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SACHAR, ABRAHAM – 1964
A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF BOYS FROM POORER URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS DO NOT SEEK EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, FOR FINANCIAL REASONS OR LACK OF INTEREST IN OR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COLLEGE LIFE. THIS PROPOSAL HAS AS ITS PRIMARY OBJECTIVES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT POTENTIALLY ABLE BUT UNDERACHIEVING STUDENTS, WHEN EXPOSED TO A SUMMER PROGRAM THAT RECOGNIZES AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Group Instruction
Washington Honors School, Washington, DC. – 1965
QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO BECOME PART OF THE SUMMER HONORS SCHOOL INCLUDE TALENT, EAGERNESS TO DO INTERESTING AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK, PROFICIENCY IN AREAS OF STUDY WHICH APPEAL TO THE APPLICANT, AND 10TH OR 11TH GRADE STATUS. COURSES AVAILABLE ARE THE PHILOSOPHY OF CIVILIZATION, THEORY AND STRUCTURE OF MATHEMATICS, CREATIVE WRITING, ART, DRAMA AND…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Evaluation Methods, Grade 10, Grade 11
BRADDOCK, RICHARD – 1965
PROGRESS MADE TOWARD ESTABLISHING AN ADVANCED PROGRAM IN ENGLISH IS DISCUSSED. THE IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO OFFER THE BEST COLLEGE-BOUND TWELFTH-GRADE STUDENTS INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE IN COMPOSITION. THIS INSTRUCTION SHOULD INCREASE THE PROBABILITY THAT COOPERATING COLLEGES WILL EXCUSE THEM FROM THE USUAL FRESHMAN COMPOSITION…
Descriptors: Advanced Programs, Advanced Students, College Preparation, College School Cooperation
STEWART, BLAIR; AND OTHERS – 1964
A 4-YEAR PROGRAM OF COOPERATIVE ACTIVITY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION WAS UNDERTAKEN BY 10 MIDWEST COLLEGES. THE BASIC OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND CURRICULAR PRACTICES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAJORS AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING MAJORS. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A FULL-TIME COORDINATOR, AN OFFICE FOR THE PROGRAM WAS…
Descriptors: Colleges, Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials, Laboratory Equipment
Iowa Univ., Iowa City. – 1980
Elderhostel is a national network of one-week college-level courses offered in summer on the campuses of universities, colleges, and junior colleges. It is designed primarily for persons over 60 and their spouses. Begun as an experimental effort by five New Hampshire colleges in the summer of 1975, it has been operating in Iowa since 1977. Iowa…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Colleges, Continuing Education, Courses
PDF pending restorationStotsky, Sandra – 1979
This paper contains a description of key features of the Summer Institute on Teaching and Assessing Writing Skills, which was organized to help parents, teachers, and administrators in the Boston Public Schools begin to develop a comprehensive and coordinated writing program from kindergarten through grade 12 in each district. It also offers…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Parent Participation, Program Descriptions
Download full textCOOKE, LOT H., JR.; MORINE, JOHN P. – 1966
THIRTY-FOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS FROM SIX NEW ENGLAND STATES, NEW YORK, AND NEW JERSEY PARTICIPATED IN AN INSTITUTE TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE PROBLEMS AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES INVOLVED IN COUNSELING THE URBAN DISADVANTAGED STUDENT. THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF LECTURES BY OUTSTANDING AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD, LIMITED DISCUSSION PERIODS,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth, Guidance Personnel, Institutes (Training Programs)
Wailes, James R. – 1968
This account of the history of the National Science Foundation Elementary Institutes begins with the National Science Foundation (NSF) Act of 1950. The Cooperative College-School Science Program and pilot programs prior to fiscal year 1959 are described. Separate sections are devoted to the presentation of statistics for each Summer Institute…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Professional Continuing Education
Womble, Melodie L. – 1977
A random sample of fourth and eighth grade Title I students who either did or did not attend summer school was tested to determine what effect the Title I summer school program had on student achievement and summer loss in reading and mathematics. Academic achievement was assessed by the Stanford Achievement Tests. The results indicated summer…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 8
Zigler, John T.; And Others – 1975
This study concerned whether a model designed to enchance educational accountability developed by university science educators could be used to enhance science educational accountability in a public middle school. Participants in the study were 39 teachers who attended a combined summer/inservice institute in the summer of 1973 at Ball State…
Descriptors: Accountability, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Instruction
Gibbs, Gordon L.; And Others – 1970
The Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) Summer Reading Program is a parent-administered program designed to help children maintain the reading skills that they acquired in kindergarten through participation in a communication skills program. The subjects of the experimental group were 389 kindergarten students in four California school districts.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Primary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Angelino, Henry; And Others – 1974
This document, containing several papers, reports on the evolution of a workshop model which deals with the development of techniques, principles, and intervention programs for disadvantaged children and youth. School psychologists, teachers, supervisors, and administrators who attended three summer institutes and two followup programs were…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Disadvantaged Youth, Institutes (Training Programs), Models
Sullivan, Stephanie Carlson; McAlpine, Julie Carlson – 1974
Important in any junior or senior high school library or guidance department is an up-to-date list of books which provide students with information on part-time and summer job opportunities, as well as career data. This selectively compiled bibliography is divided into "Summer Jobs and Part-time Work Opportunities" and "Career Information." Few of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Employment Opportunities, Information Sources
Manpower Evaluation and Development Inst. Washington, DC. Migrant Research Project. – 1970
An experimental demonstration research project to provide food for families of migrant children attending a summer school program in Minnesota was based on the assumptions (1) that the migrant children in summer school would show greater achievement if the entire migrant family were assured food for 3 meals a day and (2) that the child who has…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Family Attitudes, Family Programs, Interviews
Toledo Public Schools, OH. – 1970
This is a series of seven reports describing and evaluating the following physical or basic skills development programs: Bicycle Program, Camping Program, Swim For Your Life, Outward Bound, Physical Skills Development Program, Community Summer School Programs, and Operation Recover. Modes of program operation and statistical data about students…
Descriptors: Camping, Compensatory Education, Outdoor Education, Program Evaluation
