This report summarizes the proceedings of a Leadership Institute seminar to identify the current state of knowledge and practice in community integration for people with developmental disabilities and to recommend directions for future efforts. The Leadership Institute was organized around four work groups, covering community living, families,…

Compiled from information gathered through questionnaires and other sources, this handbook documents educational practices conducted in the 55 counties of West Virginia. The data contained in this guide were collected in the spring of 1990. The text is divided into two parts: county profiles and high school descriptions. The high school…

The United States Information Agency (USIA) invited four Dutch educators to make a five-week tour through the United States during the 1985-1986 school year. The goal was "to award and administer United States Educational Development grants to qualified foreign educators...to enable them to observe educational methods and practices, to see school…

As a result of a joint concern over the issues of book selection and censorhip, the National Council of Teachers of English and the American Association of School Librarians distributed a questionnaire in the spring of 1964 to 1,600 secondary schools, half going to chairpersons of English departments and half to school librarians. Approximately…

From a practical, eclectic, and teacher-centered vantage point, this paper reviews previous attempts to classify curriculum development processes, proposes an analytic schema for examing such processes, and explicates an alternative process which has been found to be effective in working with teachers. First, critical distinctions are drawn…

The paper examines how collaboration might occur when research in comparative education employs ethnographic techniques. Following a brief review of the literature, a set of principles and a model for collaborative ethnography in school-based research are presented in order to provide direction for future research where the active involvement of…

Cooperative learning, one of the most thoroughly researched strategies available to educators, promotes increased academic achievement and is relatively easy to implement at reasonable cost. Outcomes of cooperative learning include improved student behavior, better attendance, increased student motivation, encouragement of group processes and…

Since computers were first introduced into early childhood educational settings, much debate has centered on the issue of appropriateness. This paper takes issue with a number of often cited reasons for not including computers in preschool, and advances a theoretical base for computer use in early childhood. The paper also offers a review of…

The report presents information on current practices and issues in training direct care staff working in facilities serving developmentally disabled persons in Iowa and seven other states. The first section provides background information including purposes of the report and methods used to collect information. Section II is organized by four…

This report examines the most recent middle school data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to investigate how selected dimensions of instructional practice are related to higher-order learning of middle-grade students. In particular, the paper: (1) outlines the theoretical basis for prescribing middle level instructional…

Illustrated with examples drawn from the experience of one teacher educator, ways of providing prospective teachers at the college level with active learning experiences based on developmental principles are discussed. The discussion draws parallels between three approaches in early childhood education and these same approaches to teacher…

Arithmetic programming for students with mild mental disabilities requires a comprehensive perspective that includes attention to curriculum, instruction, and appraisal. Arithmetic computation should not dominate educational programming, but should be included in ways that are functionally relevant and meaningfully presented within a framework of…

The summer kindergarten program described in this guide is designed to meet the needs of children according to their stages of development and experience. The curriculum grows out of children's interests, learning styles, strengths, and stages of development. Direct experiences though which children can explore and discover constitute the core of…

This investigation, which replicates a previous descriptive study, describes the uses of corporal punishment with students in American public schools. A school discipline survey was mailed to 371 elementary, junior high, and high school principals in 18 randomly selected states representing the nine U.S. Census regions; usable information was…

Intended for use in in-service instruction for preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade teachers, this publication addresses major issues related to student transition between grades. Contents reflect the practices, strategies, and ideas of discussants, who included principals, teachers and administrators who were members of a task force convened…