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Hall, Keith A.; Mitzel, Harold E. – Educational Technology Systems, 1974
Two individually-adaptive mathematics courses for urban high school youth were developed by a Commonwealth CAI Consortium to help satisfy the ninth grade requirement for general mathematics and algebra in Pennsylvania. A description of the courses and of the computer system, and an analysis of the effectiveness of the CAI-mediated mathematics…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Grade 9
Download full textBOLVIN, JOHN; LINDVALL, C.M. – 1966
THE OAKLEAF PROJECT WAS A COOPERATIVE STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN MAKING PROVISION FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF REGULAR SCHOOL OPERATIONS. THE OAKLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SUBURBAN PITTSBURGH WAS USED AS A LABORATORY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRIAL OF A PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALLY PRESCRIBED INSTRUCTION (IPI). THE IPI…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Independent Study, Individual Development, Individual Instruction
Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Center, West Chester, PA. – 1994
An evening adult literacy program was developed to provide pre-General Educational Development (GED) instruction to residents of a men's shelter who desired to become dry cleaners pressers. Because an intake assessment of the 32 enrollees revealed that only 34% of them were high school dropouts and more than 50% had some college background, the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Special and Compensatory Education. – 1977
Provided are guidelines for the development of individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped, gifted, and talented children, designed to comply with the proposed Pennsylvania Special Education Standards. Chapters cover the following topics: instructional components of the IEP (including determination of present educational levels,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bibliographies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives
GLASER, ROBERT – 1966
PROGRESS DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE OAKLEAF PROJECT, AN INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, WAS SUMMARIZED IN THIS INTERIM REPORT. THE OAKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SUBURBAN PITTSBURGH WAS USED AS THE PROJECT LABORATORY FOR PRODUCING A CURRICULUM IN AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT WHICH WOULD BE RESPONSIVE TO…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Independent Study
Byrne, Jane M., Comp. – 1976
Intended as a guide for professionals and local administrators in initiating and developing early intervention programs for handicapped children, the volume provides descriptions of 10 models and techniques presently utilized in Pennsylvania. Included are reports with the following titles and authors: "A System of Open Learning" (P.…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis
Taylor, Valorie – 1999
The majority of employment and training programs are designed as one-size-fits-all, leaving approximately 85 percent of participants unsatisfied, unmotivated, or forced back into a job with no chance of advancement. In targeting a clientele of single parents and dislocated workers, an action research project, called Chance to Advance, conducted in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1969
This pamphlet describes the Distinguished Achievement Awards of The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education which were conceived in 1965 as an annual event to encourage member colleges and universities to describe their successful programs and, in turn, to stimulate other institutions to greater action. Presented in the first half…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement
Madgar, Eileen – 1999
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Area Labor-Management Committee (SPALMC), which serves approximately 180 adult students annually, was experiencing inconsistencies in performance among its adult education staff. The problems included teachers arriving late 50% of the time and individualizing instruction only 70% of the time. To remedy these problems,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Inst. for the Study of Adult Literacy. – 1999
The Framework of Work Based Foundation Skills Project was undertaken to facilitate development of Pennsylvania's new workforce investment system Team PA CareerLink by identifying and developing common definitions of the foundation skills all workers need to function effectively in any workplace. A framework of 19 work-based foundation skills and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Basic Skills, Competence
