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Evaluation of a Social Skills Program for Early Elementary Students: "We Have Skills"
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Keith Smolkowski; Hill Walker; Brion Marquez; Derek Kosty; Claudia Vincent; Carey Black; Gulcan Cil; Lisa A. Strycker – Grantee Submission, 2022
This paper reports the results of a randomized controlled trial evaluating "We Have Skills," a brief curriculum designed to teach early elementary students academic and social skills as well as improve teacher efficacy in classroom management. Intervention efficacy was tested with 127 teachers, randomly assigned to condition, and 2,817…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Social Development
How Does Short-Term Foreign Language Immersion Stimulate Language Learning?
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Savage, Baron L.; Hughes, Haning Z. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2014
The events of September 11, 2001, shocked the nation and forced the United States government to acknowledge its tremendously inadequate capability in foreign language proficiency and global cultural awareness. Post 9/11 military operations reinforced the reality that the Department of Defense (DoD) needs a significantly improved capability in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Immersion Programs, Second Language Instruction, Summer Programs
Preventing Childhood Bullying: Findings and Lessons from the Denver Public Schools Trial
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Jenson, Jeffrey M.; Dieterich, William A.; Brisson, Daniel; Bender, Kimberly A.; Powell, Anne – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
Twelve-month follow-up outcomes from a group-randomized trial (GRT) of a classroom curriculum aimed at preventing bullying and victimization among elementary students in the Denver, Colorado, public school system are presented. Twenty-eight elementary schools were randomly assigned to receive selected modules of "Youth Matters" (YM), a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Bullying, Victims of Crime, Program Effectiveness
A Sampling of Progress Achieved by Trainable Mentally Retarded Persons Enrolled in Community Centered Programs in the State of Colorado.
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Griffith, Marlin S. – 1970
The study evaluated progress made by trainable mentally retarded (TMR) persons in community centered programs, which allow them to remain with their families and in the community rather than being institutionalized. Evaluated were two experimental groups numbering 12 and 22 persons (mean ages 10 years 7 months and 10 years 2 months) who had been…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Day Schools, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Productivity Training Project Final Report.
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University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo. – 1997
This report describes the Productivity Training Project (PTP), a partnership between the University of Southern Colorado and Latino Chamber of Commerce (LCC) of Pueblo. The project provided "new economy skills" training to employees of LCC member businesses and basic skills training to the unemployed or underemployed. The report explains…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Inplant Programs, Job Skills
Colorado Experience-Based Career Exploration. Model 7-10. First Interim Report.
Cromwell, Jannice J. – 1977
Evaluation was conducted of the Colorado Experience Based Career Education Model (CEBCEM) established in four subsites to formulate experience-based components, strategies, and objectives which fit the needs of students in grades 7 through 10. Focus of project activities during tne first year was on identifying and pilot testing selected…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration