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James, Amy – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2006
This new addition to the Knowledge Essentials series, "Kindergarten Success," shows parents how to enrich their children's classroom learning and take an active role in their kindergartners' educations by exploring: (1) What your children are learning at school and the educational standards to expect in math, language arts, science, and social…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 1, Computer Software, Thinking Skills
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1993
This publication describes a powerful system for managing students' learning and enhancing the quality of programs in British colleges of further education. The system described is for full-time students because that is the clearest way of exemplifying the practical form such a system would take. It discusses these basic principles: students need…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Continuing Education, Educational Administration, Educational Quality
Terrell, Melvin C., Ed. – 1992
This monograph offers a collection of nine papers demonstrating how the student affairs subculture in institutions of higher education can provide academic as well as managerial leadership in promoting cultural diversity and planned change. The papers are as follows: (1) "Achieving Cultural Diversity: Meeting the Challenges" by Barbara…
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Administration, College Faculty, College Students
Barry, Nancy H. – 1996
This paper reports on a study examining preservice teachers' level of comfort in working with students and colleagues of a different race, and exploring the effects of special training and field experience on their level of comfort with multicultural situations. The study involved 55 predominantly white preservice teachers enrolled in 2 different…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Ford, Donna Y. – 1996
This book focuses on the psychological, social, and cultural factors that influence the achievement of black youth who are gifted or potentially gifted, the prevention of underachievement, and appropriate interventions in cases of underachievement. The roles that families, educators, peers, and students themselves must play in promoting the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted
Appel, Morgan; And Others – 1996
This preliminary review of the research literature addresses the impact of various diversity initiatives on student learning and experiences in college. These initiatives focus on practices and programs that address access, retention, and academic success of historically underrepresented students and also on more comprehensive efforts to alter the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Change Strategies
South Dakota Board of Regents, Pierre. – 1996
This planning document for South Dakota's public universities emphasizes that the primary mission of the state's colleges and universities is to utilize available resources to provide an environment that supports students in their intellectual, cultural, and ethical development and affirms the State Board's commitment to diverse campus communities…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Faculty, College Planning, Curriculum Design
Fund for New York City Public Education. – 1996
Effective school library media centers are a cost-efficient way for schools to provide children with the sophisticated knowledge, research, and computer skills they will need for the growing demands of work and citizenship in the 21st century. The libraries' cultivation of literacy, research, and thinking skills is particularly crucial in…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Computer Literacy, Educational Finance
Sayler, Michael, Ed. – Tempo, 1996
This document consists of the four issues of "Tempo," the newsletter of the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT), published during 1996. Each issue focuses on a specific theme, such as math and science instruction, culturally diverse gifted students, parents and teachers working together, and future challenges. Articles…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Black Students, Child Advocacy, Cultural Differences
Walling, Linda Lucas, Ed. – 1996
This monograph presents 11 papers which bring together information to help administrators, faculty, and staff in institutions of higher education better understand the needs of college freshmen and other new students with disabilities, including ways to meet those needs and the legal requirements which affect decision-making about service…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Education, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), College Freshmen
Lutz, David A. – 1992
In order to evaluate the validity of outcomes assessment at two-year colleges, the American College Testing (ACT) Program developed "Project Cooperation." Institutions participating in the project administered tests and surveys to measure changes in students' cognitive abilities over time and record student feedback, and reported the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cognitive Tests, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Delisle, Deborah S.; Delisle, James R. – 1992
This paper proposes a five-step model intended to meet the needs of gifted students in the context of the mixed ability reality that most teachers in regular classrooms encounter. The model consists of five steps each of which has several components. The steps and components are: (1) acceptance (initiatives must start out small and sound to be…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment
NASSP Practitioner, 1995
Adolescents are entering middle level schools today with more sophisticated skills and a broader range of positive experiences than ever before. However, middle-school students undergo major physical, emotional, social, and cognitive changes. This publication describes the role of educators and the school in helping middle-school students develop…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Conflict Resolution, Early Adolescents, Educational Cooperation
Wagner, Ursula – 1992
This report describes findings of a study concerned with identifying environments of support to increase the participation and success of African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics, and U.S.-born Asian Americans in doctoral programs. The project found that supportive environments include: (1) aggressive and targeted recruitment efforts; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
Davie, Ann R. – 1991
This resource paper provides information about postsecondary programs for young adults with substantial learning disabilities and other special needs. The introductory section gives the characteristics of the population and components of selected educational and training programs which seem to be successful. The resource guide then provides…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship