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Trevino, Consuelo; Wise, Bette – 1980
A five-week summer program for special acceptance students has been developed at St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas. Students accepted into the program must show high potential in the form of good high school grades or high test results. The special acceptance program has three components. The academic skills component is a three hour…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Career Awareness, College Preparation
Chapline, Elaine – 1979
The Environmental Education/Communication Skills program was designed to improve junior high school students' reading and writing skills. The key idea of the program was to motivate reading and writing improvement through environmental topic learning. Content focus areas were: orienteering, plant life, animal life, environmental problems, and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Content Area Reading, Environmental Education, Junior High Schools
Scherer, Charlotte L., Ed. – 1980
This teacher handbook provides guidelines and materials for graduate students who prepare entering freshmen at Bowling Green State University for the rigors of academic life. A series of exercises show summer instructors, called "facilitators," how to get students to: map their environment, use local resources, read and mark textbooks,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Freshmen, Educational Counseling, Graduate Students
Central Research Corp., Topeka, KS. – 1978
This report presents information describing the extent and effectiveness of Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, Public Law 89-10 programs in Kansas during the school year 1977-1978. During the year the state educational agency distributed $12,799,697 for activities involving 38,553 students in 275 of Kansas' 306 school districts.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Neglect, Compensatory Education, Delinquency
SEXTON, PATRICIA; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE PROGRAM WAS DEVISED TO DEMONSTRATE A WORKABLE PLAN FOR EXTENDED USE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS, AND TO EMPHASIZE THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL IN CREATING A WHOLESOME ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN. GOALS INCLUDED--(1) A SCHOOL DAY THAT PROVIDES FOR EDUCATIONAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, (2) EXTENSION OF THE SCHOOL DAY INTO A SPECIAL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, After School Programs, Behavior Development
AARONS, ALFRED C. – 1965
HOPEFUL OF SEEKING MUCH-NEEDED SOLUTIONS TO FLES PROBLEMS, "THE FLORIDA FL REPORTER" DEVOTED ITS FALL 1965 ISSUE TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. HIGHLIGHTED ARE ARTICLES (1) BY FILOMENA AND GUILLERMO DEL OLMO ON A 6-PHASED APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF STRUCTURE THAT MIGHT HELP SOLVE THE…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Bilingualism, Comparative Education, Curriculum Problems
NELLUM, ALBERT L.; AND OTHERS – 1966
SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO (1) OFFER YOUTH WHOLESOME, INCOME-PRODUCING ACTIVITY WHILE THEY ARE OUT OF SCHOOL, (2) GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH JOBS AND WORK, (3) LET THEM EXPLORE VOCATIONAL POSSIBILITIES, AND (4) TEACH THEM SOMETHING OF THE EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF EMPLOYERS, AS WELL AS THEIR…
Descriptors: Community Action, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
MONFORT, JAY B.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE PLANNING STAGE OF A PROGRAM TO ENRICH HUMANITIES INSTRUCTION THROUGH THE USE OF INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS, EXTENSIVE MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES, AND ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANNING GRANT ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTES A MAJOR SECTION OF THE REPORT. INCLUDED AMONG THESE ACTIVITIES ARE THE SELECTION OF…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Educational Researchers
Van Cleaf, David W.; And Others – 1980
This paper describes and evaluates a summer program in teacher education--Summer Adventure in Learning (SAIL). The project's major objective was to help preservice teachers design educational materials which would improve the reading accuracy and comprehension of their students. Primary objectives of project SAIL were to provide field-based…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
CORT, H. RUSSELL, JR.; AND OTHERS – 1966
AN OVERALL SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF THE SUMMER 1965 PROJECT HEAD START IS PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT. THE FIRST SECTION DISCUSSES THE INCEPTION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND FORMAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PROJECT. THE SECOND SECTION PRESENTS DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE COMMUNITIES, CHILDREN, PARENTS, STAFF, AND WORKERS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT. THE THIRD SECTION…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Child Development Centers, Cognitive Development, Community Action
Twin City Inst. for Talented Youth, St. Paul, Minn. – 1967
IN THIS REPORT TO THE ENGLISH TEACHING PROFESSION, THE TWIN CITY INSTITUTE STAFF DESCRIBES ITS CURRICULUM EXPERIMENTATION WITH ACADEMICALLY TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DURING THE SUMMER OF 1967. THE FOLLOWING COURSES ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED IN THEIR REPORTS--(1) COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC, IN WHICH THEORY AND PRACTICE WERE BALANCED, AND EXPOSITION…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Contemporary Literature, English Instruction, Gifted
City Coll. of San Francisco, CA. – 1967
THE PROGRAM INVOLVED (1) THE 6-WEEK ENROLLMENT OF 222 HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR STUDENTS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY COLLEGE GROUP GUIDANCE TYPE COURSES AND IN EXPLORATORY ORIENTATION COURSES IN TECHNICAL CURRICULUMS, AND (2) A COUNSELOR'S WORKSHOP TO ACQUAINT 29 TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS WITH THE TECHNICAL OFFERINGS OF THE COLLEGE AND…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Counselor Training, Counselors
The Hawaii Language Teacher, 1966
Results of the professional preparation sections of the Modern Language Association (MLA) Cooperative Foreign Language Tests coupled with the findings of National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Institutes provide most of the background for these implications. Teacher ability to detect error in written and oral work and the correlation of language…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, College Language Programs
DEY, CHARLES – 1964
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE FIRST SUMMER OF AN INTENSIVE SUMMER PROGRAM CONDUCTED AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE FOR 55 DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL BOYS. PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF PROMISING ACADEMIC POTENTIAL. FIFTY-ONE OF THE 55 BOYS HAD BEEN ACCEPTED INTO PREPARATORY SCHOOLS, CONTINGENT UPON THEIR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE SUMMER PROGRAM.…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth, Enrichment Activities, High School Students
San Francisco State Coll., CA. – 1967
THIS DOCUMENT IS A PROPOSAL FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE UPWARD BOUND SUMMER RESIDENTIAL AND ACADEMIC-YEAR PROGRAMS AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE COLLEGE. TO PREPARE DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, THE PROJECT WILL OFFER REMEDIAL WORK AND COUNSELING SERVICES. INCLUDED IN THE SUMMER CURRICULUM WILL BE A COMMUNICATIONS CORE COURSE,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Programs, College School Cooperation, Counseling Services
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