Project GOAL is a systematic dropout prevention model including individual and peer-mediated group interventions for at-risk students. This article provides an overview of the Project GOAL model and describes a 2-year experimental pilot study of Project GOAL with a cohort of eighth-and ninth-grade students in a low-income school district in the…

The purpose of this preliminary report is to describe and evaluate the Los Angeles Model Mathematics Project (LAMMP). The objectives of this project include the improvement of mathematical skills and understanding of mathematical concepts, the improvement of students' self-image, the development of instructional materials and the assessment of…

THE PROJECT ATTEMPTED TO PROVIDE A WIDE VARIETY OF MATHEMATICS LEARNING MATERIALS AND TO TEST THE SELF-SELECTION PRINCIPLE IN INVESTIGATING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SEVENTH- AND EIGHTH-GRADE CHILDREN ARE ASSIGNED THE TASKS OF DETERMINING THEIR OWN MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM ON AN INDIVIDUAL SELF-SELECTION BASIS. THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP CONSISTED OF 99…

An experimental curriculum providing for participation of art students in urban planning was tested in New York City eighth grade classes. An analysis of the conceptual material embodied in the social studies was translated into parallel concepts consistent with art theory and reinforced by contemporary urban design theory. This produced a…

AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 20 AND A CONTROL GROUP OF 8 UNDERACHIEVING 10TH GRADE BOYS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM APPLICANTS FROM THREE HIGH SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN TO PARTICIPATE IN V.I.S.I.T., A PROJECT AT EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY DESIGNED TO BROADEN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT VOCATIONS. EACH DAY FOR 2 WEEKS, THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP VISITED NEARBY PLANTS AND…

APPROXIMATELY 180 EIGHTH- AND 180 NINTH-GRADE STUDENTS, PLACED IN THREE ABILITY "TRACKS," WERE ADMINISTERED AN 80-ITEM ATTITUDE SURVEY AND AN 80-ITEM MOTIVATION INVENTORY. THE RESULTS OBTAINED WERE DEVELOPED AS PART OF A LONG-RANGE STUDY TO IMPROVE SCHOOL ATTITUDES AND MOTIVATION THROUGH INCORPORATING A REVISION OF INSTRUCTIONAL AND…

An Americanized version of Suggestopedia was used to teach eighth grade science in a public junior high school. The method used waking suggestions and unusual presentation styles to accelerate learning. Available from: Society for Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 2740 Richmond Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. (Author/CFM)

GUIDANCE PERSONNEL HAVE A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR HELPING STUDENTS IN CULTURALLY DEPRIVED AREAS WHO LAG BEHIND IN SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT. THE PATTERN OF ACADEMIC FAILURE, OFTEN RESULTING IN DROPOUT, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND IN SOME CASES JUVENILE DELINQUENCY SHOULD BE CHANGED. THIS EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM IS BASED ON A LONG HISTORY OF GUIDANCE IN BOSTON PUBLIC…

Presents the procedures, results and conclusions of an experimental project conducted to provide remedial reading experiences coordinated with physical science activities to 20 socially disadvantaged students in the 8th grade of a special service school. A description of some of the science activities and innovative teaching methods is included.…

THE JUDGMENTS OF TEACHERS AND THEIR REACTIONS TO THE EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS THEY WERE TEACHING IN CONNECTION WITH A PROJECT WHICH EVALUATED SEVERAL RECENTLY DEVELOPED PROGRAMS WERE OBTAINED AND ANALYZED. OBSERVATIONS AND JUDGMENTS ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS WERE OBTAINED THROUGH A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THE…

This three-month project utilized commercially prepared programed materials in French, German, and Spanish instruction for eighth graders selected for high language aptitude and above average ability. Interviews with participating students made after the completion of the project are the basis of the project evaluation which includes…

The questions to be answered regarding the relative success of the project were: 1) Do students perceive a difference between the new curriculum and the traditional; 2) Has the program changed the attitudes of students toward the school in general, and social studies in particular; 3) Have teacher attitudes been changed regarding student…

A three-phase research project involving eighth-grade students seeking to examine the potentialities of managed self-instruction in introductory modern language courses at the early secondary level is reported in this paper. Problems inherent in the development of instructional systems and differentiated language learning modes are explored with…

A GROUP OF 25 OVERAGE UNDERACHIEVING PUPILS WHO HAD REPEATED A GRADE AT LEAST ONCE COMPLETED BOTH THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE DURING AN EXPERIMENTAL 1 YEAR PROGRAM. RESULTS FROM THE METROPOLITAN ACHIEVEMENT TESTS (MAT) ADMINISTERED IN FEBRUARY AND JUNE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL YEAR REVEALED INCREASED MOTIVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT IN ALL BASIC SUBJECTS.…

Description of the second phase of the project, which has as basic objectives the determination of the feasibility of independent foreign language study in public schools and also an examination of the advantages, disadvantages, potentialities, and limitations of this mode of self-instruction, surveys the procedures 30 eighth-grade students…