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Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). Documentation Center for Education in Europe. – 1974
Under the 1969 Compulsory Education Act in the Netherlands, immigrant parents of school age children are obliged to enroll them in a primary school. Chief problems in the education of these children are the Dutch language, and a great cultural diversity in the children's backgrounds. Another problem relates to length of residence -- although the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Differences, Experimental Programs, Federal Legislation
Moore, Hollis A. – 1972
This document contains the proposal to redesign the baccalaureate degree at Bowling Green State University. The proposal ties together 3 principal efforts. The first of these is a complete reform of the general education and particularly the freshman year experience. A second major theme is the development of new program lines that cut across…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Freshmen, Degrees (Academic), Educational Change
Atlanta Public Schools, GA. – 1969
Project Success Environment is an experimental program sponsored by the Atlanta Public Schools and funded by the State Department of Education under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The focus of this program, subtitled "An approach to Community Educational Improvement," is the development of a success…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Classroom Environment, Elementary School Students
Korot, Beryl, Ed.; Gershuny, Phyllis, Ed. – Radical Software, 1970
Some innovative ideas and applications for new television technology are described in this tabloid format periodical. Most of these ideas support the periodical's contention that broadcast television is the most limited use of a developing television technology which has the capability of being a responsive medium and a valuable social tool and,…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Communications, Electronic Equipment, Experimental Programs
Werneken, Jane – 1971
Because televisions are found in many homes today, they can be used as a channel for bringing reading improvement courses to a large number of people. Various experimental television reading programs are summarized which have proven successful in motivating people to improve their reading skills. Through Glendale Community College in Arizona, a…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Educational Television, Experimental Programs, Multimedia Instruction
Zdep, S. M. – 1970
A one-year experimental program that transported a total of 38 "volunteer" disadvantaged city children to schools in a nearby suburban community was evaluated in grades 1 and 2. Twenty-six of the 38 children were in a total of 12 different classes at these two grade levels. At the conclusion of the program, transported first graders…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Bus Transportation, Community Attitudes
English, Joseph L. – 1972
Two major objectives underlie the initiation of this project effort: (1) the creation of a meaningful, cooperative effort between the Kent County, Delaware Vocational Technical School District and the Milford School District for the purpose of expanding vocational education and (2) the establishment of a system to serve as a model for future…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Elementary Education, Experimental Programs
McIntyre, D.; Moodie, A. G. – 1971
This paper evaluates an experimental humanities program combining English and Social Studies materials in which students discussed topics of social concern. Grade distributions, teacher complaints, planned improvements, and responses to a student questionnaire are examined. A copy of the questionnaire is included. (DLG)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs, Humanities Instruction
Peacock, R. L.; Moodie, A. G. – 1971
An experimental program in which regular General Mathematics 9, 10, and 11 courses were supplemented by instruction in business machines was evaluated. Results of the Test of Mathematical Fundamentals and the Mathematics Test Supplement (see sample, Appendix A) showed no significant superiority in achievement for students in the experimental group…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Course Evaluation, Experimental Programs, Grade 10
Jorgenson, Elaine; And Others – 1972
This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the second year of the Exemplary Comprehensive Occupational Orientation and Vocational Program in the Tulsa, Oklahoma Public Schools. Data were obtained through a variety of student tests, teacher quarterly reports, interviews with administrators, and questionnaire responses. Findings…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Developmental Programs, Educational Programs, Experimental Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
The General Accounting Office (GAO) evaluated the Office of Economic Opportunity's (OEO) performance contracting experiment because of its potential impact in education. Performance contracting has been defined as an agreement between a local education agency, such as a public school, and a private educational firm, known as a learning system…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Experimental Programs, Federal Programs
Hawkins, Frances Pockman – 1969
Photographs and anecdotal narratives tell stories of concept and language learning by six deaf four-year-old children. Through the misfortune of deafness it was possible to study some matters of learning and communication which involve only the language of action. The author also makes observations about the principle of choice as it contributes…
Descriptors: Child Language, Concept Formation, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
PINNOCK, THEO. J.; AND OTHERS – 1966
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF FUNCTIONAL ILLITERACY, AND AN EXPERIMENTAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM WERE CONDUCTED. IN MACON COUNTY, ALABAMA THE SAMPLE SELECTION CONSISTED OF APPROXIMATELY 650 NEGRO AND 10 WHITE ILLITERATES FROM A SOUTHERN COMMUNITY. DATA WERE GATHERED THROUGH INTERVIEWS, QUESTIONNAIRES, TESTS, AND RATING TECHNIQUES. DATA…
Descriptors: Black Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Problems, Educationally Disadvantaged
DOWD, DOUGLAS F. – 1966
AN EXPERIMENTAL SUMMER COURSE IN ECONOMICS WAS PRESENTED TO 53 PREFRESHMAN COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE 6-WEEK COURSE ENTAILED LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS. ONCE A WEEK THE ENTIRE CLASS WAS BROKEN INTO SMALL GROUPS THAT WOULD MEET WITH A SECTION INSTRUCTOR OR LECTURER TO DISCUSS A SPECIFIC READING. AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, A FILM RELEVANT TO THE COURSE WAS…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Economics, Educational Experiments, Experimental Curriculum
GEWIRTZ, MAX; WEINBERG, GEORGE – 1966
THE PLANNING PHASE OF A COOPERATIVE PROJECT OF THE QUEENS COLLEGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND A DISADVANTAGED QUEENS PUBLIC SCHOOL WAS EVALUATED. THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE TO PROVIDE (1) UNDERGRADUATE AND PRETENURE TEACHER TRAINING FOR POTENTIAL LEADERSHIP ROLES IN DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS, (2) A PROTOTYPAL EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, AND (3) AN UPGRADED…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Community Cooperation, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged Youth
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