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Download full textDuflo, Annie; Kiessel, Jessica – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Rigorous evidence from around the world has shown that significant improvements in learning can be obtained at comparatively low cost by spending more, focused time ensuring that the bottom half of the class in the early grades does not get left behind. The authors present results from the Teacher Community Assistant Initiative (TCAI) that tests…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedHunt, Thomas C.; Yarusso, Lowell C. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1979
Differing points of view on the relative merits of open schools and traditional schools are examined. (JD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Humanistic Education, Individualized Instruction, Open Education
Latham, Eleanor E. – 1980
This evaluation research report describes a program originally implemented to meet the needs of English dominant Hispanic students in an urban junior high school. The report combines qualitative and quantitative data in order to provide an understanding of the relationship of program goals, implementation procedures, and effects and delineates…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Hispanic Americans, Individualized Instruction
Peer reviewedSyropoulow, Mike – ERS Spectrum, 1996
Discusses research on successful support programs for potential dropouts. Describes a Detroit high school's Ninth Grade Project 96 program, an intervention strategy for high-risk, low-achieving students. The program used a modified block schedule; attendance, academic, and monitoring interventions; incentives and rewards; and team teachers.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Dropout Prevention, Grade 9, High Risk Students
Yarborough, Thelma B. – 1984
The Learning Laboratory component of the Department of Educational Program Support at the University of Wisconsin at Parkside was evaluated during the academic year 1983-1984 to monitor laboratory and material usage, determine from what areas students were referred, and identify their reasons for laboratory use. The laboratory was part of a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Fresno City Unified School District, CA. – 1973
Summative evaluation of an ESEA Title III project designed to raise the mathematics achievement scores of low achievers in grades 10 and 11 is reported. In a summer writing project, teachers developed 21 arithmetic modules and 11 algebra modules for use by students on an individual basis. Students used the modules at their own pace and stayed with…
Descriptors: Algebra, Basic Skills, Curriculum, Evaluation
Sowers, Jo-Ann, Ed.; Cummings, Linda E., Ed. – 1979
Based on a behavioral technology based program at the University of Washington, a manual is presented for professionals who wish to establish a program to train retarded persons for, and place and maintain them in, nonsheltered employment. A detailed analysis of the components of such a program is provided, along with a general description of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Modification, Employment Programs, Individualized Instruction
Verner, Zenobia Brown; Conley, Houston – 1976
The purpose of this study was to survey alternative schools to determine what their English programs are like, what kinds of problems and successes have been encountered by their English teachers, and what suggestions they have for others who encounter similar problems. Questionnaires were sent to administrators and English teachers in a number of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
Woodrow, John – Adult Training, 1976
Discusses nine problem areas that emerged at a community college when they introduced a continuous intake/exit individualized learning system in their basic skill development program. Also, presents the strengths and weaknesses of the system. (EM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Problems, Individualized Instruction
Educators Consulting Services, Inc., Conway, AR. – 1975
The project discussed here was an outgrowth of a Title I, Elementary Seconoary Education Act cooperative project involving nine Arkansas school districts. Initiated during 1971-72 school year, the cooperative's first two years focused on developing and field testing procedures for conducting district wide assessment of needs, program planning, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1983
Basic Skills Centers in the District of Columbia's public schools are intended to provide supplementary, individualized reading and math instruction for 7th and 8th graders who are two or more years below grade level in those areas. This Chapter 2 program superseded an earlier Title II program and was implemented in 1983. According to this report,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Grade 7
Jealous, Fred S.; And Others – 1975
The project was an empirical exploration to determine the scope of the learning capacity of marginal Army personnel (those with low scores on Army general ability and aptitude tests), to observe the longitudinal effects of long term, self-managed learning strategies, and to determine the proficiency levels that these men could reach as a result of…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Case Studies
1977
In this study the use of puzzles, games, and other instructional adjuncts was explored as part of a statewide evaluation of the California Early Childhood Education Program. Based on geographic, bilingual, and minimum school size criteria, 72 schools were selected for intensive study. Two second and two third grade classrooms were chosen at random…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Class Activities, Early Childhood Education
Warrick, Diane Berreth; And Others – 1978
The looseleaf binder reports on the Educational Resource Centers (ERC) model program in Jackson County, Oregon, which fosters the mainstreaming of mildly handicapped elementary and secondary students (including learning disabled, educable mentally handicapped, emotionally disturbed, and physically handicapped). The ERC provides academic and social…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Change, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
Arko, Dorothy N. – 1975
Project Success, a program of modified interdisciplinary instruction coordinated with special services, is considered to be consistent with the theory of individual differences and individualized instruction which is inherent in the philosophy of Bloomington Public School's educational goals and objectives. The project, which began as an…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, High School Students, High Schools, Individualized Instruction
