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Download full textRose, Lea Williams – Academy for Educational Development, 2006
As part of a national Middle Start initiative led by the Academy for Educational Development (AED), Mid South Middle Start is committed to working with high-poverty schools in the Mid South Delta region to build their capacity to foster students' academic excellence, support the development of young adolescents, and achieve social equity in…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Development, Block Scheduling, Teacher Effectiveness
Lopilato, Louis – 1995
The final report on a Mercy College (New York) program of mathematics and vocational English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction for limited-English-proficient workers in a manufacturing company is presented. The report consists of documentary materials, and is organized according to the five chronological terms in which the program operated,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Georgiady, Nicholas P.; Romano, Louis G. – 1994
This booklet is designed to help middle school students and their parents analyze student study habits, plan a study schedule, organize a place to study, and actually study their subjects. Students and parents should analyze a typical day's activities to see how the student spends his or her time, using a chart to see how each hourly (or…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary School Students, Home Study, Intermediate Grades
Lai, Fung-kuen Eva – 1994
A study investigated the attitudes of Hong Kong English-as-a-Second-Language teachers concerning English language teaching problems in that context. The study was prompted by perceptions of declining interest in use of English, less frequent requirement of English skills for employment, increased use of colloquial Cantonese in social contexts, and…
Descriptors: Class Size, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Meara, Paul – 1995
Results of a survey of college and university students of modern languages in Great Britain are presented in three separate reports. The first concerns current classroom practice in language teaching, including how students spend their time on language-related activities (e.g., attending lectures in a foreign language, doing translations, using a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Course Content, Educational Needs
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1991
This handbook is designed to help further education colleges in Great Britain plan for those changes that will make them more flexible and learner centered. Section 1 describes the process according to which content is organized. The Current Profile Checklist in Section 2 can be used to obtain a profile of the college's flexibility and learner…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, College Admission, Distance Education
Lang, Kathy J.; Bielejeski, Ruth – 1998
The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University (Minnesota), two coordinate, liberal arts colleges, have implemented a cost-effective student information technology (IT) support system. Project IMPACT (Implementing Academic Technology), a 5-year, $10 million plan to upgrade the technology for student and faculty use, was implemented in…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Centers, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Book, Leon C. – 1984
An innovative, flexible scheduling technique for advanced levels of a foreign language program is described. The technique, predicated on individualized pacing and continuous progress, is generalizable to all elective programs, and offers a workable solution to satisfy the enrollment "numbers game" and to lend breadth and depth to the curricula of…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Declining Enrollment, Elective Courses, Financial Problems
Peer reviewedBerger, Neal H.; And Others – Florida Journal of Educational Research, 1986
Between 1983 and 1985, the Florida Legislature enacted legislation that increased the credits required for high school graduation and redefined the closely related length and configuration of the school day. Members of the Superintendent's Task Force on the Seventh Period/Extended School Day, members and staff of the legislature's education and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Educational Legislation
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1981
Profiles of 14 educational programs and products are presented which focus on competency- and goal-based education. Each report contains a description of the background, goals, and methods of the program or product, as well as the address of a contact person. The programs described are: (1) Project Write, designed to improve composition skills of…
Descriptors: Administration, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Continuous Progress Plan
Stennett, R. G.; Earl, L. M. – 1984
A study assessing the instructional effects of increasing core French instruction in grade 8 from 20 to 40 minutes daily looks at students' acquisition of language skills, attitudes, and cultural awareness. A random sample of two groups of 150 students was chosen and the groups were administered different tests. Subjects were chosen randomly from…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, French, Grade 6
Sigurdson, Sol E., Ed.; And Others – 1981
This manual illustrates an interdisciplinary team approach to teaching four academic subjects for seventh grade students. Eight interdisciplinary units are presented that were developed by teachers around two or more of the following subject areas: language arts, social studies, science, and mathematics. An introduction to the Block Plan, as it…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Experimental Programs, Flexible Scheduling
Wood, Peter H.; Wood, Jane H. – 1979
In a survey of student opinions of advisement, variations of a questionnaire were sent to a random sample of students and given to a random sample of students in classes. Analysis of the data from 519 respondents showed advisor functions to be ranked in this order of importance: (1) assisting with course choice and scheduling; (2) assistance with…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Environment, College Faculty, Courses
Koch, Gail – 1980
This descriptive report examines the efforts of a faculty team at the University of Minnesota's General College to revise an interdisciplinary general education course on conflict and change so that it would meet the unique educational needs of adult, non-traditional students. The report first describes a proposed course delivery format designed…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Course Organization
BOHRSON, RALPH G.; GANN, ELBIE L. – 1963
NECESSARILY EXISTENT RURAL SCHOOLS ARE DEFINED AS THOSE WHOSE STUDENT BODY IS LIMITED DUE TO EXTREMES OF DISTANCE, TERRAIN, CLIMATE, OR SPARSE POPULATION. DOCUMENTED REPORTS OF PROJECTS COMPLETED AND IN PROGRESS POINT OUT THE FOLLOWING PROMISING PRACTICES--NONGRADED INSTRUCTION, TEAM TEACHING, UTILIZATION OF TEACHER AIDES, MULTIPLE CLASS TEACHING,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Autoinstructional Aids, Flexible Scheduling, Nongraded Instructional Grouping
