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Zerchykov, Ross – 1982
This review of the literature focuses on the effects of enrollment and fiscal decline on local school district management and also looks at the effects of local districts' policy responses to decline. The review's five sections include an overview of the kinds of literature available on decline; a summary of the main policy issues identified in…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems, Annotated Bibliographies, Board of Education Policy
Dunne, Faith; And Others – 1980
Selected pages of the four units in the rural high school career development and life planning curriculum have been adapted to reflect the conditions, characteristics, and people of the Appalachian South; the majority of the specific examples are drawn from Tennessee. The field-tested adaptation packet contains revised pages for both teaching…
Descriptors: Career Development, Curriculum Guides, Daily Living Skills, Decision Making Skills
Peltier, Wanda Jo – 1981
Written for displaced homemaker programs in vocational-technical schools, this curriculum contains material designed so that instructors can prepare student manuals appropriate to almost any educational support situation for displaced homemakers. An overview provides information on special needs groups, curriculum use, and resources and sample…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Assertiveness, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstacts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 16 titles deal with the following topics: a comparison of social science textbooks with student reading levels; the correlation between eighth graders' reading ability and their comprehension of content textbooks; the effects of…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Annotated Bibliographies, Content Area Reading, Doctoral Dissertations
Saks, Michael J. – 1978
Research in social psychology will be more useful to society if researchers incorporate evaluation research into their inquiries. Evaluation research is interpreted to include overall assessment of a program or project as well as methodological procedures used to assess implementation and outcome of social and cultural action programs.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Pagano, Alicia L., Ed. – 1978
Six articles focus upon social studies as an essential subject in early childhood education. All articles take an interactionary approach; that is, they view children as acting upon and being acted upon by their environment. "Young Children Growing through Action" presents a developmental approach centered around four themes: (1) growth through…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Psychology, Citizenship, Class Activities
ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science Education, Columbus, OH. – 1967
THIS IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES WHICH ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION CONCERNING DOCUMENTS ANALYZED AT THE ERIC INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION. REPORTED ARE OVER 180 CITATIONS TO SELECTED DOCUMENTS RELATED TO INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES IN SCIENCE EDUCATION. THE DOCUMENTS INCLUDED REPRESENT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Aids, Biology, Chemistry
MORGAN, JOHN S. – 1966
THIS GUIDE TO CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP BEGINS WITH A CHAPTER ON LEADERSHIP PSYCHOLOGY AND GOES ON TO PRESENT OUTLINES FOR RUNNING CONFERENCES. THE LEADER PREPARES FOR THE MEETING BY COLLECTING FACTS ON THE SUBJECT, PREPARING AN OUTLINE, KNOWING THE PARTICIPANTS, MAKING PHYSICAL ARRANGEMENTS, AND WRITING THE TENTATIVE SUMMARY. IN THE CONFERENCE HE…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conferences
FRANKLIN, PAULA; FRANKLIN, RICHARD – 1967
THIS NATIONAL TRAINING LABORATORIES (NTL) CONFERENCE, DEPARTING SOMEWHAT FROM ITS USUAL EXPERIENCE-BASED LEARNING PROGRAMS, FOCUSED LABORATORY TRAINING METHODS ON THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN URBAN COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING. THE CONFERENCE PRESENTED THEORY, INFORMATION, AND OPINION ON THE NATURE OF CITIES AND THEIR DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Change
Louis, Karen Seashore – 1980
The Research and Development Utilization Program (RDU) was intended to apply research and development products to local school problems; to develop a problem-solving and product selection process usable by local schools; and to organize a linkage system making national, state, and other external resources available to local school personnel. The…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
Baenziger, Betty – 1977
Utilizing word problems relevant to the field of environmental health, this workbook presents a concept-oriented approach to competency development in 14 areas of basic mathematics: (1) the expression of numbers as figures and words; (2) the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; (3)…
Descriptors: Addition, Algebra, Basic Skills, College Mathematics
Popkewitz, Thomas S. – 1978
To shed light on the social research perspectives which enable people to give coherence to daily events, educational researchers must continually scrutinize the social values and beliefs which underly their research. As social and cultural affairs are explained by the social sciences, so also are theories and methods influenced by social conflict.…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. National Council on Educational Research. – 1976
The National Council on Educational Research (NCER), and its parent organization, the National Institute of Education (NIE), were established by law in 1972. NCER functions as an advisory arm to NIE, by establishing general policies; recommending programs to strengthen educational research and to disseminate and implement research findings;…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agency Role, Annual Reports, Basic Skills
Taylor, Beverly Loy; Thomas, John W. – 1978
This guide is the last of four intended to help persons involved in planning new schools, new programs, or other comprehensive change projects. The materials consist of readings to be done individually and exercises to be done individually and/or with a group. Guide 4 focuses on the linkage between the plan and the actual implementation of the new…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Decision Making
Densmore, Tom, Comp.; And Others – 1978
Compiled for teachers whose sixth grade students participate in the resident camping program of the Dixon Public Schools (Dixon, Illinois), this guide offers extensive and detailed information for use in planning the camp curriculum. Activities are suggested for environmental study, group socialization, and recreation. Environmental study units…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Environmental Education
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