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Download full textMueller, Roger – 1979
This booklet is one of a series of teacher-written curriculum publications launched by the Bay Area Writing Project (BAWP), each focusing on a different aspect of the teaching of composition. In it a college professor presents a personal narrative of his experience in a BAWP summer institute and how he applied the techniques learned at the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Attitudes, Summer Programs
1965
SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR TWO FOLKTALES, "MOLLY WHUPPIE" AND "THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE," ARE POSED. THE QUESTIONS ARE DELIBERATELY WORDED TO EVOKE DISCUSSION, DISAGREEMENT, AND EVEN ARGUMENT. THE PURPOSE IS TO FOSTER INDIVIDUAL REACTION AND LIVELY DISCUSSION. THE QUESTIONS ARE DIVIDED INTO CATEGORIES ONLY FOR CONVENIENCE. EACH…
Descriptors: Books, Discussion, Folk Culture, Language Acquisition
LEBARON, WALTER A.; RUEF, WERNER H. – 1963
SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS CONDUCTED IN SEVERAL CENTERS FOR CHILDREN OF MIGRANT PARENTS IN NEW YORK STATE WERE DESCRIBED. ATTENDANCE WAS EXCELLENT THROUGHOUT THE 6-WEEK PERIOD. A CHILD CARE CENTER AND TRANSPORTATION WERE PROVIDED. THE BUDGET FOR THE SEVERAL CENTERS VARIED WITH SIZE, PROGRAM, AND SPECIFIC PROBLEMS, EMPHASIS WAS PLACED UPON BASIC SKILLS…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Day Care Centers, Education Service Centers, Elementary Education
HAMPTON, NELLIE D. – 1960
AN EXPERIMENTAL 8-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR GIFTED CHILDREN IN RURAL AREAS AND TOWNS WAS TESTED FOR EFFECTIVENESS. THE HYPOTHESIS OF THIS PROJECT WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN ACHIEVEMENT OR ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS SPECIAL PROGRAM AND STUDENTS WHO HAD THE SAME INTELLIGENCE BUT NO SPECIAL TRAINING.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Opportunities, Experimental Curriculum
HAMPTON, NELLIE D. – 1961
THE EFFECTS OF TRAINING GIVEN TO A GROUP OF GIFTED CHILDREN IN A SPECIAL SUMMER PROGRAM WERE TESTED DURING THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR WITH RESPECT TO OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT AMONG THE STUDENTS. THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO COMPARE THIS EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WITH TWO CONTROL GROUPS DRAWN FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOL POPULATIONS. IT WAS THE SECOND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Curriculum Research
RECKARD, E.C. – 1967
THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE ANTICIPATED OPERATION OF A PROJECT WHICH WILL OFFER COLLEGE COUNSELING AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT TO DISADVANTAGED SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH COLLEGE POTENTIAL. THE STUDENTS WILL BE SELECTED IN THE SEVENTH GRADE AND CONTINUE IN THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WILL PARTICIPATE EACH SUMMER IN A 5-WEEK…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College School Cooperation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
GARNESKI, THOMAS M.; SPECTOR, IRWIN L. – 1966
IN SUMMER 1965, PHOENIX COLLEGE OFFERED A PILOT PROGRAM OF GROUP COUNSELING FOR PROSPECTIVE FRESHMEN. STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WERE OBTAINED THROUGH NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY AND PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS OF HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS. OF 267 APPLICANTS, 45 WERE ASSIGNED TO A CONTROL GROUP. THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WAS RANDOMLY DIVIDED INTO 23 SECTIONS, AVERAGING 12…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Dropout Prevention
FOX, ROBERT S.; AND OTHERS – 1964
OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO UTILIZE THE WORKING MATERIALS CREATED DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR, (2) TO EXPLORE THE NEED FOR A SET OF RESOURCE MATERIALS DIRECTED TOWARD HELPING THE CLASSROOM TEACHER GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO HELP IN THE TEACHING OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, (3) TO FIELD-TEST THE RESOURCE MATERIALS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, (4) TO DEVELOP AND TEST…
Descriptors: Day Camp Programs, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
WHITE, 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
