to investigate the possibilities for more effective cooperative arrangements between institutions sponsoring distance learning classes and local libraries. This document contains two sets of recommendations to the KLNB. The first set describes how the KLNB might assist…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Cooperative Planning
Zhang, Quahwu – 1992
This study tested M. Deutsch's theory of cooperation and conflict resolution using an intervention project at an inner city alternative high school in New York City. The study was designed to test the theory by confirmatory structural modeling and by evaluating the intervention. The procedure involved a pre- and post-test procedure administered…
Descriptors: Blacks, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Learning, Doctoral Dissertations
Zuniga, Robin Etter; Johnstone, Sally M. – 1994
This paper examines the design and findings of a survey of 31 faculty and 550 students participating in 7 Annenberg/CPE New Pathways to a Degree electronic learning projects. Each project was selected because it proposed innovative ways to use technology to create new educational opportunities for "new majority learners" (students unable…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change
