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Garvey, Reba – 1983
The Child Development Project run by the Cleveland public schools gives eligible four-year-olds basic experiences, not generally available in the home, that help them develop learning skills needed for success in school. Language and other pre-reading skills are emphasized. Each project class includes about 20 children, who attend half-day, five…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Inservice Teacher Education
Download full textInman, Deborah; Schulman, Robert – 1984
In 1982-83, the Basic Trilingual Program at Flushing High School in Queens, New York, provided instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL) in 185 Hispanic and 51 Korean students of limited English proficiency in grades 9-12. The Hispanic students attended native language classes and bilingual courses in social studies, math, science, art,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development
Tompkins, John F. – 1983
The Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District Chapter I Reading Program served 1,850 students in grades 2-9. Chapter I students displayed gains between pre- and posttesting with the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and Iowa Tests of Educational Development. The total population of Chapter I students who completed both a pre and posttest…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attitude Measures, Budgets, Compensatory Education
Sullivan, Francis D. – 1983
Emphasis on Latin American Cultures, a project in two junior high schools and one high school in Cleveland, Ohio, is evaluated in this report. The project is designed to help Hispanic students increase feelings of self-esteem through appreciation of their own heritage; acquire and strengthen skills necessary to improve their academic achievement;…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background
Epstein, Joyce L. – 1984
Data from a survey of 1269 parents (of whom 24 percent were single parents) were used to study whether single and married parents differ in their interactions with elementary schools and teachers. Results indicate that initial differences between single and married parents' perceptions of teachers and teachers' evaluations of single and married…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Family Characteristics
Flood, James, Ed. – 1984
Designed to present a historical account of instructional approaches to the teaching of comprehension as well as insights into effective approaches for the present and the future, this collection of papers is divided into three parts, concerned respectively with: (1) instructional research in reading comprehension, (2) the reader and the text, and…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literature Reviews
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1988
A summary is presented of a 2-year ethnographic study of the intake process (involving assessment, placement, and educational programming) of 12 Hispanic deaf and hearing-impaired children, aged 3-8. The study, titled "Schooling the Different: Ethnographic Case Studies of Hispanic Deaf Children's Initiation into Formal Schooling" by Adrian…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Case Studies, Deafness, Educational Diagnosis
Mason, Jana M.; Stewart, Janice – 1988
A study examined preschool children's awareness of literacy. Subjects included 18 children from 2 classrooms of prekindergarten children who lived in a black, inner-city neighborhood and attended a school that believed in providing formal reading and writing instruction in the prekindergarten year. Subjects were asked how they were learning, how…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Early Reading
Robinson, Cordelia C.; And Others – 1988
Part of a volume which explores current issues in service delivery to infants and toddlers with handicapping conditions, this chapter discusses the nature of parent involvement in early childhood special education. Acceptance of the basic axiom of parent involvement needs to be accompanied by an understanding of individual differences in family…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Diagnosis
Kurz-Riemer, Karen; And Others – 1987
A coordinated continuum of comprehensive, community-based services that help Minneapolis parents meet the developmental needs of their children from birth through the fifth year is proposed as a way to increase children's readiness for school. After an executive summary and brief introductory chapter, contents of the document focus on: (1) key…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperation, Costs, Delivery Systems
Rocha, Ramon M., Ed. – Perceptions, 1988
This special journal section contains five major articles concerned with the education of children with disabilities, especially with emotional or behavioral disorders. The lead article by Ramon M. Rocha and Susan McCue, discusses the education of emotionally disturbed (ED) students in New York State as directed by the Commissioner of Education's…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Cultural Differences, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Goldberg, Nancy Sloan; McGovern, Anne P. – 1988
The Family-Oriented Language Dynamics (FOLD) Program, a humanistic, goal-centered, home-directed philosophy of teaching foreign languages, is discussed, and a FOLD workshop at Middle Tennessee State University is described. FOLD is the result of research on the possible application of the Suzuki Talent Education of music instruction to second…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities, Language Proficiency
Bauch, Jerold P., Ed. – 1988
Collected are 68 articles on a wide range of topics related to the education of young children in the schools. Section One offers historical perspectives of early childhood education. Section Two samples policy decisions about present and future issues, especially those with economic, social, and philosophical importance. Section Three explores…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Computer Uses in Education, Discipline, Early Childhood Education
Dunbar, Donald A.; Salazar, Irene M. – 1985
The Gifted and Talented Program (GAT) of the Mellon Junior High School, Mt. Lebanon School District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was evaluated in 1985. Questionnaires were sent to 139 parents and 50 academic teachers. In addition, 9 teachers, 4 administrators, and 12 parents were interviewed. Responses were summarized in detail regarding 14 topics,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment, Individualized Education Programs
Buford, Delores – 1987
This study of parents' role in the college selection process is part of an ongoing market research agenda at a small, private, liberal arts college. Data were gathered from parents of currently enrolled freshmen about the information they needed to make informed decisions about which school their child would attend and the information they…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, College Freshmen, Enrollment Influences
