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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
Arnett, Chappelle; And Others – 1980
This booklet presents a preservice teacher education model that promotes sex equity in elementary school physical education. This competency based model details performance objectives, learning experiences, and behaviors for each of the competency areas: 1) the providing of equal opportunity education to all students; 2) the building of a positive…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Competency Based Teacher Education, Creative Development
Fanselow, John F. – 1976
The patterns of moves in one type of teaching setting is very fixed: the teacher sets the stage for the learning, then sets tasks or asks questions for others to respond to and then comments on the performances. The problem with this pattern in language classrooms is that language is used differently in non-teaching settings. If students are…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Skagen, Kiki, Ed. – 1976
Nine papers comprise the proceedings from the conference on cultural interdependence between the border regions of San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico. The papers discuss the following: (1) insurgence of the Southwest's Spanish-speaking minority since 1960; (2) opportunities for cooperation between the United States and Mexican governments;…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Conferences, Cooperative Planning, Cross Cultural Studies
Hallinan, Maureen T. – 1977
This paper investigates the formation and evolution of friendship cliques among preadolescent youths. An understanding of these patterns can aid teachers in influencing social relations and the behavior of their students. Two sets of sociometric data were collected to analyze children's friendship cliques. The relationship among the variables of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Child Role
Bramstedt, Wayne G. – 1979
Sources of information about North American Indians in towns and cities are contained in this bibliography of 850 entries. Citations are primarily in the social sciences; many relate to urban studies, minority peoples, and migration, as well as specific Indian issues. The entries, dating from 1944 to 1978, are listed alphabetically by author,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Studies
Hanson, Lola P.; Hanson, Kim – 1978
This teacher's guide describes a program about urban ecology which can be used with children from kindergarten through grade six. The program comprises five units which explore concepts and practical issues of consumption in the home, health and well-being, commercial enterprise, transportation and networks, and production. Each unit's content is…
Descriptors: Business, Concept Teaching, Consumer Economics, Dramatic Play
Wood, Carolyn M. – 1978
This study compares an open space elementary school and a traditional school in Harford County, Maryland, in terms of cognitive and non-cognitive student outcomes. In order to assess whether there were differences in instructional climate (open vs. traditional) between the two schools, the Walberg and Thomas Teacher Questionnaire was administered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Attitude Measures, Childhood Attitudes
Smith, Joyce L.; Jenkins, Quentin A. L. – 1979
The objectives of this case study are to determine the personal, family, and community interactions of women on small farms, to determine how women on small farms are affected by social and cultural change, and to determine the influence of significant and generalized others on the behavior of women on small farms. The theoretical framework…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Employed Women
WEIKART, DAVID P., ED. – 1967
THE PERRY PRESCHOOL PROJECT IS AN EXPERIMENT WITH REPLICATIONS DESIGNED TO ASSESS THE LONGITUDINAL EFFECTS OF A 2-YEAR, COGNITIVELY ORIENTED, COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAM. SELECTED FROM A POPULATION WHICH IS NEGRO, FUNCTIONALLY RETARDED, AND CULTURALLY DEPRIVED, CONTROL AND EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS ARE EQUATED FOR MEAN CULTURAL-DEPRIVATION RATING AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Black Youth, Cognitive Development
SEDA, ELENA PADILLA – 1956
A SUBCULTURE OF WORKERS ON A GOVERNMENT-OWNED SUGAR PLANTATION IN PUERTO RICO IS DESCRIBED IN THIS ESSAY, WHICH IS A CHAPTER IN AN EXTENSIVE FIELD STUDY OF THE CULTURAL-HISTORICAL PATTERNS OF REGIONAL SUBCULTURES IN PUERTO RICO. THE ESSAY DISCUSSES THE SETTLEMENT AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY IN THE REGION, ITS ECONOMIC PATTERNS,…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Study, Cultural Context, Cultural Traits
Suchman, Edward A.; And Others – 1968
A questionnaire survey of 6,455 high school students and 400 teachers in eight secondary schools in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area investigated the relationship of low-income status to educational aspirations and plans. The results are presented in five doctoral dissertations on the following subjects: "Students' Poverty Status and Their…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment
Suchman, Edward A.; And Others – 1968
This is a summary of a questionnaire study of the relationship of low socioeconomic status and educational aspirations and plans of secondary schools students in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The findings are presented in a series of five doctoral dissertations, fully reported in UD 007 882. (EF)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment
Godfrey, Eleanor P., And Others – 1969
To compare the backgrounds, training, and degree of satisfaction with teaching of secondary and post-secondary academic and vocational teachers, and to obtain the opinions of the teachers and their colleagues in administration and guidance about some important educational issues, a stratified random sample was selected of 180 of the larger public…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Comprehensive Programs
Arizona State Univ., Tempe. Bureau of Educational Research and Services. – 1968
Innovative programs have been undertaken at several reservation schools to meet the special needs of Indian students. Often, however, the cultural background of the student is neglected, and he is forced to adapt to an alien school system. This creates an especially difficult problem set for the student with a poor grasp of the English language.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Aspiration, Communication Problems, Counselors
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