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Emoungu, Winnie D. – 1985
Counselors working with students from South Africa need to be aware that the system of apartheid has created separate and unequal societies resulting in major differences in student educational, cultural, political and other backgrounds. In addition, counselors need to be aware of individual differences as well as differences in how people cope…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Apartheid, College Students, Cultural Differences
Kim, JinGyu – 1993
Research on the major computerized adaptive testing (CAT) strategies is reviewed, and some findings are reported that examine effects of examinee demographic and psychological characteristics on CAT strategies. In fixed branching strategies, all examinees respond to a common routing test, the score of which is used to assign examinees to a…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Affective Behavior, Age Differences
Molek, Carol – 1991
A project provided family literacy services in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. The "Together We Learn" project had four objectives: (1) promoting family literacy by using the Project PACT (Parents and Children Together) model in two 10-week sessions; (2) improving parents' basic skills so they can work better with their children; (3) assisting…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Gaustad, Joan – OSSC Bulletin, 1992
Nongraded education is the practice of teaching children of different ages and ability levels together in the same classroom, without dividing them or the curriculum into steps labeled by "grade" designations. Children progress along the continuum from easier to more difficult material at their own, varying rates of speed. Interest in nongraded…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Objectives, Educational Trends
Lee, Marilyn; And Others – 1980
Designed primarily for students in the intermediate grades, this document provides discussion topics, poetry, and activities to help students: (1) recognize the uniqueness of themselves and others; (2) become aware of their uniqueness as members of the human family; (3) become aware of individual differences, emotions, and feelings; (4) recognize…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Family Relationship, Human Relations
Singer, Harry; Donlan, Dan – 1985
Appropriate for teachers of any grade who want to teach their students how to read and learn from text, this book explains how to develop and use strategies that will enable all students to read and learn in the content areas without stigmatizing them. The book is divided into four parts. The first part explains the changing role of the school and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Change
Zarrillo, James – 1987
This paper argues that literature-centered reading programs, based on the perspective that reading is the process of bringing meaning to print, are in the best interest of the language minority students in the nation's elementary schools. After a review of basal reading systems and language-centered reading programs, the paper describes the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies
Petracek, Rosalie; And Others – 1979
In addition to providing initial exposure to Native American culture, this junior high school curriculum unit is intended to help students improve their composition and thinking skills. The students' cognitive task is to recognize that groups are composed of individuals and that individual group members are different from their groups in the same…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Literature
Miller, C. C.; And Others – Florida Educational Research and Development Council Research Bulletin, 1982
Brief analyses are provided of presentations at a conference, held at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, which addressed questions and answers relating to research and education. Conference sessions explored the role of research in relation to educational practices with special focus on theory, research, issues, and application. Papers…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Cognitive Style, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
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Hackbert, Peter H. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2004
Entrepreneurship courses commonly use various kinds of group work, cooperative learning, study circles and study teams. A major challenge of this pedagogy is the unbiased grading of group members based on the accountability of individual performances. This paper provides an approach to using student peer assessment to provide feedback on…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Team Training, Cooperative Learning, Entrepreneurship
Schaie, K. Warner; Gribbin, Kathy – 1975
Recent investigations have demonstrated greater variance in change in intellectual performance between different generations or age groups than is true for generalized developmental change across chronological age. Such findings have led to a careful investigation of certain environmental factors which might account for such change. A new…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns
Rudner, Lawrence M. – 1977
Investigations into item bias provide an empirical basis for the identification and elimination of test items which appear to measure different traits across populations or cultural groups. The Psychometric rationales for six approaches to the identification of biased test items are reviewed: (1) Transformed item difficulties: within-group…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests
DUNFEE, MAXINE – 1967
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE RESEARCH STUDIES ARE CATEGORIZED AND DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOKLET DESIGNED FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND CURRICULUM WORKERS. ALTHOUGH MAJOR EMPHASIS OF THE REVIEW IS ON STUDIES PUBLISHED DURING THE 1960'S, OLDER STUDIES OF MAJOR SIGNIFICANCE ARE INCLUDED. A MAJORITY OF THE REVIEWS IS BASED ON REPORTS THAT APPEARED AS JOURNAL…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Concept Formation, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
SAWREY, JAMES M.; TELFORD, CHARLES W. – 1967
INTENDED AS A SURVEY COURSE FOR USE AT THE UPPER DIVISION OR GRADUATE LEVEL. THIS TEXT LOOKS AT EXCEPTIONALITY FROM A CULTURAL FRAME OF REFERENCE AND CONSIDERS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND ADULTS. PART ONE, AN INTRODUCTION TO EXCEPTIONALITY, CONTAINS CHAPTERS ON THE GENERAL TOPICS OF BASIC…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Antisocial Behavior, Children
LAZAR, IRVING; AND OTHERS – 1967
A MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER WAS ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE PSYCHOTHERAPY AND SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES TO A COMMUNITY. INITIALLY A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DETERMINED THE SERVICES THAT WERE NEEDED. THE STAFF FOR THE PROJECT WAS SELECTED FROM THE RANKS OF PROFESSIONALLY EDUCATED WOMEN WHO WERE NOT WORKING, RETIRED PROFESSIONALS, COLLEGE…
Descriptors: Activities, Autoinstructional Aids, College Students, Community Action
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