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Penfield, Elizabeth F. – 1979
This paper contains a summary of the impact of writing projects that are modeled after and partially funded by the Bay Area Writing Project and emphasizes the growth and development of the Greater New Orleans Writing Project (GNOWP). The assumptions behind the National Writing Project that link these projects together, the research that supports…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Summer Programs
BELTON, JOHN; GOLDBERG, SIDNEY – 1966
A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED TO A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE COMPOSED OF PARENTS OF 50 CHILDREN (TWO PUPILS RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM EACH OF 25 HEAD START CLASSES). COMPILED FROM THE QUESTIONNAIRE, STATISTICS ARE REPORTED CONCERNING (1) REASONS FOR ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN, (2) DEGREE OF PARENT INVOLVEMENT, (3) PARENTS' PERCEPTION OF THE HELP GIVEN…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Parent Attitudes, Parent School Relationship, Preschool Education
Parker, Linda G.; Mohr, Laura L. – 1978
Experience a Practicum with Exceptional Children (EPEC), university lecture courses and practicum experience within a local school district, offered field-based teacher education on the needs of handicapped students. The EPEC summer program recruited elementary students who were gifted, learning disabled, educable mentally retarded, mildly…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Gifted, Handicapped Children, Higher Education
Fisher, Mary Henri, Ed.; And Others – 1975
Presented are summaries of 11 selected projects in the areas of language arts, instructional media, simulation, and the valuing process developed during the 1974 summer session of the Teacher Training Institute of the Governor's School (North Carolina) by institute teachers and gifted students. Outlined are language arts projects on the history of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Discovery Learning, Exceptional Child Education, Gifted
La Sala, Vincent J; Picarelli, Henry E. – 1975
Known also as the Summer Minimal Achiever Rehabilitation Training Program (SMART), the Nassau County work-experience program was designed to motivate minimal achieving students toward more positively directed goals. Of the more than 300 students referred to the program, 142 were accepted as enrollees. Program objectives were: (1) to provide…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling, Potential Dropouts, Records (Forms)
Parker, Marilyn K. – 1975
The MADD (music, art, dance, and drama) About Good Books program is a summer Arts Impact program for students in grades 3-6 offered by the Columbus, Ohio Public Schools. Conducted by two literature teachers, the 1975 summer program got under way as the children set the stage by constructing a large tree, for reading and chatting under, and…
Descriptors: Art, Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Activities
Lippitt, Peggy – 1975
Children teaching other children is not a new idea, but it is an effective way for older children to have a chance to help younger children and to learn effective methods of helping. This booklet describes numerous effective tutoring programs while outlining the origins of cross-age helping programs, pointing out traps to watch for, and noting key…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, Summer Programs
Smith, Carl B.; And Others – 1968
A short term training institute conducted August 12 to August 23, 1968, at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, is described. Thirteen participants took part in a series of meetings, discussions, and activities related to evaluation problems connected with innovative reading programs funded under Title I and Title III of the Elementary and…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Course Organization, Evaluation Methods, Federal Government
Saint Louis Univ., MO. Center for Urban Programs. – 1969
The first half of this report is a general program guide for operating summer youth employment programs. The organization and administration outline established in the guide is based upon experience gained in previous programs in St. Louis, New Haven, and Phoenix. The second half of the report contains a summary of these programs, which were…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Coordination, Disadvantaged Youth
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National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Chicago, IL. – 1971
The directory of resident camps is designed for persons with special health needs (children and adults with physical, mental, social, or emotional handicaps). Published by the National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults, the listing contains residential facilities only (day care camp program information is not included). Listed…
Descriptors: Camping, Directories, Exceptional Child Services, Handicapped Children
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1969
This analysis projects standards and costs for three types of day care situations: (1) care in a center for the full day; (2) care in a foster home for the full day; and (3) care in a center before and after school and during the summer. Standards are given for three levels of quality of day care: minimum (maintains the health and safety of the…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Costs, Day Care, Equipment Standards
Watson, Goodwin – 1969
In the belief that large numbers of college teachers would be eager to experiment with new teaching techniques and design new courses if they were given the opportunity and time to do so, the Union for Research and Experimentation in Higher Education established "Project Changeover." There was immense support for this summer workshop…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Experimental Teaching, Faculty, Higher Education
Thomas, George I. – 1969
While most administrators are primarily interested in the economies offered by the extended school year, it is the opportunities for increasing educational quality which should receive primary attention. The knowledge explosion in the past 70 years dictates this focus. There are four basic ways of rescheduling the school year: (1) The staggered…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Computer Oriented Programs, Economics, Educational Improvement
National Commission on Resources for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1968
This document reports a 1967 summer pilot program designed to serve as a model for uniting the Youth Tutoring Youth concept with the Neighborhood Youth Corps. An introductory section overviews the project in which 200 14- and 15-year olds who were not achieving well in school and who had fallen below grade level in reading were trained to serve as…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth, Instructional Materials, On the Job Training
Western Washington Univ., Bellingham. – 1966
Teachers involved in the Visual Communication Education project attended a summer program in 1966 at which the following edited lectures were made by resource people who represented diverse points of view: (1) "The Design and Technical Foundations of Visual Communication" by Kenneth G. Scheid examines supply and deman, technological…
Descriptors: Commercial Art, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Design Requirements
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