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Miller, Maria – 1978
The benefits and the role of speech communication courses in developmental education programs are examined in this paper. The first section outlines the need for a package of developmental classes that includes a course in speech communication to prepare students for college-level courses. It describes a successful developmental program for…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Alexander, Kern; And Others – 1979
The literature on research and development of programs relevant to the area of compensatory education is reviewed and summarized in this report, which was designed to provide information for the state of Florida in planning compensatory programs. The review is divided into four sections concerning administration and organization, home/school…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Compensatory Education, Educational Research
Iqbal, Shahid; Eastmond, Jefferson N. – 1977
As part of the project to universalize primary education in Pakistan by the mid-1980's, 1977 participation rates of boys and girls in rural primary schools in the Federal Capitol Territory have been determined through school mapping procedures. In three of four Territorial headquarters areas about 35% of boys and between 7% and 16% of girls attend…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Cartography
Download full textDUHON, DOROTHY D. – 1967
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A KEEN REALIZATION OF THE VALUE IN THE EDUCATION OF POTENTIALLY BILINGUAL CHILDREN HAS COME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF TWO STRONG FORCES--THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING AND THE RECOGNITION THAT BILINGUALISM CAN BE AN ASSET OR A HANDICAP DEPENDING ON THE EDUCATION THE CHILD RECEIVES IN BOTH LANGUAGES.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Attitudes, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
HAWKES, JOHN – 1967
THIS EXPERIMENT WITH 100 STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WAS CONDUCTED WITHIN THE REGULAR FRESHMAN ENGLISH PROGRAM AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY BY A GROUP OF TEACHERS WHO WERE THEMSELVES WRITERS, AND BY AN EQUAL NUMBER OF GRADUATE STUDENTS. THE AIMS OF THE EXPERIMENT WERE (1) TO TEACH WRITING, NOT THROUGH RHETORICAL TECHNIQUES, BUT THROUGH HELPING THE STUDENT…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Content, Disadvantaged Youth, English
MAYFIELD, CLIFTON E.; AND OTHERS – 1966
INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT ARE SEPARATE EVALUATIONS OF 19 PROJECTS AND FIVE SUBPROJECTS, A DESCRIPTION OF A PROGRAM TO MASS-TEST A CROSS SECTION OF PUPILS FROM TITLE I SCHOOLS, AND THE RESULTS OF AN ACROSS-PROJECT TITLE I SURVEY. SIX OF THE PROJECTS (READING PROGRAM, MODERN MATHEMATICS, SCHOOL-COMMUNITY COORDINATORS, ELEMENTARY ART, COUNSELOR AIDES)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Attitudes, Compensatory Education
HABER, ALAN – 1967
THIS ANALYSIS OF POVERTY IS PREDICATED ON THE VIEW THAT AMERICA IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SOCIAL CLASSES, THE AFFLUENT AND THE UNDERCLASS. THE "SUSTAINING CONDITIONS" WHICH RESTRICT SOCIAL MOBILITY FOR THE UNDERCLASS ARE (1) PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD THE POOR, (2) THE EFFECTS OF PREVIOUS DEPRIVATIONS, AND (3) SUCH "INTERGENERATIONAL" BARRIERS AS RACE AND…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Organizations, Disadvantaged, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
MARTYN, KENNETH A. – 1967
THIS FOLLOWUP STUDY EXAMINES THE PROGRESS OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY AND COUNTY SCHOOLS IN IMPLEMENTING THE EDUCATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT OF THE MCCONE COMMISSION, THE GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON THE LOS ANGELES RIOTS. IT PRESENTS DATA, SUPPLIED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ON DOUBLE SESSIONS AND UNUSED CLASSROOMS,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrative Problems, Class Size, Counseling
WEINTRAUB, FREDERICK J., ED. – 1968
CONCERNED WITH THE NEED FOR AND PREPARATION OF PERSONNEL IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS FOCUS ON THE EDUCATION PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT ACT (EPDA, PUBLIC LAW 90-35) AND THE OPPORTUNITIES IT PROVIDES. JAMES J. GALLAGHER, ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF EDUCATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED, DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS TO BE MET IN…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Conference Reports, Coordination, Disabilities
TANAKA, IRWIN I.; AND OTHERS – 1968
THE LEGISLATIVE DRIVE IN HAWAII TO PROVIDE EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED THE IMPETUS FOR THIS STUDY. INCLUDED HERE ARE--(1) A PROBLEM STATEMENT AND DEFINITIONS, (2) THE STUDY'S APPROACH, (3) PROCEDURES AND LIMITATIONS, (4) METHODS AND CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING CULTURAL DEPRIVATION, AND (5) SELECTED REVIEWS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs
Frank, Virginia – 1968
This publication reports the content and proceedings of a conference at which curriculum planners and designers and academic specialists and generalists met with representatives of eight disadvantaged American minority groups to examine the relationships between curriculum change and better education for disadvantaged children. The body of the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Youth, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development
National Planning Association, Washington, DC. – 1968
Six working papers written as part of the National Planning Association's pilot study of the implications of economic and social change for educational policy in the 1970's and 1980's make up this volume. Attention is directed toward current and future social and economic challenges to education and the potential responses of the educational…
Descriptors: Black Education, Economic Change, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Florida Univ., Gainesville. Coll. of Education. – 1968
A two-week summer training workshop will be conducted as the first step in a year-long relationship between six local communities (Providence, R.I.; Richmond, Va.; Jonesboro, Ark.; Lac du Flambeau, Wis.; Yakima, Wash.; Jacksonville, Fla.) and the University of Florida, Gainesville. (Each will use the Florida Parent Education Model--see SP 002…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, College School Cooperation, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Detroit Public Schools, MI.
PROPOSED IS A 5-YEAR EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR CULTURALLY DIFFERENT PUPILS IN SEVERAL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONE AREA WITH A RELATIVELY STABLE POPULATION OF VARIED NATIONAL GROUPS AND IN ANOTHER WHICH IS PRIMARILY LOWER-CLASS AND TRANSIENT. THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES INVOLVE INSERVICE EDUCATION FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS, GUIDANCE,…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement, Elementary Schools
KERR, FRANCES M.; RUSSELL, VALERIE E. – 1967
THE THIRD SUMMER (1967) OF THE MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE RESIDENTIAL SUMMER PROGRAM FOR ABLE, DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS IS DESCRIBED. BECAUSE OF A DRASTIC CUT IN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS, THE PROGRAM WAS FORCED TO CHANGE FROM ITS ORIGINAL PLAN TO PREPARE THESE GIRLS FOR ADMISSION TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS. INSTEAD, THE PROGRAM OFFERED COLLEGE PREPARATION AND…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Environment, College Preparation, Data
