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ERIC Number: ED257600
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984-Dec
Pages: 28
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Improving Student Achievement in Small Schools. Proceedings of the Annual Alaska Small Schools Conference (4th, Anchorage, Alaska, December 3-5, 1984).
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau.
Key points of presentations are captured in this report of a conference which addressed issues of concern to educators in Alaska's small schools and provided an opportunity for educators to share classroom approaches that work for them. A total of 77 presentations are briefly summarized. Contents are organized under the following headings: (1) effective teaching and leadership strategies; (2) curriculum topics; (3) educational technology; (4) bilingual/bicultural education; (5) vocational education; and (6) miscellaneous topics. Subjects include improving student achievement, communicating with parents and community, staffing and scheduling in the small high school, qualities of effective small school teachers, curriculum development techniques in small schools, computer resources, instructional television programming, native culture and language instruction, first language assessment tools, computer assisted career planning activities, child abuse in small communities, and characteristics of native leaders. Addresses are included for the more than 100 conference presenters. (JHZ)
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau.
Identifiers - Location: Alaska
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Author Affiliations: N/A