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Banlaky, Pal, Ed.; And Others – 1979
An educational program that provides small group living experiences for 450 to 500 young Hungarian students annually and that emphasizes the importance of reading and of an appreciation for the arts and sciences is described in this booklet. An explanation of the "camp for young readers" concept is presented in the first section,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Fine Arts, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textAllen, David
A questionnaire was used to collect data from 13 southern trade and technical teachers in order to ascertain the degree to which they had adopted 15 instructional innovations that had been presented in a special summer workshop eight months earlier. The innovations were (1) color keyed instruction sheets, (2) a method of illustrating communication…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Innovation, Program Evaluation
Bailey, Donn F. – 1974
An appraisal of the study skills component of the Equal Opportunities Program's Summer Intensive Program at Pennsylvania State University in 1973 is the subject of this dissertation. Evaluation of certain aspects of this program was undertaken to determine whether a given teaching strategy (based on the structural method utilizing goal-setting…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Doctoral Dissertations
Georgia State Coll., Savannah. – 1969
An EPDA Institute, held June 10 to July 21, 1969, is described in this report detailing objectives, activities, staff, participants, and results. Based on the needs for inclusion of African and Afro-American materials in the curriculum, and for a more effective approach to the problems of the disadvantaged learner, the specific objectives of the…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Black Culture, Black History
Kontos, Peter G., Ed.; Murphy, James J., Ed. – 1967
This source book presents 22 papers by master teachers emphasizing practices and points of view which they feel contribute to effective teaching. One part of the volume describes the Princeton University - Trenton Schools Institutes (PTI), another contains nine papers on the English-Social Studies program, a third has nine papers on the…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Inservice Teacher Education, Master Teachers, Mathematics
Institute for Services to Education, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1969
The Thirteen College Curriculum Program is a cooperative venture involving predominantly Negro colleges and the Institution for Services to Education. The program is developing five new courses for the freshman year of college and two new courses for the sophomore year. The program consists of 100 students on each campus in the first-year program…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning
Burcham, Mildred, Comp. – 1971
The 1971 Oregon Small Schools Program summer institute at Willamette University, June 14-18, was attended by 200 elementary and secondary teachers, librarians, counselors, principals, and superintendents from more than 50 Oregon school districts. The major purpose of the summer institute (funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies, Individualized Instruction
Cury, Janice – 2001
A study examined a program entitled "Summer Opportunity to Accelerate Reading" (S.O.A.R.), which provided early intervention to accelerate literacy learning for at-risk students completing kindergarten through grade 2 in 2000-01. Subjects were 2188 students enrolled in 12 S.O.A.R. campuses. Ethnicity was diverse with 58% Hispanic…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, High Risk Students, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedKeilstrup, Duane V. – Modern Language Journal, 1981
Describes a summer intensive advanced German language program at the University of Texas at Arlington that has been conducted since 1975. Discusses course organization, teaching methods, class activities, testing, and the success of the program in terms of increasingly higher achievement ratings. (MES)
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs
Peer reviewedBell, R. C.; And Others – Journal of Chemical Education, 1980
Described is a one-week summer chemistry workshop held at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, for secondary school students. Experiments and evaluation results of the workshops are provided. (HM)
Descriptors: College Programs, Educational Development, Program Evaluation, Science Activities
Peer reviewedCobb, Suzanne; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1990
Investigates the effectiveness of the Char-L Intensive Phonics program within a six-week summer tutorial program for students with learning problems. Finds significant gains in reading for most students and improved word attack skills for all students completing academic tasks requiring reading. (KEH)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Problems
Hadfield, Oakley D. – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1992
Describes a summer mathematics inservice workshop for 39 elementary teachers from rural, small schools throughout New Mexico. Focused on minority participation, hands-on activities, and improvement of attitude towards the teaching of mathematics. Posttests revealed improvement in knowledge of manipulative use, confidence in use of manipulatives,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Anxiety
Peer reviewedTchudi, Stephen – Holistic Education Review, 1992
Describes a whole-language, interdisciplinary summer program for school and college teachers. From hands-on exploration and reading and writing about self-selected topics, participants learned to understand theory and practice of whole-language instruction and to explore implications for their own teaching. (SM)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Direct linkHicks, Deborah – Research in the Teaching of English, 2004
Drawing on data gathered during a fourteen-month study of reading practices among poor and working-class girls, this essay explores the challenges of creating a responsive and critical reading pedagogy across boundaries of class. Set largely in a summer and after-school reading program for pre-teen girls, the study addressed the question of how a…
Descriptors: Females, Reading Programs, Critical Reading, Reading Instruction
Pierpont, Katherine – Teaching Pre K-8, 2007
In 2001, in partnership with the Waterloo, Iowa school system, the R.J. McElroy Trust, Janice Freeburg-Cannon, Tri-County Head Start, Allen Health System, the University of Northern Iowa and the Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education created a special model for early childhood education that would eventually become The Freeburg School.…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Workshops, Teaching Methods, Disabilities
