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Download full textMyerberg, N. James – 1984
The results of the administration of the California Achievement Tests (CAT) to students in the Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland (MCPS) are presented. The battery is administered in the fall of each school year to students in grades three, five, and eight under a state mandate. The CAT is administered to students in Grade 11 under a local…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, County School Districts
Miller, Ronald C.; And Others – 1987
This report evaluates the special education component of the 1986-87 Attendance Improvement/Dropout Prevention program of the New York City Board of Education. The program was designed to provide intensive services to special education students at risk of dropping out of school. The report presents characteristics of students in the program,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Behavior Problems, Counseling Services
Hadden, Craig – 1988
At Colorado Mountain College (CMC), academic advising is based upon a comparison of students' basic skills with the skill requirements of individual courses. Students who enter CMC to obtain a degree must take placement tests in writing, reading, math, and study skills before they can enroll in classes. The placement test battery includes a…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education
Pierce, Lorraine Valdez, Ed. – 1987
A guide for teachers of nonliterate and semiliterate secondary school students with limited English proficiency (LEP) focuses on techniques for integrating language arts and social studies instruction. It gives basic information for developing learning activities for students with limited educational experience. This includes suggested objectives…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Class Activities, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Briggs, Linda – 1987
The GO Project was created at Sacramento City College (SCC) to help underprepared students achieve success in a transfer-level sociology course, while improving their reading, writing, and study skills. Throughout the fall semester, students in the GO Project engaged in reading, essay writing, and study skills practice which focused on the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Dooley, Mary S. – 1987
Focusing on the integration of early reading and writing skills, a study examined the instructional use of daily dialogue journals over a 5-month period in a class of 10 third-grade Native American students living on an Indian reservation in northern Michigan. Students were required to make an entry of at least three lines every day, all writing…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Beginning Writing, Cultural Context
Little, David, Ed.; And Others – 1986
These conference proceedings include: (1) opening speeches; (2) "Must Language Teaching Be Communicative?" (Christopher Brumfit); (3) "Recipes for Tired Teachers" (Mario Rinvolucri); (4) "Facing the Challenge of New Technologies: Interactive Video and the AUTOTUTOR Project" (David Little, Eugene Davis); (5) a panel discussion of questions…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education
Stein, Terri; Frankiewicz, Ronald G. – 1985
The evaluation of the content validity of the Functional Academic Skills Tests (FAST) are described. The FAST was designed to assess the competency of inservice teachers in the Houston, Texas Independent School District in basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills. Validation standards were based on the Equal Employment Opportunity…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Structure, Job Analysis
Ellowitch, Azi – 1986
The curriculum materials in this guide are drawn mainly from in-depth interviews with six persons, five of whom live in the Germantown or Logan sections of Philadelphia and all of whom represent some of the diverse cultural backgrounds found in these two neighborhoods. In addition to the stories of these six persons, six additional stories present…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Background, Curriculum
Mitchell, Felicia – 1987
Research has suggested that students have difficulty completing content area writing assignments if the teacher's written instructions are not clear. Students' written work is more likely to be of higher quality if teachers specify the assignment's audience and purpose and offer prewriting instruction. Controversy exists over how explicit the…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Communication, Communication Problems, Content Analysis
Graduate Management Admission Council, Princeton, NJ. – 1982
A comprehensive guide to the kinds of verbal and mathematical questions likely to appear in the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is presented. The current GMAT consists of multiple-choice questions, which are divided among eight separately timed sections. A general description and brief discussion are presented of the objectives and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Business Administration Education, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Hatala, Catherine C. – 1982
A program designed to improve the reading, writing, and thinking skills of low achieving poverty level high school juniors was developed for use in a Pennsylvania high school. The program uses the Pennsylvania Reading Comprehension Plan's four critical experiences of (1) responding to literature, (2) self-selected and sustained silent reading, (3)…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Disadvantaged Youth
Thompson, Maynard; And Others – 1976
This unit is 1 of 12 developed for the university classroom portion of the Mathematics-Methods Program (MMP), created by the Indiana University Mathematics Education Development Center (MEDC) as an innovative program for the mathematics training of prospective elementary school teachers (PSTs). Each unit is written in an activity format that…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, College Mathematics, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Thompson, Maynard; And Others – 1976
This unit is 1 of 12 developed for the university classroom portion of the Mathematics-Methods Program (MMP), created by the Indiana University Mathematics Education Development Center (MEDC) as an innovative program for the mathematics training of prospective elementary school teachers (PSTs). Each unit is written in an activity format that…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers
Pellegrini, Anthony D. – 1983
The intent of this study was to examine the effectiveness of elements of the thematic-fantasy play training paradigm in facilitating children's immediate and maintained story comprehension. Thematic-fantasy play was defined as play in which children enact themes and events not related to their everyday experience, as when they act out a fairy…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Conflict Resolution, Grade 1, Group Structure
