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Zehler, A. M. – 1994
This report is based on the findings of a Special Issues Analysis Center (SIAC) focus group on active learning instructional models for limited English proficiency (LEP) students which convened in June 1993. The report is aimed at supplying answers for teachers uncertain about what to do when confronted with English language learners (ELL) in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Wallace, Cyril – 1992
The Alternative Basic Comprehensive Program (Project ABC) was a special alternative program for bilingual high school students in New York City. The project targeted two high schools with an influx of newly arrived immigrant students from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Spanish-speaking countries of the Caribbean and South America. The program was designed…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Exploration
University of South Florida, Tampa. Dept. of Adult and Vocational Education. – 1988
This program guide identifies primary concerns in the organization, operation, and evaluation of an electronic technology program. It is designed for local school district and community college administrators, instructors, program advisory committees, and regional coordinating councils. The guide begins with the Dictionary of Occupational Titles…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Cooperative Education, Electronic Technicians, Electronics
Price, Linda A. – 1993
In an effort to develop early intervention strategies to increase student persistence, a study was conducted at Allegany Community College (ACC) in Cumberland, Maryland, of the common characteristics of withdrawing students. Student records were examined for the 84 students (out of a total of 2,999 enrolled) who withdrew in the first 3 weeks of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Augustin, Marc – 1992
Project HAITT STARS (now in its fourth year) was designed to provide Haitian-, Spanish-, and Chinese-speaking high school students of limited English proficiency (who scored at or below the 40th percentile on the Language Assessment Battery) in three schools in Brooklyn and Queens, New York with instruction in the beginning through transitional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Career Counseling, Chinese Americans
Southard, Margarida F. – 1991
In the 1989-90 school year, 13 dropout prevention programs were implemented in the Leon County (Florida) School District. The Comprehensive Dropout Prevention Program (CDPP) for Leon County schools included Educational Alternatives Programs, a Teenage Parent Program, a Substance Abuse Program, and Youth Services Programs. This report presents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth
Scott, Douglass J. – 1997
This article presents a conceptual framework for the research and practice of educational computer conferences that shifts the focus from the on-line messages being exchanged to the participants' engagement with the conference. This framework, known as the "Iceberg Metaphor" or the "Michigan Model of educational…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
Cotton, Kathleen – 1998
Decades of research indicate that when parents take an active part in their children's education, it has a positive impact on their children's academic achievement, attitudes toward learning and school, confidence as a learner, and social behavior. Parents can also help children develop the lifelong learning skills and attitudes they will need in…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Elementary School Students, Experiential Learning, Intermediate Grades
Kimmel, Howard; Muldrow, Diana; O'Shea, Mark; Deek, Fadi – 1998
This paper describes Project SMART (Science and Math Access: Resources & Technology), a multi-year professional development effort that includes components for all adults who regularly have contact with children with disabilities. The common goal of each of the components is the development of both efficacy and capacity to inspire children with…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Classroom Environment, Disabilities
Fleischman, Howard L., Ed.; Dervaric, Charles, Ed.; Leighton, Ed.; Said, Mary Staples, Ed. – 1994
The report presents results of a study of: the type, content, duration, and intensity of instructional services provided to limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in the United States; administrative procedures associated with these services (including procedures for identifying students for entry into and exit from these special services); the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Costs
Development Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1993
The technical appendixes are part of a study that explores the type, content, duration, and intensity of instructional services provided to limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in the United States; administrative procedures associated with these services (including procedures for identifying students for entry into and exit from these…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education Programs, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
Sanford, Carol Ann – 1997
This report describes a 12-week practicum that was designed to decrease the number of special education referrals of at-risk kindergarten students for developmental delays in communication through a direct, in-class, social language program. The program was implemented in five kindergarten classrooms and used developmentally appropriate,…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Classroom Techniques, Developmental Delays, Educational Strategies
Speights, Wilhelmenia Edwards – 1991
A practicum was implemented over an 8-month period to improve the literacy development of sixth-grade poor readers in a regular classroom. The primary goals were to empower sixth-grade classroom teachers in supporting literacy development, to strengthen the communication bond between parents and teachers, and to increase parental involvement in…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Inservice Teacher Education, Intermediate Grades, Literacy
Dodge, Diane Trister; Goldhammer, Marilyn – 1988
This guide is designed for supervisors and trainers who are helping teachers of young children implement the Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood: a curriculum that is based on child development theory and is developmentally appropriate for preschool and kindergarten children. The guide gives particular emphasis to a carefully organized, rich…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Curriculum Development, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
National Committee for Citizens in Education, Columbia, MD. – 1991
Twelve pamphlets in a series for parents cover a variety of school-related information. The pamphlets are as follows: (1) Parent Involvement (how schools will benefit, why parents should be involved, and parent rights); (2) Parent/Teacher Conference (why conferences are important, how parents can prepare, what happens, and what to do afterwards);…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Child Advocacy, Children
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