Accessing Curriculum through Technology Tools (ACTTT), a model development project, was developed and tested by staff of the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood (the Center), a research and development unit within the College of Education and Human Services at Western Illinois University. The major goal of ACTTT was to develop,…

In Washington, D.C. in September 1968, because there were no after-school programs where the staff took responsibility for the children, the National Capital Area Child Day Care Association set up a demonstration program. This report provides an anecdotal record of the program's development. Two rooms were secured in the basement of a school, 50…

Illustrates the multiple strategies used by second graders to solve a problem with three addends and how their teacher tries to map their thinking into the system of mathematical notation. Describes the American Federation of Teachers' Thinking Mathematics program that the teacher uses. (MKR)

A REPORT WAS MADE OF THE START OF A 5-YEAR PROJECT TO INTRODUCE AND IMPLEMENT A MODEL, NONGRADED, ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL PROJECT BASED ON THE TEAM-TEACHING METHOD. DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION (THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS REPORT), TWO TEAMS, OF FIVE TEACHERS EACH, WORKED AT THE FIRST-GRADE AND FIFTH-GRADE LEVELS ON A PILOT BASIS. IN ADDITION TO…

Six classes received problem-centered mathematics instruction for two years in second and third grade. Results indicate that students in these classes scored significantly higher than students in traditional classes on standardized measures of computational proficiency and conceptual understanding. (TO)

In the Programed Tutorial Reading Project in the Indianapolis School District, over 1,200 first and second graders are tutored in reading by paraprofessionals for 15 minutes a day as a supplement to classroom teaching. All of the children are from schools that have a high enrollment of disadvantaged children, and include approximately 75 percent…