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Lynch, Joanne – 1993
This report presents an evaluation of the Excellence and Success through Career Understanding and Enriched Language Activities (Project ESCUELA), an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its second year of operation at five schools in Brooklyn, New York. The project served 415 Spanish-speaking and 178 Yiddish-speaking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education
Idaho State Div. of Vocational Education, Boise. – 1994
This guide, which combines business and marketing concepts with microcomputer applications, is intended to be used in designing a 2-semester course in business technology and to serve as the main component for articulation activities in the event that students completing the course decide to pursue additional training or education. The course…
Descriptors: Accounting, Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Business Communication
de Bot, Kees, Ed.; And Others – 1991
Papers from a conference on empirical research on foreign language instruction in Europe and the United States include: "Foreign Language Instruction and Second Language Acquisition Research in the United States" (Charles A. Fergurson, Thom Huebner); "Empirical Foreign Language Research in Europe" (Theo van Els, Kees de Bot,…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Comparative Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Education
Literacy Works, 1993
Four issues of the newsletter are included. Number 1, with the theme "Literacy and New Canadians," includes an editorial on the government's new language training programs, articles on programs for newcomers, news from the Prairie Literacy Institute, and short reports on a theater project and adolescent problems. Focusing on…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, American Indian Languages, Business, Canada Natives
Noel, Rita Thomas; Hunter, Jennie L. – 1994
The Vocational Competency Achievement Tracking System (VoCATS) in North Carolina is a competency-based instructional management system that allows the collection of data on student performance achievement before, during, and after instruction. A preliminary pilot study was conducted to evaluate the implementation of the VoCATS program with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Business Education, Business Education Teachers
Muldner, Carl; Murphy, Francis – 1993
Documents providing background and information about the plans of the Owego Apalachin Central School District (New York) for instructional technology are presented. An outline of the technology plan emphasizes key components, the planning process, and details about instructional and administrative computing. The current uses of electronic…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Southwell, Beth, Ed.; And Others – 1992
A conference proceedings on mathematics education research contained the following keynote addresses: "Doing and Constructing Mathematics in Screen-Space" (Mason); "Students' Understanding of Geometry: Theoretical Perspectives" (Pegg); "The Australian Research Council and its Role in Supporting Education Research"…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning)
Royce, Sherry – 1992
This document reviews 117 special projects selected by a panel of literacy experts using three criteria: effectiveness, innovation, and adaptability. Special projects are grouped by the area, or major thrust, of the project and product. The nine areas are as follows: counseling, curriculum, English as a Second Language, management, promotion,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Career Counseling, Computer Assisted Instruction
Wrigley, Heide Spruck; And Others – 1993
A study of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) education in the United States is summarized. Focus is on special challenges in providing ESL education and promising ways in which providers are meeting those challenges. An introductory section describes the context of current ESL instruction, including the nature of the learners' needs and…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Baker, Dale R. – 1990
This summary of research in science education for 1989 is organized around 15 major themes. These themes are: (1) criteria and ethics; (2) achievement in science; (3) affect; (4) classroom interactions; (5) cognitive processes; (6) computers; (7) curriculum; (8) instruction; (9) legislation and policy; (10) misconceptions; (11) scientific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, College Science
EASTCONN Regional Educational Services Center, North Windham, CT. – 1989
This curriculum guide for teaching business mathematics in the Connecticut Vocational-Technical School System is based on the latest thinking of instructors in the field, suggestions from mathematics authorities, and current instructional approaches in education. The curriculum guide consists of six sections: (1) career relationships and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bookkeeping, Business Education, Business Skills
Brickle, Woodrow, II – 1990
The negative impact of low attendance and the lack of effective, alternative classroom learning strategies are factors that mitigate against student interest and success in mathematics, particularly with respect to inner-city at-risk students. The goal of this practicum was to improve the problem-solving skills of a group of 50 alternative high…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Hautecoeur, Jean-Paul, Ed. – 1990
This publication contains 21 reports that explore and document literacy. Following an introduction (Jean-Paul Hautecoeur), the first part deals with literacy in North America. Reports are "Functional Illiteracy and the 'New Literacy'" (Jean-Pierre Velis); "Literacy Policy in Quebec: An Historical Overview" (Jean-Paul…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Allen, Kathryn; Carl, David – 1988
A Texas project developed a model distance learning program for a Health Care Science course. It determined the feasibility of using a distance learning delivery system for providing small rural districts with additional vocational education options. Activities included advisory committee selection, course development and support material…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Thurston, Paul – 1983
Renewed attention on educational quality is forcing educators to consider experimenting with new organizational structures for achieving public school objectives. Eight recent reports on the state of public precollegiate education in the United States address the need for better educational quality. Although the eight reports vary in emphasis,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Basic Skills, Computer Science Education, Consolidated Schools
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