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Download full textTorres, Carmen M.; And Others – 1969
A bilingual program, thought to be the first of its kind in the United States, is described in this report. Forty-five non-English-speaking Puerto Rican students participated in a two-year project designed to enable them to enter and compete favorably in regular classes held in English and leading to an associate degree at Bronx Community College.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers
Tuskegee Inst., AL. – 1968
A project to provide basic education, counseling and occupational training to 125 unemployed or underemployed heads of families or households from rural areas of Alabama, and to secure employment for them at the conclusion of the program was conducted at Tuskegee. The four technical areas in which training was offered were brickmasonry, carpentry,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Bricklaying
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools, Charlotte, NC. – 1969
This application for a continuation grant (P.L. 89-10 ESEA, Title III) for the Experimental Model School Unit (EMSU) of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (North Carolina) contains three sections. Section 1 outlines the revised and expanded evaluation plan for the project in which eight activities are being tested in the EMSU (a high school, a…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Schools, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs
Diamond, James J. – 1969
Computer assisted instruction (CAI) in Biology and Developmental Reading was administered at two junior high schools and two senior high schools in Philadelphia. The achievement of the students in CAI was compared with comparable students in traditionally instructed classes. The results of the standardized tests were equivocal. In Reading, the CAI…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Baumrind, Diana – 1971
Without well-defined criteria for success, all radical innovations are doomed to failure. To facilitate successful experimentation the following are necessary: an outside agency to conduct evaluation; criteria of success acceptable to innovators and critics; and, in control and comparison groups, assessment and accounting of the initial versus…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Conventional Instruction, Criteria, Curriculum Development
Yorio, Carlos Alfredo – 1973
The University of Michigan English Language Institute has experimented successfully with offering extra-curricular mini-courses for students of English as a second language. The courses provide an optional activity in which the exposure to English is through a real situation in learning subject matter. After several successful attempts, and some…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Kaufman, Barbara, Ed.; Lydiard, Beverly, Ed. – 1971
This issue of Kaleidoscope, which focuses on projects involving innovative educational changes, describes 102 programs in elementary and secondary schools in Massachusetts. The projects cover a wide range of educational interests, including school administration and environment, guidance and special needs programs, curriculum areas, total program…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices, Ethnic Studies
COGSWELL, JOHN F.; EGBERT, ROBERT L. – 1964
THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER (IMC) OF THE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS SCHOOL WAS DESCRIBED. THE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS SCHOOL PLAN WAS DEVISED BY DR. EDWIN READ AND WAS BEING DEVELOPED AT THE LABORATORY SCHOOL OF BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY. THIS REPORT DESCRIBED HOW AN IMC MIGHT OPERATE RATHER THAN HOW ONE IS OPERATING OR IS PLANNED TO OPERATE. AS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Continuous Progress Plan, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs
Otero, George G. – 1975
Sixteen activities on issues and topics related to work, time, and leisure are presented. High-school students choose specific activities which they will work on during a period of several days. Most activities take the students out of the classroom and involve a study of family and community components of work and leisure. Some are individual…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Exploration, Class Activities, Decision Making
Florida State Postsecondary Education Commission, Tallahassee. – 1984
Florida's 1983 Legislature directed the Postsecondary Education Planning Commission to conduct a study of colleges of education in Florida. The Commission examined principally those areas relatively untouched by recent or impending changes. Legislation, board of education rules, department of education initiatives and independent actions by…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Teachers, Change Strategies, College School Cooperation
Ryan, Marianne – 1985
The first grade program of the Fairview German Bilingual School, the elementary (K-5) segment of the Cincinnati public school system's German bilingual alternative program, is described. The school provides intensive second-language instruction in German for monolingual English-speaking children with bilingualism as the objective. The school is…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Bilingual Education Programs, Cultural Background, Curriculum Design
Angevine, James – 1982
Part I of this brief document outlines seven opportunities provided for Pittsburgh secondary teachers by the Schenley High School Teacher Center. These opportunities include observing exemplary instructional activities in a real setting, practicing new skills and techniques, receiving feedback on that practice, and translating theory into…
Descriptors: Demonstration Centers, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs, Experimental Schools
Connections: A Journal of Adult Literacy, 1989
The 10 articles (and introduction by Stephen Reuys) in this journal discuss issues of adult literacy/adult basic education from a variety of perspectives. Titles and authors are as follows: "The Boston Adult Literacy Initiative: Moving beyond Initiative" (Silja Kallenbach); "Project FOCUS: Writing through Pictures" (Beatriz M. Strohmeyer); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodians
Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Madison. – 1988
This document describes a two-year elementary teacher education program conducted jointly by the Madison Metropolitan School District and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The program focused on developing more effective strategies for school-university collaboration in preparing students to teach effectively a racially, ethnically, and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Litwin, James L.; And Others – 1977
This study investigated the characteristics and experiences of 59 college students accelerated from their freshman to their junior year. The students showed high academic performance and few social problems, but questions of personal identity remained problematic; the best single predictor of academic success was found to be freshman grade-point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration, Adjustment (to Environment), Advanced Placement Programs
