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Hartman, E. C.; Klatt, K. P. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2005
The effects of at least 23-hr deprivation, 5-min presession exposure, and individual preference on the acquisition of mands were investigated in these studies. Two boys who were 2.5 years old and diagnosed with autism participated in the studies. Preference assessments were conducted to identify preference levels of various toys. Toys of various…
Descriptors: Autism, Toys, Disadvantaged Environment, Teaching Methods
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Sanchez, Heliodoro T., Jr. – Educational Forum, The, 2004
Education acts in this country have been created with the express purpose of preventing students from slipping through the cracks. Unfortunately, legislation has not been successful. By disaggregating the student dropout rate in Texas and juxtaposing this information to the prison influx rate in 2001, a profile of the population entering Texas…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Institutionalized Persons
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Ipekci-Cetin, Emre; Kuruuzum, Ayse; Cetin, Mustafa Koray – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2007
The aim of this study is to introduce a goal programming based on a holistic approach for the evaluation of "early childhood development support project", which was applied in some cities in Turkey. Like in many other areas, statistical methods are widely used in research on pre-school education. According to the literature, very few…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Holistic Approach, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2006
Early deprivation causes serious disruption in the development of brain architecture and in the behaviors related to the affected brain functions. Some brain structures, and the broad categories of development that depend on them, show more "plasticity," or sensitivity to disruption and intervention for longer periods of time, than…
Descriptors: Neurological Organization, Brain, Disadvantaged Environment, Young Children
Schultz, Brian D. – Online Submission, 2006
This study discusses my attempt to improve educational experiences of fifth-grade students living in public housing. Through reconstruction of my thought processes while teaching and learning with students, the context of social justice-oriented teaching and classroom complexity is revealed. A narrative portrayal emerges demonstrating the impact…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Educational Improvement, Public Housing, Neighborhoods
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Tedrow, Barbara; Mabokela, Reitumetse Obakeng – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2006
This article presents the experiences of 89 members of the academic staff at a new university that emerged from a merger of two historically disadvantaged tertiary institutions located in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The authors examine the responses of these participants to new pedagogical strategies that emphasize learner-centered…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement, Educational Change
Black, Rosalyn – Online Submission, 2007
A quality school education is essential if young people are to have access to the greatest possible opportunities in life, but it is not a universal experience in Australia. Instead, too many young people are disengaged from school, especially those in the middle years of schooling and those living in disadvantaged areas. This study examined the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Environment, Student Centered Curriculum, Case Studies
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Hughes, Carolyn; Stenhjem, Pamela H.; Newkirk, Reginald – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2007
The transition from high school to adult life is an exciting time for many young people. Youth from high poverty backgrounds, however, are considered at-risk for a host of unfavorable outcomes including academic failure, school dropout, drug abuse, unemployment and incarceration. These adolescents are more likely than their more affluent peers to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Dropouts, Young Adults
Bray, Mark – 1987
Education systems in third world countries are facing severe pressures. The need for qualitative and quantitative advances has forced governments to seek innovative ways to achieve their goals. "School Clusters" is one such innovation. A cluster is a grouping of schools for administrative and educational purposes. Some common objectives of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Decentralization, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment
Black, Harry; And Others – 1993
This document presents findings of an evaluation of two projects of the Aga Khan Foundation's School Improvement Programme located in Kisumu, Kenya, and Bombay, India. The program is based on the assumption that effective change consists of a focus on the individual school, clinical methods of teacher development, and improved school management.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Improvement
Hassell, Sue – 1997
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (CCDBG) provides child care services for low-income families and activities to improve the overall quality and supply of child care for families in general. This report provides information on the characteristics of the children served at Arkansas CCDBG sites during 1996-97. Statistics are…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Day Care, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
Gezi, Kal – 1986
Leadership is an interpersonal influence, exercised in a given situation and directed, through the communication process, toward the attainment of a specified goal or goals. Good leadership is the significant factor which makes compensatory schools effective. In order to improve instruction, superintendents, school boards and principals should:…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Education
Ismail, Maznah; And Others – 1984
This symposium contains a report of a study which (1) examined the relationship between Malaysian children's perception of control and their academic achievement, by Maznah Ismail and Choo Piang Foong, and two abstracts of studies which (2) investigated achievement motivation and attribution of success in rural and urban Malaysian ethnic groups,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Levin, Henry M. – 1988
This report covers characteristics of accelerated education and the applicability of accelerated education to the disadvantaged. The report reviews eight approaches to accelerated education: (1) traditional accelerated practices; (2) suggestive-accelerated learning and teaching; (3) Montessori method; (4) Bereiter-Engelmann approach; (5) Yale…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Environment
Chavez, Janice A.; Burton, Louise F. – 1985
In order to provide high quality training to paraprofessionals employed in state-funded Child Day Care Centers, an innovative instructional program was developed based on the need to offer training in convenient commuting locations and to recruit and train unlicensed paraprofessionals from cultural and linguistic backgrounds similar to those of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Day Care Centers, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Environment
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