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SOMERS, GERALD G. – 1966
THIS REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE OFFICE OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FEATURES A REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH ON RETRAINING AND MIGRATION AS INDEPENDENT AND INTERACTING FACTORS IN REGIONAL ECONOMIES. FINDINGS ARE ALSO RELATED TO CURRENT UNITED STATES MANPOWER POLICY AND TO RETRAINING AND RELOCATION SCHEMES IN WESTERN EUROPE. IN THE UNITED STATES,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Comparative Analysis, Demography
JORDAN, JUNE B.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE WESTERN INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE MONTANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION CONDUCTED A NATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS. THIS PUBLICATION EMBODIES THE CONFERENCE'S RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS. FORTY-SEVEN PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTING RESEARCH, ADMINISTRATION, AND…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrators, Braille
WEINSTEIN, GERALD; AND OTHERS – 1967
IN A PANEL, GEORGE BRAGLE AND NATHAN GOULD STRESS TEACHER PREPARATION TO COPE WITH THE THREATENING IMPACT OF CULTURE OR REALITY SHOCK. THEY RECOMMEND MODIFYING THE ATTITUDES OF TEACHERS BY ALTERING THEIR PERCEPTIONS, PROVIDING THEM WITH DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH THE SOCIOCULTURAL MILIEU OF GHETTO SCHOOLS, AND REQUIRING THEM TO TAKE COURSES IN THE…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Teaching, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Stam, Jerome M; Reid, J. Norman – 1980
Substate regional organizations (defined as those public bodies that provide planning, economic development, and service coordination for local governments) are discussed, and the major issues pertaining to substate regionalism are explored in this overview. The background and setting of the substate regional movement is traced, from its inception…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Development, Conservation (Environment), Economic Development
Hendler, Charles I.; Reid, J. Norman – 1980
The study described the patterns of government outlay to U.S. metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas for 86% of the $499 billion of federal outlays and loan guarantees made in fiscal 1978 to individual counties in the 50 states. Between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas there were considerable variations in outlays to programs in seven…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Comparative Analysis, Economic Development
Schulze, Joseph R. – 1970
New Hampshire high school students and Dartmouth College students who had participated in 4 OUTWARD BOUND courses in 1970 were interviewed (15 of the 59 high school participants and 14 of the 19 Dartmouth participants) and completed questionnaires. Additional information was drawn from discussions with OUTWARD BOUND staff members and with some of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adventure Education, College Students, Experiential Learning
Lockart, Barbetta L. – 1981
According to non-Indian educators, American Indian children in public schools often pose discipline problems that cannot be handled with traditional non-Indian methods such as spanking, scolding, yelling, or isolation. The elements of Indian discipline (shaming, ridicule, threats of punishment by supernatural figures, storytelling, community…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1980
Results from the third national writing assessment of 17-year-old students conducted in 1979 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are presented in this volume. Chapter one provides highlights of the results of the test assessment which indicate neither a major decline nor improvement in writing performance of 17-year-old…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Cohesion (Written Composition)
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1980
Results from the third national writing assessment of 13-year-old students conducted in 1979 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are presented in this volume. Chapter one provides highlights of the results of the test assessment which indicate a general decline in the writing performance of 13-year-old students. Chapter two…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Cohesion (Written Composition)
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1980
Results from the third national writing assessment of nine-year-old students conducted in 1979 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are presented in this volume. Chapter one provides highlights of the results of the test assessment which indicate both decline and improvement on different tasks in the writing performance of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Cohesion (Written Composition)
Peterson, Penelope L.; And Others – 1980
This study attempted to replicate and extend previous aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) findings for students' learning in large-group and small-group teaching approaches. Two elementary teachers each taught a two-week geometry unit to two classes of fourth- and fifth-grade students. One teacher used a small-group teaching approach and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Elementary School Students
Johnson, William H., Ed.; And Others – 1980
This publication consists of articles that detail the state of teacher education programs in the Rocky Mountain area. The articles discuss: 1) the evaluation of college courses taught in a rural setting, 2) professional development and role models, 3) multicultural education, 4) future educational trends, 5) educational cooperation, 6) student…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Differences, Education Courses, Educational Cooperation
Dutkiewicz, Jody Steiner, Ed. – 1980
This publication features articles detailing the state of educational programs in the Rocky Mountain area. The articles address: 1) the impact of physical geography on culture, education, and lifestyle; 2) the education of migrant and/or agricultural workers and their children; 3) educational needs of children in rural areas; 4) outdoor education;…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, American Indians, Cultural Background, Differences
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 23 titles deal with the following topics: sex appropriate and sex inappropriate language; lexical retrieval and perceptual errors; naming deficits in anomia and aphasia; developmental discourse; pragmatic information and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Black Youth, Child Language
Akbar, Na'im – 1978
Interpretations of the differences between the African American child and the Caucasian child in North America follow two major trends. In one the differences in the African American child are viewed as deviance from the Euro-American norm and therefore inferior or pathological. In the other, the differences are viewed as deviant but adaptive…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Black Culture, Black Students, Body Language
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