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Russell, Christina A.; Reisner, Elizabeth A.; Pearson, Lee M.; Afolabi, Kolajo P.; Miller, Tiffany D.; Mielke, Monica B. – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2006
The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) launched services under its Out-of-School Time (OST) Programs for Youth in September 2005, with the award of funds to support more than 500 programs across New York City. Together, DYCD and the city's nonprofit community, working closely with the New York City Department of…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Program Implementation, Politics of Education, Employed Parents
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1994
This document is designed to assist teachers and other school personnel in the planning and teaching of the sixth grade mathematics course. Contents include: (1) Overview of Grade 6 Mathematics (mission statement, purpose and philosophy, goals, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics, and uses…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Grade 6, Homework, Intermediate Grades
Harrison, Ina Sue – 1995
This practicum was designed to improve communication practices among teachers and between teachers and parents in an elementary school. An emphasis was placed on utilizing the writing skills of students to link teachers and parents through a communication partnership. The partnership was accomplished through the expansion of the student reading…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Robinson, Cheryl – 1994
This report describes a program for improving the completion of homework assignments in a seventh-grade mathematics classroom in a large middle school in Rockford (Illinois). The problem of missing homework was noted by the mathematics teacher and confirmed by the other teachers on the seventh-grade team. Analysis of the probable-cause data…
Descriptors: Experience, Grade 7, Grades (Scholastic), Homework
Taylor, Barbara Lynn – 1995
Intended for parent educators, this facilitator's guide outlines a parent workshop on helping children with homework. The guide first presents a framework for both a 1-hour and 2-hour workshop, based on a companion video. The remainder of the guide corresponds to the video, presenting suggestions for discussion prior to and after viewing the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Audiovisual Aids, Child Rearing, Children
Ostrander, Laura R. – 1996
While teachers traditionally have been evaluated by school administrators, the call for multiple and variable lines of evidence in teacher evaluation has had many proponents. To evaluate the use of multiple judges, teacher ratings from four judges using a common evaluation instrument were compared for 93 teachers from grades three and above.…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Lee, Fong-lok; Heyworth, Rex M. – 1997
The Electronic Homework assistant system is composed of two components: the Computer Tutor and the Homework Administrator. The Computer Tutor is an intelligent tutoring system that can provide personal assistance like supplying hints, checking errors, providing remediation and prioritizing problems. The Homework Administrator is a teacher's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assignments, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design
Curtin, Jolinda – 1990
The Family Kindergarten program designed and pilot tested by a bilingual kindergarten teacher at Garretson Elementary School in Corona, California, is described. Based on the premise that parents are the most important and influential educators of children, Family Kindergarten was conceived as an evening class that includes parents and children…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Evening Programs, Family Involvement, Homework
Warton, Pamela M. – 1993
This study investigated children's practices and ideas or perceptions about self-regulation for two particular aspects of schoolwork: completing homework and learning for a class test. Subjects were 86 Anglo children (ages 7, 9, and 11) who were interviewed about their practices and ideas concerning homework completion and test preparation.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
Fraser, Lowrie A. – 1991
The Chapter I Take-Home Computer (THC) program was established in nine elementary and eight middle schools in Atlanta (Georgia) in the 1989-90 school year. One hundred and eighty computers were sent home with 422 students, whose parents were willing to work with the students, for 6-week periods. Log sheets were kept by each child regarding the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Alleman, Janet; Brophy, Jere – 1991
This occasional paper views homework as an opportunity to exploit the potential of outside resources and environments to complement in-school learning opportunities. Out-of-school learning opportunities are considered in the context of principles for planning and implementing learning activities. These principles involve: (1) goal relevance,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Attitude Change, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education
Steel, Lauri; Schubert, Jane G. – 1983
The effectiveness of Upward Bound (UB), a federally funded program to assist high-ability disadvantaged youth in completing programs in higher education, is addressed in this study. The study sought to determine if participation in UB enhances high school performance and participation in postsecondary education, especially in comparison to non-UB…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1990
Project PRIDE (Providing Resources and Information Designed to Educate) is an after school tutorial program for approximately 70 grade 7 to 9 Hispanic junior high school students attending the School District of the City of Saginaw. The project is intended to provide an after school center for help with school work. The instructional goals include…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dropout Prevention, Hispanic Americans
Gregory, James F. – 1986
In the High School and Beyond (HSB) study, data on over 58,000 American tenth and twelfth graders were collected. The current study performed secondary analyses on three special needs groups from the public school data set: 1200 hearing impaired students, 767 speech disabled students, and 1249 learning disabled students. Disabled students were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delinquency, Emotional Adjustment, Hearing Impairments
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1985
This guide to designing an effective second language instructional program in the public schools provides parents, community leaders, and school personnel with practical guidelines for reviewing current foreign language instructional programs and for introducing changes in the curriculum that are in line with the emphasis on communication. An…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
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