This study examined the effectiveness of the Title 1 Elementary School Summer program that provided intervention to underachieving kindergarten through grade 5 pupils who were below average in reading ability at 7 schools located throughout the Columbus, Ohio public school district. The program featured group instruction (with many of the…

This study focuses on a 10-week program called the Summer Pre-Graduate Research Experience (SPGRE) Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The SPGRE has been in place for six years; it is designed to reinforce and promote graduate study through participation in directed and often on-going faculty research projects. Students are…

This guide stems from concern that many classroom teachers have limited exposure to the scientific community in general and to the nature and method of science in particular. It offers guidelines and suggestions to plan, conduct, and evaluate summer mentorship programs and gives practical advice on establishing programs, garnering institutional…

This directory provides information on summer programs abroad from 1 week to several months in length and short courses of varying lengths in the fall, winter, or spring. Approximately 60 percent of the programs are sponsored by U.S. accredited colleges and universities; the others are offered by foreign universities, language schools, and other…

This practicum addressed the issues of declining enrollment and the anticipated problems resulting from the loss of a kindergarten program in an early childhood center. (Enrollment is expected to decline as the public schools moved to all-day kindergarten.) Goals of the practicum were to increase enrollment in the early childhood center, expand…

The founder of the Shad Valley (Ontario, Canada) summer program for gifted teenagers in 1984 suggests that the current selection process may not be adequate and fails to encourage applications from some students who would profit from the program. The program is seen to provide direct benefits to the universities that host the program, the…

A practicum project was designed to improve effective communication between parents and a private school summer program by publishing a student-generated school newspaper. A pre-questionnaire concerning the effectiveness of communication between the home and school was distributed to the parents of the 54 students enrolled in an 8-week summer…

A 1983 directory of California migrant summer secondary programs contains listings for schools in 79 communities; emphasis is on secondary education, although listings are also given for some junior high and grade schools that may serve grades 9-12 through PASS (Portable Assisted Study Sequence). A map of counties is given for each of 11…

The article describes the origins and development of the Allfarthing Workshop, London, which is one example of a shared learning experience, where the participants have been freed from the traditional roles of teacher as leader imposing his choice of knowledge and skill and the student as the unquestioning consumer. (Author/MW)

The Ralston Purina Company of St. Louis pays community agencies to place youth in summer jobs. (BP)

The book presents concise descriptions of over 1,300 summer study programs and short courses (geared to all levels of postsecondary education) worldwide sponsored by U.S. colleges and universities, foreign universities and language schools, and nonprofit and proprietary educational organizations. Programs are arranged first by the geographical…

In 1987, Brooklyn College (New York) implemented the Center for Core Studies as a one-year experiment. The Center included three programs: the Visitors Program, the Summer Associates Program, and the Associates-in-Residence Program. participants from 40 institutions to the campus for 2-day visits. The Summer Associates Program brought 12 alumni of…

Presented in a question-and-answer format, this digest offers guidelines in choosing an enriching summer program for gifted students. The following questions are addressed: What are the possibilities? What needs do summer programs meet? Who should make the selection? What does the selection process involve? What variables are important? and What…

A summer math class for gifted girls (grades 5-9) was established and conducted by a female instructor for 3 weeks. The class involved take-home work, puzzles, problem solving, and computer work. Parents and students were satisfied with the enrichment class, but questions remained concerning such an approach's legality, the advisability of…

The report presents a literature review on the advantages and disadvantages of infusion vs. separate programing in career education for hearing impaired students. The need for separate programing at the mid-high school state is supported, in order to draw together the career related strands which have been previously infused into the total…