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Briere, Eugene J.; Brown, Richard H. – 1971
This paper describes the activities to develop norms for the interpretation of tests designed to indicate proficiency in English for Amerindian children attending grades 3 through 6 in the Bureau of Indian Affairs' schools. The objectives of the test battery are described. The first is to identify the Amerindian child who needs special training in…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Educational Diagnosis
Biedermann, Konrad; And Others – 1966
The objectives of this study include the development of (1) guides for the planning and the remodeling of new school kitchens and lunchroom facilities and (2) standards of labor utilization for three sizes of cafeterias. The data reflect the results of over six weeks of observation and measurement of operations in various school kitchens,…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Design Requirements, Equipment Standards, Facility Planning
Alward, Keith R. – 1975
This unit of the Flexible Learning System (FLS), the first of a 3-volume series on children's thinking, discusses the development of classification in children between 3 and 8 years of age. The series is based on the application of Jean Piaget's work to early childhood education. The development of classification is revealed in the way children…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1986
Describes seven library media activities: "Mathematics: What's After the Decimal Point?"; "Music: Melody"; "Physical Education: Rope Climbing in Past and Present Jobs"; "Reading/Language Arts: Fantasy Themes"; "Re-Telling African Folktales"; "Social Studies: Famous People of the Westward…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Database Management Systems, Dewey Decimal Classification, Elementary Education
Clark, Cynthia D., Comp.; Horn, Judy, Comp. – 1998
This survey examined whether recent changes in the accessibility of bibliographic records and electronic access has led to an emerging pattern in the way that documents are organized into four areas: (1) general questions; (2) technical services; (3) collections and public services; and (4) changes in the organization of documents service.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Records, Change
Maamouri, Mohamed – 1998
There is a growing awareness among some Arab education specialists that the low levels of educational achievement and high illiteracy and low literacy rates in most Arab countries are directly related to the complexities of the standard Arabic language used in formal schooling and non-formal education. The complexities mostly relate to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arabic, Diglossia, Elementary Secondary Education
New Visions for Public Schools, 2005
The New York City Department of Education, like other urban public school systems, is facing the task of reforming many large high schools that have had graduation rates under fifty percent for many years. With new federal sanctions for failing schools under the No Child Left Behind Act, many schools nation-wide that have been prominent…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Public Schools, Federal Legislation
Samuelson, Everett V., Comp.; Tankard, George G., Jr., Comp.; Pope, Hoyt, W., Comp. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
This handbook is a guide to accounting for school activity funds. It is designed for use by individual schools and school systems throughout the United States. The project was undertaken to meet the increasing concern of State and local school officials and the general public for safe ands economical handling of school activity money which amounts…
Descriptors: Educational History, Income, Administrative Policy, Standards
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1954
Part 1 of the 1953-54 Education Directory covers federal and state education agencies. U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Office of Education officials, principal school officers of state and territorial education departments, library extension agencies' executive officers, and U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs…
Descriptors: Directories, State Departments of Education, Public Agencies, Federal Government
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Regoli, Robert M.; Hewitt, John D.; Munoz, Robert, Jr.; Regoli, Adam M. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2004
While on the surface baseball cards may appear to be a mundane object of child's play, they are precious tools for examining U.S. society. Baseball cards not only hold a wealth of information regarding the players they feature they also reveal much about the state of society at the time of their production and the individuals who collect them. In…
Descriptors: Race, Role, Team Sports, Athletes
Smailes, Suzanne A. – 1996
This study examines the reliability of article coverage in the American Theological Library Association's (ATLA) Religion Database CD-ROM of two emerging theological fields: lesbian theology and womanist theology. Indexing predictability and consistency of coverage is important for the access of needed documents. There is concern that women's…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Authority Control (Information), Cataloging, Classification
Chaplin, Miriam T. – 1988
A study was conducted to identify and analyze the writing strategies of eighth- and ninth-grade black and white students on the 1983-84 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Black students, who were from an urban area in New Jersey, had also taken the New Jersey High School Proficiency Test (NJHSPT). Following an initial study that…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Grade 8
Fromboluti, Carol Sue – 1997
This booklet lists some of the products available from the National Center for Education Statistics. Each product is described briefly, with some notes about its development and use, and ordering information, including cost and stock number. The following products are described: (1) "Student Data Handbook for Elementary, Secondary, and Early…
Descriptors: Accounting, Classification, Confidentiality, Data Collection
Cochrane, Pauline Atherton, Ed.; Johnson, Eric H., Ed. – 1998
This proceedings represents and documents in part the 16 presentations made at the 34th Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing. World Wide Web URLs that provide insight into each presentation are included. Presentations include: (1) "Hypostatizing Data Collections, Especially Bibliographic: Abstractions, Representations,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Classification, Data Processing
Aoki, Kumiko; Fasse, Richard; Stowe, Sonny – 1998
The prevalence of the Internet and the World Wide Web in higher education has been transforming higher educational institutions in various degrees. There are a wide variety of terms indicating such phenomenon, ranging from "web-based instruction" and "online courses" to "cyber degrees" and "virtual…
Descriptors: Classification, Clearinghouses, Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
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