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MERRIHEW, JAMES L. – 1963
IDENTIFICATION OF MENTALLY GIFTED STUDENTS WAS BASED ON A SCORE OF 130 OR ABOVE ON THE REVISED STANFORD-BINET SCALE, A SCORE AT OR ABOVE THE 98TH PERCENTILE ON A GROUP TEST OF MENTAL ABILITY AND ON A STANDARDIZED TEST OF READING OR MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT, AND THE JUDGMENTS OF TEACHERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. GIFTED CHILDREN…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Gifted
DONAHOE, THOMAS J.; MARTIN G. – 1964
A DESCRIPTION OF AN ASSEMBLY PROGRAM FOR SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS WHICH FOCUSES ON AREAS OF GOVERNMENT THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT STUDENTS IS PRESENTED. STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF THE 85 SIXTH GRADE CLASSES IN THE CITY WERE ASKED TO SUGGEST TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THEM IN THE AREA OF "OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR GOVERNMENT." THESE SUGGESTIONS WERE INCORPORATED INTO A…
Descriptors: Assembly Programs, Cultural Differences, Discussion, Government Role
Yadkin Valley Economic Development District, Inc., Walnut Cove, NC. – 1976
This report describes an experimental project to provide alternative employment and vocational training programs to talented disadvantaged young persons. The target audience for the project was disadvantaged youths with exceptional learning abilities, i.e., youths who were unemployed or underemployed and who needed basic and remedial education to…
Descriptors: Career Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Guidance
Download full textMurton, Bonnie J. – 1966
This report, the second part of a three-phase study on student mobility, operating under local funds and a government grant, was undertaken to obtain information on some of the educational and social factors associated with high and low student mobility. All sixth-grade children from low-income families in Minneapolis inner-city schools were…
Descriptors: Delinquency Causes, Delinquency Prevention, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Experience
Singer, Steven; And Others – 1976
Presented are the results of a survey of secondary school programs for educable mentally handicapped (EMH) students, representing the completion of stage 2 of the community level of the Social Learning Curriculum--the Problem-Oriented Social-Vocational Adaptation Program. Among the findings presented are the following: 1) very few programs…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Curriculum, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Bolton, Mary G. – 1975
A six-week course titled "You Too Can Return to College" at the University of California at Davis is designed to assist adult women reentering college. Returning women were found to be lacking in confidence, had low self-expectations, and needed specialized counseling. The reassessment course is offered through the Extension Division of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Counseling, Course Descriptions
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. – 1970
Chapter I discusses the purpose and rationale for a comprehensive study of the Upward Bound Program and presents the study design and methodology. Chapter II presents a summary of the findings on student characteristics and program achievement and on program administration and other areas, and the recommendations. Chapter III presents the history…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Attendance, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Bowers, John – 1970
Factor structures and first semester grade point average validities for several college ability test scores are compared for regularly admitted freshmen and for freshmen admitted to the Special Educational Opportunities Program (SEOP) at the University of Illinois in September, 1968. Most students in the special program were Negro, averaged much…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Black Students
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1971
The first section of this document relates information useful to high school students who are interested in going to college, such as the reasons for going or not going, applying for admission, and financial aid. This section also includes titles of other related books. Section 2 lists colleges by state that have many black students. Section 3…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Admission, College Bound Students, Directories
Klingelhofer, Edwin L. – 1970
The College Opportunity Grant (COG) program was established by the California legislature in 1968 and was intended to provide monetary grants to financially needy students, primarily from ethnic minorities, to assist them while attending college. This paper contains: (1) a side-by-side description of the characteristics of the 1969 and 1970…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Attendance, College Bound Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Maine State Dept. of Education, Augusta. – 1969
The Maine Department of Education assumed the responsibility for the education of Indian children living on Indian reservations on July 1, 1966. This report provides information on the present status of the program. Information is provided on number of schools, school enrollment for the 1969-1970 school year, characteristics of the teaching staff,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Improvement, Enrollment, Federal Aid
Klingelhofer, E. – 1971
Program 10 of the Center for Research and Development in Higher Education is a broadly based program of research into the dynamics of the absorption of "new students," here defined as students who formerly did not continue their education beyond high school into post-secondary education. The program will attempt to develop answers to the following…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Rosner, Benjamin – 1970
This paper presents the history of the open admissions policy at The City University of New York (CUNY). Discussed are: (1) the founding of the University and its early admission policies; (2) the demand for and implementation of the open admission policy, which means a probable freshman class of 36,000 in the fall of 1971, with an increase of…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Freshmen, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1971
This report includes the papers presented at the Colluquium and the responses to these papers. The papers dealt primarily with the most critical and urgent problems involved in equalizing opportunity for the minority/poverty groups in the United States and include: "Educational Opportunity and the Organization of Higher Education," by Warren W.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Day Care and Child Development Council of America, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1971
The purpose of this guide is to give individuals, community groups, and other organizations a checklist of important points that must be considered in day care program planning if quality services are to be established for children and families. The guide provides information concerning the preliminary steps needed to establish a day care program;…
Descriptors: Day Care, Educational Programs, Home Programs, Infants
