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Van Sickle, James H.; Witmer, Lightner; Ayres, Leonard P. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1911
There are many children in attendance in the public schools of the United States who, for one reason or another, cannot work most satisfactorily to themselves or others when classified with the great majority of the children. School authorities have seen for many years that the presence of such children in the regular classes is detrimental to the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Socialization
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Onuma, Nakoi – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Presents an overview of hearing aid fitting procedures and auditory rehabilitation for hearing-impaired children in Japan. Reviews issues of audiological management in Japanese schools and discusses two kinds of simplified auditory tests. Finally, highlights several controversial issues surrounding different perspectives and methods of education…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Audiology, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Evaluation
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Yazzie, Evangeline Parsons – Journal of Navajo Education, 1996
Interview excerpts in Navajo and English convey the perceptions of Navajo elders regarding Navajo language attrition, including monolingual Navajo-speaking elders' isolation and loneliness, the loss of social control in mixed families of speakers and nonspeakers of Navajo, and the loss of culture that accompanies Native language attrition.…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingualism
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Miller, Scott – Social Education, 1995
Discusses the views of "Holocaust deniers" and categorizes them into two groups: (1) hard deniers; and (2) soft deniers. Maintains that Holocaust denial has no historical support. Asserts that the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the best resource to counter the claims of the Holocaust deniers. (CFR)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Denial (Psychology)
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Wieser, Paul – Social Education, 1995
Presents a high school lesson plan illustrating the breadth and scope of German anti-Semitism before and during World War II. Includes four lists describing anti-Semitic and German Jewry laws. Includes student objectives, instructional procedures, and instructions for students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Classroom Techniques, European History, Foreign Countries
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McCleary, George F., Jr. – Social Education, 1995
Presents a map of Europe identifying the location of major concentration camps, extermination camps, and massacre sites during World War II. Maintains that only a few of the over 400 sites in the former Soviet Union where entire Jewish villages were exterminated are shown. (CFR)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, European History
Icabone, Dona G. – Diagnostique, 1999
This article describes the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, a general assessment of personal and social sufficiency of individuals from birth through adulthood to determine areas of strength and weakness. The instrument assesses communication, daily living skills, socialization, and motor skills. Its administration, standardization, reliability,…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Child Development
Taylor, Ronald L. – Diagnostique, 1999
This article describes the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, a comprehensive measure of achievement for individuals in grades K-12. Eight subtests assess mathematics reasoning, spelling, reading comprehension, numerical operations, listening comprehension, oral expression, and written expression. Its administration, standardization,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Disability Identification
Horwedel, Dina M. – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2005
Black and Hispanic studies are separate fields at most universities. However, at Baruch College, part of the City University of New York system, the Black and Hispanic studies minors are housed under the same roof. The somewhat unique partnership seems to be working, as the minors are among the most popular on the business-oriented campus. Dr.…
Descriptors: Race, Political Issues, Role Models, Ethnicity
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Tetuan, Theresa M.; McGlasson, Dawn; Meyer, Ileen – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
Children from low-income families are more likely to have dental disease and less likely to have regular dental care. Children's dental-related illnesses are responsible for more than 880,000 lost school days each year. The lack of reliable state-level data often makes monitoring the oral health of children a challenge. By conducting oral health…
Descriptors: Dental Evaluation, School Nurses, Dental Health, Child Health
Keen, David – International Education Journal, 2005
"Talent in the New Millennium" was a research study into gifted education, conducted over a two-year period in 68 centres and schools in three disparate regions of New Zealand. Using questionnaires, oral interviews and sample case studies, the study drew input from educators of the gifted, from children and students identified as gifted,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Foreign Countries, Talent Identification, Questionnaires
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Grote, Ellen – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2005
Gossip has mainly been investigated as an oral discourse practice, one that serves as a mechanism to reaffirm relationships and to construct, monitor and maintain social norms and values within communities. This study investigates how a group of Aboriginal English speaking teenage girls constructed norms, values and identities in their email…
Descriptors: Social Values, Identification (Psychology), Writing (Composition), High School Students
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Klompas, Michelle; Ross, Eleanor – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2004
The purpose of the study was to investigate the life experiences of a group of South African adults who stutter and the impact of stuttering on their quality of life. Participants were 16 adults with a mean age of 28.9 and ranging from 20 to 59 years. Methods involved individual interviews designed to explore the life domains of education; social…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Social Life, Stuttering, Quality of Life
Blair, Leslie Asher, Ed. – Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), 2007
This issue focuses on practices that can help improve reading instruction and includes two announcements from Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL). It begins with a look at study groups, the practice of teachers getting together to focus on instructional practices and student learning. Stacey Joyner, a staff member of SEDL's Texas…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Improvement, Teacher Collaboration
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2010
For the thirty-third year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. This is Volume #2 of the 33rd "Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers on the Practice of Educational Communications and Technology." This volume includes…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Management Systems, Technology Uses in Education, Web Sites
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