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Schools Council, London (England). – 1966
This study provides an overview of an experimental French language program in elementary schools in Great Britain. The program reported, sponsored by the Nuffield Foundation, covers a period from 1963 through September 1970. The first part discusses origins and aims of the pilot scheme, instructional materials, teacher education, FLES, and pilot…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Schools, Experimental Programs
Download full textCAMPBELL, ROBERT E.; AND OTHERS – 1966
PURPOSES OF THE CONFERENCE WERE TO (1) REVIEW EXPERIENCES, PROBLEMS, AND INSIGHTS DEVELOPED BY THE INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS THROUGH RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, (2) REVIEW THE RELATION OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL COUNSELING, AND GUIDANCE, AND (3) ARRANGE FOR CONTINUED COMMUNICATION AMONG…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Counseling Services
Otero, George G. – 1975
This experimental unit on death employs a cross-cultural comparison of death and burial customs to increase student understanding of the values and reasons behind events surrounding the end of the life cycle. Nine activities are presented in which students collect, label, analyze, and generalize about the relationship of death customs to the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Beliefs, Class Activities, Comparative Analysis
Scientific Analysis Corp., San Francisco, CA. – 1976
Summative and formative evaluation of the Berkeley Experimental Schools Project (BESP) are summarized in this two-volume document. In Volume I, the evaluators answer the specific evaluative questions posed by the National Institute of Education, the primary funding agency for the alternative schools project. Out of an initial 23 alternative…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Programs
Peer reviewedElkin, Bruce – Journal of Experiential Education, 1982
Urges an adventure filled, experientially based systems approach to environmental education. Says cannot afford linear, piecemeal approaches to either the processes of life or the processes of living, that the challenge is to see the whole system and to learn to act in ways that maintain that wholeness. (Author)
Descriptors: Activism, Adventure Education, Behavior Change, Competence
Direct linkPonte, Petra; Beijard, Douwe; Ax, Jo – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
This article outlines the experiences of educators in three teacher education institutes in the USA, Australia and the UK as they experiment with carrying out programmes based on ideas of action research. The emphasis is on experiences with programmes of initial education for secondary school teachers. A descriptive case study aimed to find out…
Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Comparative Education
Delpit, Lisa D. – 1985
A recently implemented program in a decentralized provincial district of Papua New Guinea delays the entry of children into English-medium primary school for two years, during which time the children are taught literacy in a village-based school in their indigenous language, a pidgin, with the local customs and culture as the basis of the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Experimental Programs, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries
Buteau, M.; Gougeon, H. – 1985
Results are presented of a five-year evaluation of an experimental bilingual kindergarten and elementary program with instruction in French for native English-speakers, including information about the program's design (including materials and teaching activities) and student achievement. It was found that the participating children profited from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, English
Buteau, M.; Gougeon, H. – 1984
The fifth yearly progress report of a bilingual kindergarten and elementary program offering French-language instruction to native English-speakers is based on test results showing the progress of former program pupils in grades 1-4 during the 1983-84 school year. Progress in grades 1-4 was assessed by classroom observation and individual and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, English, Experimental Programs
Mohrman, Allan M., Jr.; And Others – 1978
In the course of carrying out the technical tasks of the school, teachers encounter common problems that do not impose on those in managerial roles. School organizations are typically structured in such a way as to prevent the information sharing and processing necessary to confront these problems. A collective decision-making structure for…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Wallace, H. Lew; And Others – 1980
A project was undertaken by three faculty members at Northern Kentucky University (a history teacher, a reading specialist, and a composition teacher) to apply their own experiences and the research of others into a systematic and comprehensive mastery learning program for developmental classes in the spring of 1980. The program was designed to…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs
Croft, Don B. – 1976
A competency-based education program was implemented in the Las Cruces, New Mexico public schools, with emphasis on teacher training and field testing of various competency-based models. Program impact was determined according to changes in teaching techniques, student achievement, and student social behavior in both experimental and control…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Attitude Change, Behavior Change
DELLA-PIANA, GABRIEL M. – 1961
THE EFFECTS OF TWO VARIABLES ON PROGRAMED LEARNING WERE INVESTIGATED--(1) MOTIVATIONAL DIFFERENCES AMONG LEARNERS AND (2) THE FORM OF THE LEARNER'S RESPONSE (CONSTRUCTING THE RESPONSE, COMPLETING THE RESPONSE WITH ONE OR MORE LETTERS OF THE ANSWER GIVEN, AND SIMPLY COPYING THE RESPONSE). THUS, DIFFERENT RESPONSE MODES IN TERMS OF THEIR RELATIVE…
Descriptors: College Students, Experimental Programs, Learning Laboratories, Learning Processes
GREGORY, ROBERT J. – 1967
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE WHETHER TRAINING EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED YOUTH IN JOB-SEEKING SKILLS HAD AN EFFECT ON THEIR ABILITY TO COMPLETE COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT, OR ON THEIR JOB-SEEKING BEHAVIOR. STUDENTS FROM SIX SCHOOLS WITH CLASSES FOR MENTALLY RETARDED WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP (68)…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Career Development, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
HIGGINS, CONWELL; RUSCH, REUBEN R. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS (1) TO DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOR TEACHING EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED (EMH) CHILDREN ARITHMETIC CONCEPTS AND (2) TO EVALUATE THE DEVELOPED PROGRAMED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE STUDY THE ACTIVITIES WERE DEVOTED TOWARD ACCOMPLISHING THE FIRST PURPOSE, DEVELOPING THE EQUIPMENT AND…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Audiovisual Instruction, Children, Experimental Programs
