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Tremain, Karen – 1984
This overview of the literature on school district reorganization: (1) cites four reasons for reorganization; (2) gives two statistics on projected declines in student enrollment; (3) presents factors to be considered during the process of closing a school; (4) lists six administrative leadership skills needed during the school closure process;…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections, Instructional Program Divisions
Center for Education Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1987
The "Public School Districts" machine-readable data file (MRDF) is a subfile within the Common Core of Data (CCD) program (a continuation of the Elementary and Secondary General Information Survey-ELSEGIS). This file contains approximately 16,000 records, each representing a public school district (or other local agency) providing free…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Fiscal Capacity
Cothron, Julia H.; Thompson, Ertle – 1985
Student variables which influence attainment of ecological concepts and conceptual systems were investigated. Researcher-designed paper/pencil and free-sort categorization tests were administered to 256 Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) students in grades 4-6. Findings are: (1) grade and ability, not sex, influenced concept attainment…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Concept Formation, Ecology, Elementary School Science
Cothron, Julia H.; Thompson, Ertle – 1984
Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) students in grades 4-6 were used to investigate ecological concept formation. Researcher-designed, multiple-choice and free-sort tasks were administered. Statistics utilized included analysis of variance, Spearman correlation, multiple regression, frequency distributions, and latent partition analysis.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Concept Formation, Ecology, Elementary School Science
Download full textCrehan, Kevin D.; And Others – 1977
Longitudinal studies of test wiseness (TW) were conducted to determine: (1) the relationship between TW and grade level, (2) the relationship between TW and sex, and (3) the stability of TW. Aspects of TW observed included stem cue and specific determiner identification and usage and the elimination of similar and absurd options. Subjects were…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students, Instructional Program Divisions, Longitudinal Studies
Lietz, Jeremy J. – 1981
Two hundred thirty-eight K-6 children from 19 feeder schools volunteered to attend 30 half-day summer school sessions in a large Midwestern city, prior to any announcement that the school would be integrated. Both black and non-black children were bussed. Poor attendance was considerably higher for the summer session than for the regular school…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Black Students, Classroom Desegregation, Elementary Education
1979
The four chapters of this book and the many accompanying color photographs describe and portray comprehensive programs of socialist education provided for children in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The introduction indicates the scope of educational objectives within national and international contexts. The first chapter of the book…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
SIMPSON, GEORGE C.; SMITH, GEORGE J. – 1967
TO GATHER INFORMATION ON THE CONCEPT OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO 648 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NEW YORK STATE, 510 OF WHOM RESPONDED. IT WAS FOUND THAT (1) 60 SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAD A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN OPERATION, (2) 170 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE STUDYING REORGANIZATION TO INCLUDE IT, (3) 35 DISTRICTS HAD CONSIDERED AND REJECTED IT, (4)…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Program Divisions, Intermediate Grades
FINDLEY, WARREN G. – 1966
FOURTEEN RESEARCH REPORTS, PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1948 AND 1965, PERTAINING TO DEPARTMENTALIZATION VERSUS GRADED CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED. (HM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Departments, Elementary Schools
Tollefson, Nona; And Others – 1980
The effect of two student characteristics (sex and grade point average) and two class variables (educational level and expected grade) were investigated as they pertain to the validity of college student ratings of teaching effectiveness. Students completed the Teacher Effectiveness Questionnaire (TEQ) the last week of the semester. The TEQ…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. – 1973
This State of Mississippi annual evaluation report on programs, projects, services, and activities funded in whole or in part under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized into 10 parts. Part 1 is an "Introduction." Part 2 specifies the "Number of School Districts and Participants.""Total Allocation and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Educational Resources, Enrollment, Inservice Teacher Education
Wilson, Virginia; Wattenmaker, Beverly – 1971
Learning theories proposed by William Glasser in his text, "Schools without Failure," were implemented in an individualized language instruction program in a small high school in northern Ohio. The theory suggests that the success factor is far more significant than the failure factor in developing learning motivation. The belief that individuals…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Instructional Program Divisions, Language Instruction, Modern Languages
Manley, Doreen E. – English for Immigrants, 1968
An eclectic approach to the teaching of English as a second language stresses the notion of play in the development of motivation. Linked with a variety of play activities, language acquisition, it is felt, becomes natural and meaningful for the student. Numerous examples are included. (RL)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, English Instruction, English (Second Language)
PDF pending restorationMiller, J. Dale – 1970
The idioms, rated numerically on frequency of occurrence and prevailing usage, are presented with an illustrative example and English translation. An alphabetical listing of the English translations of the Spanish idioms includes reference to page citation and frequency of usage. Appendixes contain a sample evaluation sheet used in the selection…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Idioms, Instructional Materials, Instructional Program Divisions
Sowers, Paul C. – 1968
Incorporating various elements of individualized instructional programs and continuous progress plans, a type of open-end education is recommended as a way to enable each child to realize his own potential and make his greatest contribution to society. Aspects of open-end education discussed briefly include a definition of the term (it…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Continuous Progress Plan, Curriculum Design, Elementary Schools
