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Download full textLoree, M. Ray – 1975
The State of Alabama career education-exploration and placement project was an attempt to organize and study alternate methods of providing career education to students in the junior and senior high grades. Emphasis was placed on "exploration" at the junior high level, whereas the major program goals for older students revolved around…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Job Placement, Junior High Schools
Barnette, J. Jackson – 1980
The Pennsylvania School Improvement Program (PSIP) was created to assist local schools and school districts in the development of curriculum improvement strategies. The process involves the use of "linkers," curriculum specialists who work with teams from the local level to ascertain needs, then connect the local teams with the research…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
Peters, Leslie K. – 1980
The Pennsylvania School Improvement Program (PSIP) was created to assist local schools and school districts in the development of curriculum improvement strategies. The process involves the use of "linkers," curriculum specialists who work with teams from the local level to ascertain needs, then connect the local teams with the research…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
Kennedy, Elsie – 1974
The first of five documents developed as an outgrowth of funded programs for career education in Kentucky, the school administrator's guide offers an overview of career education covering goals, curriculum relevancy, components, roles, and stages of development. Some basic conceptual components proposed are: (1) self-awareness, (2) career…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Awareness, Career Education, Curriculum Development
Stank, Peggy L. – 1980
The Pennsylvania School Improvement Program (PSIP) was created to assist local schools and school districts in the development of curriculum improvement strategies. The process involves the use of "linkers," curriculum specialists who work with teams from the local level to ascertain needs, then connect the local teams with the research…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
ALLEN, AMY; BAKER, VIRGINIA – 1962
IN THIS BULLETIN SLOW LEARNING REFERS TO CHILDREN IN THE 50-75 IQ RANGE. ELIGIBILITY FOR SPECIAL CLASSES IS DISCUSSED, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE TESTING PROGRAM AND AN EXPLANATION OF THE IQ CONCEPT. SAMPLES OF FORMS USED IN COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS AND DISTRICT APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL CLASSES ARE INCLUDED. LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS OF SLOW…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Curriculum Development, High Schools
Kim, Yungho; Wright, Calvin E. – 1987
The Special Education Division of the California State Department of Education funded six pilot programs as part of a state-legislated Awareness Program. The goal of the programs was to make nonhandicapped students in grades K-8 aware of the special problems encountered by disabled persons. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Awareness…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Change Strategies, Cognitive Restructuring
Mumford, Thelma – 1987
A program was designed to reduce the academic gap between aptitude and achievement of 150 gifted underachievers in grades 5-8 who had been removed from a Georgia-funded gifted program due to poor achievement test scores and were subsequently enrolled in the Atlanta Public School System's locally funded gifted program. The program also sought to…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Aptitude
Childers, John H., Jr.; Rolloff, John A. – 1982
A project was undertaken to develop and disseminate an activity-based learning experience booklet to enhance student self-development in career orientation classes at the junior high school level. Included among the major project activities were the following: identification of an appropriate needs assessment instrument; administration of a needs…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Decision Making, Educational Needs, Information Dissemination
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1967
Designed to aid in developing instructional programs in North Carolina, the guide defines the educable mentally retarded (EMR) and presents the goal of the EMR education program. Also outlined are principles and methods of instruction, traditional areas of the curriculum as they relate to the EMR, and development of a sequential curriculum. Basic…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Ressler, Ralph – 1977
The goal of a project was to survey the vocational divisions of state departments of education across the nation in order to provide the vocational division of Virginia with information upon which to base decisions concerning the development of its vocational exploratory program. A search of the literature was done and an ERIC search completed.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Demonstration Programs, Educational Practices
Heggen, James R. – 1981
A project was undertaken to formulate a fast-track model for developing curriculum that recognizes the needs of special target groups in industrial arts programs in Florida middle schools. During the project, two groups of key teachers and supervisors from four districts within the state of Florida met in short brainstorming sessions to develop,…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Career Exploration, Communications, Construction (Process)
