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Download full textWHITE, J. B.; AND OTHERS – 1966
TO EVALUATE YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLS, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA, SCHOOLS REQUESTED A STUDY OF THE LITERATURE ON YEAR-ROUND OPERATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND A NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION. NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, AND FLORIDA WERE FOUND TO OPERATE SOME SCHOOLS ON A YEAR-ROUND BASIS. THREE OF SEVEN OUTLINED PLANS WERE SELECTED FOR SPECIAL…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Bibliographies, Costs, Expenditures
FULTS, ANNA CAROL – 1965
A SUMMER WORKSHOP WAS CONDUCTED IN 1965 TO PREPARE HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS TO CONDUCT TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE FOOD SERVICE AREA TO (1) PREPARE OLDER HIGH SCHOOL AND POST-HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH TO BECOME COOKS FOR NURSING HOMES, DAY CARE CENTERS, HOMES FOR CHILDREN, AND SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS AND (2) DEVELOP CURRICULUM MATERIALS IN THE FOOD SERVICE…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foods Instruction, Home Economics Education, Instructional Materials
HEAD, SYDNEY W.; PHILIPS, C. LEE – 1961
A TWO-PHASE EXPERIMENT TESTED THE FEASIBILITY OF MOTIVATING RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO DEVOTE SUMMER STUDY IN INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR CREDIT BY MEANS OF OPEN CIRCUIT TELEVISION. A PILOT AND A EXPERIMENTAL COURSE WERE SCHEDULED IN SUCCESSIVE SUMMERS. THE PILOT PROGRAM SHOWED FAVORABLE RESULTS, BUT AN EXPANDED EXPERIMENTAL COURSE WAS…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, College Preparation, Educational Methods, Educational Objectives
Porterfield, Craig; Eglsaer, Richard – 1980
A total of 359 retained seventh and eighth grade students from the Austin (Texas) Independent School District's junior high schools participated in a summer enrichment program that was designed to improve their basic skills and decision making skills and to provide them with a successful school experience. Diagnostic information was used to assign…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Decision Making Skills, Educational Research, Junior High School Students
Schlawin, Sheila A.; And Others – 1979
Produced by the participants at a summer curriculum development workshop, this booklet has a threefold purpose: to help educators in analyzing both the process and product of student writing to find ways of improving that writing, to provide activities for generating more and better student writing and for encouraging students to revise and edit…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Program Development
Peer reviewedMcAllister, Jane Ellen – Educational Leadership, 1965
During summers and on Saturdays, 200 motivated academically and culturally disadvantaged Negro 15- and 16-year-olds participated in Project Enrichment, undertaken at Jackson State College in Mississippi from 1961 to 1964. The students were encouraged to achieve and to participate in intellectual and social activities to change the ill effects of…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Black Students, College School Cooperation, Disadvantaged Youth
Parker, Charles C. – 1977
This paper advances the thesis that students should be trained to recognize acceptable and unacceptable performances in basic skill areas and should assume responsibility for attaining proficiency in these areas. Among the topics discussed are the value of having junior high school students check their own assignments, discover their errors, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, English Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Dependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC. – 1975
This study is primarily a compilation of cost and budget data gathered through a summer school questionnaire that was sent to 25 United States school systems with a total enrollment of over 100,000 students. Eighteen questionnaires were returned, though one was not used since the school system does not operate a summer school. Therefore, the data…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Costs
Villa, Rogelio H., Comp. – 1972
Fourteen summer school projects located in 14 school districts with large concentrations of migrant children during the summer of 1972 were described. The projects were from 6 to 10 weeks long and provided services for children from birth to age 12. The number and percentage of pupils enrolled in each component of the program were (1) Title I:…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Gadjo, Henry W.; Hayden, Laurie – 1972
The Sodus 1972 Summer Migrant Program entailed many facets to project learning experiences for the migrant of all ages. Its major goal was widening the migrants' experiences so that they might have more control over their own destiny. The 4 major phases to the Sodus Program's operation included the day care center for infants; the Summer Migrant…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Development, Consumer Education, Day Care
Dooley, Harold R. – 1970
A program is described which was designed to assist the orientation of new teachers, develop their sense of job gratification, and encourage them to continue to teach in Rio Grande border school systems. The three major phases of the project are considered, one in 1968-69 involving 357 new teachers in small group discussions and training sessions…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Group Discussion, Job Satisfaction, Questionnaires
Wormack, Leslie – 1970
The goals of the Stevens Technical Enrichment Program (STEP) are to seek out economically and educationally deprived high school students who show potential in science and mathematics, and to train and motivate these students to enter college. Students were selected from high schools in Hoboken and Newark, New Jersey, as well as from New York…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Bruton, Sally A. – 1968
Reported is a summer tutorial project in Columbia, South Carolina, in which high school and college students tutored elementary school children. Remedial reading and math were emphasized, and arts and crafts and recreational activities were also provided. Field trips were used to reward regular student attendance. The report describes the project…
Descriptors: College Students, Elementary School Students, Field Trips, High School Students
Carpenter, Charles D. – 1969
Evaluated was the educational merit of a mobile science laboratory. The methodology used for evaluation was the Planning Assistance Through Technical Evaluation of Relevance Numbers (PATTERN) system. The program utilizing the mobile laboratory was shown to induce behavioral changes in students, motivate them, and create interest and excitement…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Conservation Education, Educational Programs, Elementary School Science
Price, William F. – 1968
Twenty high school and college students aged 16 to 20 were trained as summer camp counselors in a project to provide experiences leading to choosing a career with the mentally retarded. In the 11-week period, 1 week was devoted to lectures and seminars, 8 weeks to working with the retarded, and 2 weeks to working with multiply handicapped adults.…
Descriptors: Camping, Career Change, Career Choice, Exceptional Child Services
