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Hickey, Dianne Kruse – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1983
Describes skill deficiencies exhibited by disadvantaged students and the types of students who would benefit from identification and remediation. (SK)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Interpersonal Competence
Pechman, Ellen M.; Fiester, Leila – 1994
This handbook provides information on how to use comprehensive schoolwide models to improve learning for more students. It paves the way for creating programs under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that are grounded in the lessons of successful Chapter 1 schoolwide programs. Following the executive summary and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educationally Disadvantaged
Venezky, Richard L.; Winfield, Linda F. – 1979
Several elementary schools that drew their students from low socioeconomic (SES) areas and which succeeded in teaching reading were studied to determine the main causes of their academic achievements. Interviews, analyses of test scores and work logs, classroom observation, and reviews of school memos indicated two primary causes of success:…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Senemaud, B. – Children in the Tropics, 1988
This report describes the relationship between maternal malnutrition and child development. The report is divided into three sections. The first section, which describes child development, focuses on brain, mental, and psychomotor development. The second section describes the methodological difficulties of measuring effects of malnutrition on the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Dietetics, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Childhood Education
Stevens, K. J.; Mason, G. A. – 1986
This document describes approaches in conducting naturalistic studies in two different countries with contrasting educational settings. Naturalistic research methodology is described by one of the writers as "an explicit undertaking to lay aside our ideas and concern ourselves with finding the subjects' perspectives in their non-theoretical…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Anthropology, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Studies
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Eller, Rebecca G. – Reading Teacher, 1989
Analyzes the "deficit theory," which suggests that children from lower socioeconomic environments enter school without the linguistic resources needed for success. Suggests that teachers avoid labeling children as verbally inept when their language does not conform to the teacher's linguistic model. (MM)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Education, Family Environment
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Platt, John S.; And Others – Preventing School Failure, 1991
The characteristics of migrant students that place them at risk educationally are described and reasons for low special education delivery rates are examined. Guidelines for educational intervention are offered, with the goal of increasing migrant children's economic options and opportunities. Three methodologies are recommended: learning…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives
Novick, Rebecca – 2000
Research on school restructuring reveals the commitments and competencies that lead to improved outcomes for children, including careful attention to students' emotional development, professional development that emphasizing the reflective study of teaching, culturally responsive and inclusive teaching, and a focus on early language and literacy…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
Education Development Center, Washington, DC. – 1995
The manual contains technical assistance, information, and suggested strategies for staff who work with children enrolled in Head Start who are affected by substance abuse. The information is intended to bring about change and improvement in the developmental potential of these children. Chapter 1 presents general information on children affected…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alcoholism, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare
Berman, Judith – 1980
The four case studies presented in this manual were designed to illustrate different approaches to the preparation of interns for low-income area schools offered by Teacher Corps programs around the country. The introduction presents the objectives of the manual and possibilities for its use. The research background for the case studies is given,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Environment