For many adults, geometry is a mathematics topic that immediately makes sense to them and gives them confidence in their ability to learn, while other adult learners identify geometry with failure. Most adults, however, do recognize the need for measurement, and many have a basic understanding of measurement concepts, although they may need to learn English measurements if they already know metric measurement. Implications for teaching and learning are the following: (1) teachers must use exact...
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The subject of astrology in the School of Eckankar has two main bases of Karma and reincarnation. Karma or the very law of action and reaction can be called the moral basis of the Eckankar. The totality of this law is accepted by the reason and tradition. But yet what casts doubt and therefore a serious damage to this law would be a tight connection between Karma and Incarnation in the School of Eckankar. This is because the ECK believes that Karma is incarnated through the transmigration, and...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Criticism, Religious Factors, World Views, Islam, Ethics, Beliefs, Religion,...
Today's learners demand a new, agile model for education. They need options that are more accessible, flexible, and clearly aligned to careers. And to deliver on that, higher education has to break out of time-bound programs--15-credit hour semesters, two-year and four-year degrees--and concepts of learning that are strictly tied to traditional course-based instruction. Instead, higher education should be focused on what students actually know and can do, no matter where they learned it or how...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, ERIC, Competency Based Education, Prior Learning, Recognition (Achievement), College...
Many researches revealed that pupils often find difficulties to understand percentage although they are able to recite percent as per hundred and carry out the computations correctly. This might happen due to the way in which the learning percentage has been taught that tends to focus on procedures and recall instead of getting a real understanding of percentage. In Realistic Mathematics Education approach, in which the basic concept is rooted from Freudenthals' idea, mathematics is the...
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The story of the Stop the Violence movement among rap music artists and music industry colleagues is told, along with the story of a video that was produced as part of this initiative. The Stop the Violence project grew out of the reaction to violence among concert goers at a 1987 rap concert on Long Island (New York). Rap musicians have joined projects that are centered around the "Self Destruction" video, which is a rap performance calling for an end to violence and promoting...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Accountability, Adolescents, Blacks, Crime, Males, Mass Media Effects, Musicians,...
Intelligence makes man unique. To date man's use of this intelligence has been deficient. The deficit lies in the one-sided development of his problem-solving capacity; that is, an enormous growth has occurred in technological capabilities without a corresponding gain in solutions to social problems. This deficit is particularly significant because intelligence is, to a great degree, a product of the social environment. Important to the development of the brain is proper nutrition, a clean...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Evolution, Human Development,...
This paper identifies and analyzes some of the arguments employed by those who feel that "we have done enough" for the less fortunate members of society, who wish to curtail or end Federal involvement in social change, and who have lost sight of the dual goals of individualism and equality of opportunity. These arguments fall roughly into three categories--biological, social, and political--and can be summarized as follows: (1) certain races are genetically inferior; (2) poverty is...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Biological Influences, Educational Sociology, Equal Education, Federal Aid, Genetics,...
This collection of papers includes the following: "On the Educational Uses of Fantasy" (Geoffrey Madoc-Jones and Kieran Egan); "The Dangers of Empathy with Students" (Mario Rinvolucri); "The Magic of Folktales for Teaching English and Culture" (Planaria Price); "The Inner Voice: A Critical Factor in L2 Learning" (Brian Tomlinson); "Dance: An Inspiration for Language in the ESL Classroom" (Carolee Bongiorno); "Reader's Theatre: An...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Biographies, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Creative Teaching, Dance Education,...
This set of instructional materials is designed to provide beginning and intermediate learners of Haitian Creole with a foundation in the phonology, grammar, and vocabulary of the language. It is intended for use by individuals wanting to communicate with monolingual Haitians. A revision of earlier materials, this set emphasizes authentic representation of Haitian language and culture, focuses on interpersonal communication needs, and uses an officialized spelling, which is explained in the...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Daily Living Skills, Dialogs...
THE BEHAVIOR OF 16 CHILDREN THREE TO FIVE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME THEIR PARENTS WERE BEING SEPARATED AND DIVORCED WAS OBSERVED IN A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT NURSERY SCHOOL. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO DISCOVER--(1) IF THE DIVORCE PERIOD IS A TIME OF SIGNIFICANT STRESS FOR THE CHILDREN, (2) HOW THE DIVORCE AFFECTS THE BEHAVIOR OF CHILDREN, (3) HOW THE CHILD ADAPTS HIMSELF TO THE SITUATION, AND (4) HOW THE SCHOOL CAN ASSIST THE CHILD TO COPE WITH STRESSES IN THIS PERIOD. DATA WAS OBTAINED FROM THE...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Behavior Change, Childhood Attitudes, Females, Males, Marital Instability, Nursery...
A study of Black American spirituals focuses on African linguistic patterns that have persisted in them. The analysis begins with a brief account of the history and nature of Black spirituals, the sacred songs created by Americans of African descent during the time of slavery (1619-1864). Six elements of spirituals are identified and discussed, including the distinctive rhythm and percussion, melodies derived from African melodies, typical harmonies, repetition patterns, use of improvisation,...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, African Languages, Black Dialects, Diachronic Linguistics, Folk Culture, Grammar,...
This monograph discusses some basic concepts and reviews some of the more salient research findings dealing with equality of educational opportunity. Major emphasis of the author's inquiry is on how educational opportunity and educational attainment relate to social background. Chapter 1 attempts to clarify what is meant by equality of educational opportunity. Chapter 2 discusses the relationship between IQ and educational attainment, on the one hand, and occupational success. Chapter 3 argues...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Educational Opportunities,...
The following is taken from the Publisher's Note: "Long out of print since it was originally published in 1942 by the U.S. Government Printing Office, this classic work on Federal Indian law, and the whole legal history of Indian-white relations, is here republished in a facsimile edition. It is, as Felix Frankfurter observed, the only book that has ever made sense and order from 'the vast hodgepodge of treaties, statutes, judicial and administrative rulings, and unrecorded practice in...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Control, Education, Federal...
The term "Mien" is used to describe several mountain peoples of Southeast Asia, who migrated from China in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their strong family structure serves their agricultural way of life. The language, though tonal, exhibits many similarities to English. Religious beliefs are animistic, centering around spirits of ancestors, the home, and nature. Mythological designs find their way into artwork, which is predominantly bodily adornments. The several names given to boys...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Background, English (Second Language), History, Indochinese, Refugees, Sino...
The 49 papers in these two volumes were prepared to assist the Commission on Workforce Quality and Labor Market Efficiency in making recommendations for improving the U.S. work force. The papers summarize existing research and make recommendations on subjects reflecting seven Commission tasks: (1) examine the roles and effectiveness of privately and publicly provided job training and education; (2) determine the best mechanisms to keep education and training providers informed of changing skill...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Compensation (Remuneration), Efficiency, Employed...
In an address to the National Council on Measurement in Education, R. M. Jaeger (1987) commented that there appears to be a fundamental difference in measurement philosophy between those on the two sides of the debate over the Rasch model. Jaeger's observations are explicated by contrasting the views on measurement of B. D. Wright and E. F. Lindquist with relation to the interpretation each has of the validation of constructs as considered by C. Cherryholmes (1988). Lindquist conceives of test...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Construct Validity, Content Validity, Educational Assessment, Item Response Theory,...
This course description was developed by educators for use at the Work Opportunity Center which was established to teach high school dropouts and/or hard-core unemployed youth. The ultimate objectives of this course are to prepare students for employment in dry cleaning occupations and to assist them in completing their high school graduation requirements. Instruction in marking, invoicing, and customer service is on an individualized basis conducted in an innovative atmosphere of...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Curriculum Guides,...
This document consists of 32 consecutive issues of Mid-Western Educational Researcher, published quarterly from 1991 through 1998. Mid-Western Educational Researcher is a scholarly journal that publishes research-based articles addressing a full range of educational issues. The journal also publishes literature reviews, theoretical and methodological discussions that make an original contribution to the research literature, and feature columns. Each year, one issue is a program for the...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher...
Counting, naming numbers, numerals, computation, and fractions are the topics covered in this pamphlet. Number lore and interesting number properties are noted; the derivation of some arithmetic terms is briefly discussed. (DT)
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary School Mathematics, History, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics,...
This document is a collection of reports presented at a programable calculator symposium held in Seattle, Washington, in April, 1980, as part of the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The session was designed to review whether the programable calculator has a place in the school mathematics program, in light of the current availability of the microcomputer. The presentations at the symposium supported the view that such calculators do have a role to play...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Calculators, Discovery Learning, Educational Technology, Instructional Materials,...
Composting is a lesson developed for a sludge treatment and disposal course. The lesson discusses the basic theory of composting and the basic operation, in a step-by-step sequence, of the two typical composting procedures: windrow and forced air static pile. The lesson then covers basic monitoring and operational procedures. The instructor's manual contains a brief description of the lesson, estimated time, instructional materials list, suggested sequence of presentation, required reading...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Instructional Materials, Laboratory Procedures, Postsecondary Education, Sludge,...
Realizing that the Cold War is a topic that often is neglected as time runs short at the end of a school year, a group of University of Kansas (Lawrence) educators sought to create effective classroom materials for secondary/community college instructors to teach about the Cold War. The group's main goal was to create a flexible model that encouraged study of the topic for the amount of time available. This Cold War learning packet provides materials and directions to guide students through a...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Enrichment, Foreign Countries, High Schools, International Relations,...
The act of exemplary teaching requires the orchestration of subject matter knowledge and pedagogical knowledge with pedagogical content knowledge. If this last component is not sufficiently present, then we may be quite efficient in presenting students with rote information. If this last component is sufficiently present (and carried out well), then students are afforded the opportunity to construct meaning from symbols and images in a manner that allows them to "see" (like a...
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This study is situated within a self-study research methods course to scaffold doctoral students' explorations of the intersections of their culture, and research interests using arts as a tool. Embracing the arts as a research method, the first author painted a self-portrait using the vibrant colors of Madhubani art which holds cultural significance to her. She utilized Blumer's (1986) and Mead's (1934) theory of symbolic interactionism to explain the process of her self-development as a...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Portraiture, Research Methodology, Researchers, Educational Research, Qualitative...
This report sets forth certain conclusions reached by the Special Constitutional Convention Study Committee of the American Bar Association after conducting a two-year study. The committee was formed to evaluate the ramifications of the constitutional convention method of initiating amendments to the U. S. Constitution as set down in Article 5. It analyzed and studied all aspects of law concerned with calling a national constitutional convention. Particular attention was given to the question...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Civics, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law,...
This issue of the Courier contains articles loosely connected to each other by the underlying theme of developing people's capacity to improve the quality of their lives. The following articles are included: "Development of Human Resources--A Basic Needs Approach," by Mohiuddin Ahmad; "Rural Poverty," by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization; "Overseas Students--Educating for Development or Privilege?" by Chris Duke; "Kemas: Kemajuan...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Economic Development,...
The General Electric (GE) Early Years Initiative, a grant-funded GE Fund, GE's corporate Foundation and GE Elfun, GE's international program created by volunteer organization, has helped elementary school students improve their reading skills through the use of volunteers since 1994. This publication describes Early Years projects, provides program information, and lists participating locations and program contacts. The bulk of the book is comprised of program descriptions and program...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grants,...
Students in communication classes find it useful to study Madonna because she is a fascinating and prolific cultural figure whose merit and intentions are matters of great controversy. As the quintessential music-video star, she is also perhaps the medium's most significant auteur. In the areas of women's roles, motherhood, sexuality, race and religion, Madonna critiques and challenges widespread beliefs while at the same time reinforcing some of them. In her video "Like a Virgin,"...
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This competency-based curriculum guide for teachers addresses the skills a technician will need to service microwave ovens and to provide customer relations to help retain the customer's confidence in the product and trust in the service company that performs the repair. The guide begins with a task analysis, listing 20 cognitive tasks and 5 psychomotor tasks for microwave oven orientation and 14 cognitive tasks and 28 psychomotor tasks for microwave oven troubleshooting and repair. A listing...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Appliance Repair, Competency Based Education, Electrical Appliances, Electrical...
This document presents a teaching package designed to introduce students in grades one through five to Chinese painting methods and equipment. Prepared in conjunction with an exhibition of paintings by child prodigy Wang Yani titled "The Brush of Innocence," the package consists of a teacher's activity plan unit, a slide set of art works by Wang Yani, an activity book for children, and a teacher evaluation form. The package is organized into five sections: (1) an introduction to the...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Artists, Childrens Art, Chinese...
This annual volume of the Community College Humanities Review (CCHR) presents a wide range of articles dealing with humanities--from Lloyd Kaplan's attempts to set the record straight (by presenting a more accurate appraisal and a truer perspective of Dave Brubeck's outstanding contribution to the course of jazz) to Walter Krieglstein's exploration of recent discoveries in basic science (by attempting to evaluate their potential as a stimulus for cross-fertilization between the sciences and the...
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Fundamentals of missile and nuclear weapons systems are presented in this book which is primarily prepared as the second text of a three-volume series for students of the Navy Reserve Officers' Training Corps and the Officer Candidate School. Following an introduction to guided missiles and nuclear physics, basic principles and theories are discussed with a background of the factors affecting missile flight, airframes, missile propulsion systems, control components and systems, missile...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Instructional Materials, Mechanical Equipment, Military Schools, Military Science,...
The State University System of Florida has developed three tools that aid in guiding the System's future: (1) The Board of Governors' new "Strategic Plan 2012-2025" is driven by goals and associated metrics that stake out where the System is headed; (2) The Board's "Annual Accountability Report" provides yearly tracking for how the System is progressing toward its goals; and (3) Institutional "Work Plans" connect the two and create an opportunity for greater...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics, Goal...
THIS REVIEW OF THE STATUS OF THE EDUCATION OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO POINTS OUT THAT HISTORICALLY HIS SCHOOLING AND EDUCATION HAVE BEEN SHAPED BY FORCES OVER WHICH HE HAS HAD VERY LITTLE CONTROL. THE REVIEW DESCRIBES THE NEGRO'S MODEST EDUCATIONAL BEGINNINGS DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD (PRIMARILY DEVOTED TO RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION) AND PRE- AND POST-CIVIL WAR DEVELOPMENTS. THE GREATEST EFFORT TOWARD ESTABLISHING SCHOOLS FOR NEGROES OCCURRED DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA, MAINLY UNDER CHURCH...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Black Education, Black History, Civil War (United States), Colleges, Colonial History...
On January 20, 2009, essentially 200 years after the enactment of the embargo against the slave trade, 40 years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America. Using the one drop rule for racial designation which has prevailed in the USA for most of its history, America had elected its first black President. Using the new standard created by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000, America now had its first commonly...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Social Justice, United States History, Race, Criticism, Slavery, Presidents, Racial...
Exponential, and logarithmic functions are pivotal mathematical concepts that play central roles in advanced mathematics. Unfortunately, these are also concepts that give students serious difficulty. This report describe a theory of how students acquire an understanding of these functions by prescribing a set of mental constructions that a student can make to develop his or her understanding of these concepts. We analyze students' understanding of these concepts within the context of our...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Concept Formation, Curriculum Design, Learning Problems, Learning Strategies,...
Virtual reality exposure has recently emerged as an important tool for exposure therapy in the treatment of fear of flying. There have been numerous empirical studies that have evaluated the effectiveness of virtual reality exposure as compared to other treatments including in vivo exposure, progressive muscle relaxation, cognitive therapy, bibliotherapy, and supportive group therapy. The results of two case studies and eight outcome trials have indicated that virtual reality exposure is...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Anxiety, Fear, Travel, Air Transportation, Desensitization, Behavior Modification,...
The revolution in two-way broadband communications envisioned for the future includes remote access to libraries, interactive educational programing, shopping at home, personal and property security, and many other services limited only by man's imagination and his ability to deliver the service at a price the consumer is willing and able to pay. The most significant attributes of cable television (CATV) program origination are its ability to appeal to selective viewer interests and its ability...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Broadcast Industry, Cable Television, Income, Mass Media, Programing...
Designed for those with teaching skills as well as those without and for those with backgrounds in nutrition and those without, this handbook provides information on how to organize and conduct nutrition education and cooking training for the chronically mentally ill. The first section describes the pilot program which developed the handbook, including setting, client characteristics, general discussion of lessons and educational methods, program costs, evaluation, and sources of informational...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Vocational Education, Classroom Techniques, Community Programs, Cooking...
A second grade teacher in a rural Appalachian school draws heavily on familiar regional literature and the children's own rich mountain heritage and culture to teach reading to her students, covering the required basal readings in only one day per week. Students use the basals on Mondays and retell the texts on paper. They spend the rest of the week writing stories, reading them, and sharing them with other students. Every week they have a real radio show where they read and tell their own...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Class Activities, Grade 2,...
Ludwig Wittgenstein's theory of language games, although largely undeveloped, can provide the basis for a useful analogy between the composition process and the playing of a game. Teachers can motivate students to write by presenting the composition process as a language game. The following points should prove helpful in accomplishing this end: no game is as much fun when it is first being learned as it is after it has been mastered; people know whether they have lost in any game; in the early...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, College Freshmen, Educational Games, Educational Theories, English Instruction,...
Traditionally, educational administration is a technology of administrative control that systematically ignores both educational issues and those social and cultural issues that lie at the heart of people's commitment to, or alienation from, educational institutions. These social and cultural inequalities are investigated in a series of essays on educational administration that analyze the consequences of the imposition of an administration conceived as a technology of control. A discussion of...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrative Principles, Bureaucracy, Cultural Influences, Educational...
This book describes various aspects of the historical development of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The first chapter, entitled "Origins," sketches the factors leading up to authorization of the BLS in June 1884. A chapter entitled "Carroll Wright: Setting the Course" discusses the views and contributions of the BLS's first commissioner. The next chapter covers the studies for economic and social reform that were undertaken during the administration of the bureau's...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Agency Role, Background, Economic Change, Economic Climate, Employment Statistics,...
This symposium on adult learning and human resource development consists of three presentations. "Adult Learning Principles and Concepts in the Workplace: Implications for Training in HRD" (Margot B. Weinstein) reports on findings from interviews with restaurant employees who reported that training practices using adult learning principles increased their learning and made them feel more qualified and confident, valued and essential to the success of the organization, and increased...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy,...
The Library of Congress has a wealth of information on North American Indian people but does not have a separate collection or section devoted to them. The nature of the Library's broad subject divisions, variety of formats, and methods of acquisition have dispersed relevant material among a number of divisions. This guide aims to help the researcher to encounter Indian people through the Library's collections and to enhance the Library staff's own ability to assist with that encounter. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian...
Focusing on how television viewing fits into a general model of consumer consumption patterns, a study examined (1) the extent to which the viewing of certain television content can be considered a "norm" of society, (2) similarities and differences between the norms for adults and those for children, and (3) some of the antecedents of beliefs about the appropriateness of TV viewing behavior related to a variety of content. Research was based on a cross-sectional survey of adults in a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audience Analysis, Behavior Patterns, Content Analysis, Data Analysis, Mass Media,...
This paper maintains that the two basic dimensions of developmentally appropriate practice are age appropriateness and individual appropriateness. For the latter dimension, individuals' patterns of growth, personality, families, and culture are believed to be important. Teachers who use developmentally appropriate practices believe that young children learn by doing; that play is valuable in allowing the child to develop in a natural way; and that young children's methods of learning should...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design, Developmental Programs,...
A new cognitive intervention strategy was developed to improve teaching and learning in the workplace within the context of Germany's standard system of vocational training, a dual system of theoretical learning at school and practical learning in the workplace. The intervention was based on two elements: training apprentices to learn and work autonomously and training masters to support and promote autonomy. The cognitive development intervention was used with 62 apprentices and 37 masters...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Apprenticeships, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Personal...
College-level assessment efforts in New Jersey are described. For more than a dozen years, students in public colleges and universities in New Jersey have been assessed using a common statewide instrument, the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test. This test assesses reading, writing, and mathematics skills of entering college students as part of an assessment of students and an evaluation of remedial programs. In 1985, New Jersey embarked on a more ambitious program to assess higher...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Measurement, College Students, Communication Skills,...
The question of what influences the acquisition of literacy skills in a second language is addressed. A selected review of the literature shows that prior literacy in the native language greatly increases the ability of elementary school aged children to become literate in a second language. The implications for limited English proficient (LEP) students as well as students in immersion programs are highlighted with a final discussion of the political realities and ramifications. It is concluded...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Basic Skills, Children, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Immersion...
Problem solving, decision making, and constructing knowledge are skills students need to become active and responsible citizens. However, many students are not receiving these essential skills from their education. Minority students in particular, despite improved academic performance, still perform well below national averages. Restructuring schools to meet students' needs will require a rethinking of curriculum and instruction. A review of research challenges seven common assumptions about...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Educational Development, Elementary Secondary Education,...
Sixteen articles, books, and reports published between 1978 and 1983 and cited in "Resources in Education" and "Current Index to Journals in Education" are listed in this bibliography on online public access catalogs (OPACs). Emphasis is on the movement toward computer-based alternatives to library card catalogs and user studies. Topics include attitudes of user and nonusers toward OPAC's, including types of problems encountered; reviews of research; the social and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Libraries, Computer Science, Higher Education, Library Automation, Library...
A survey assessed the current status of the business and professional communication course. A questionnaire was completed by faculty members at 39 Texas colleges and universities. Results indicated that 66% of the institutions surveyed offer a course in business and professional communication (with titles such as Business Speech, Oral Communication, and Business and Professional Communication), and with different approaches used, such as a combination course or a public speaking course. Results...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Business Communication, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Course Content,...
This five-part report offers background information and data from 1994-95 on the programs, finances, facilities, students, and personnel of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Section I presents a general orientation to the system, including information on the NCCCS's mission, history, programs, governance, funding, the NCCC Foundation, service area assignments, and statewide planning. A map and organizational chart and directory are also included. Section II provides...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Budgeting, Budgets, College Administration, College Planning, College Programs,...
This paper addresses the need for and importance of integrating nutrition education into the existing preschool curriculum. Following a brief definition of nutrition education according to the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health, discussion focuses on determining who is responsible for nutrition education. It is argued that, although parents certainly play a major role in the nutritional care and education of their children, educators, administrators, classroom teachers, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Development, Integrated Curriculum, Nutrition Instruction, Preschool...
The Generic Baccalaureate Nursing Data Project, which expanded the national database on nursing education, is described. Over a 3-year period six national surveys of deans and senior nursing students were conducted to collect data in areas including recruitment, system interrelationships (institutional, community, and/or clinical agencies), student development, career plans, and student transition into clinical practice. A total of 465 deans' questionnaires and 2,336 students' questionnaires...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bachelors Degrees, Budgets, Clinical Experience, College Planning, Databases, Deans,...
Intended for teachers, librarians, and administrators, this handbook explores the possibilities of implementing a "Children as Authors" project by using collaborative and integrative teaching strategies to motivate elementary school children to write. After describing the project and explaining its benefits, the handbook explores ways teachers and librarians can work together on the project. The planning section of the handbook highlights factors to be considered: choice of topic for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperation, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Library Role, Library...
The Joreskog and Sorbom LISREL (linear structural relations) method is investigated as an alternative to regression analysis in studies of aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI), to solve problems caused by unreliability of measurements and by large sets of variables. A study reported by M.J. Behr is reanalyzed. This study investigated relations between verbal and figural aptitude variables and outcome variables within one verbal and one figural treatment, teaching modulus seven arithmetic to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Aptitude, Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Programs, Data...
This Ohio Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP), derived from a modified Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) process, is a current comprehensive and verified employer competency program list for the GRADS (Graduation, Reality, and Dual Role Skills) program. Each unit (with or without subunits) contains competencies and competency builders that identify the occupational, academic, and employability skills needed to deal with personal, home, and work stresses. Within that ouline are three levels of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescent Development, Basic Skills, Child Development, Child Rearing, Communication...
Data collected from a sample of over 200 elementary school children from Tennessee were used for studying their perceptions of the future. An interview guide-questionnaire provided information regarding children's perceptions along the following three different dimensions: how children perceived their own personal future; how they perceived changes that might happen in the future in their own communities; and how they perceived changes that might happen globally. When asked about their personal...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Aspiration, Childhood Attitudes, Elementary Education, Elementary School...
Increasing numbers of children begin formal schooling without the requisite skills or abilities to succeed, most often due to deficiencies in language and emotional maturity. This study sought to identify potential precursors to later kindergarten difficulties that would suggest specific areas needing further study and support. Study participants came from two socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, and included parents as well as early childhood specialists such as pediatricians and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, At Risk Persons, Caregiver Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Community...
This paper presents findings of a study that examined educators' perceptions of restructuring in nine Oregon Network schools. These schools participated in a federal grant designed to help schools focus on the "central variables" of restructuring--learner outcomes, curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessment. Variables that enable restructuring include learning environment, time, technology, and school-community relations. A questionnaire was sent to four groups of educators...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement,...
A study investigated the influence of goal setting and progress feedback on self-efficacy and writing achievement among gifted children. Thirty-three fourth graders who previously had been identified as academically gifted in language arts received writing strategy instruction over 20 sessions and were given a goal of learning to use the strategy or of writing paragraphs. Half of the strategy goal children periodically received feedback on their progress in strategy learning. Results showed...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academically Gifted, Feedback, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Paragraph Composition,...
In order to determine the number of Johnson County Community College (JCCC) students transferring to four-year institutions, records were obtained from 11 of 14 regional institutions most often accepting JCCC transfers. In addition, all JCCC students who had requested transcripts sent to a four-year institution between 1989 and 1990 were sent a brief survey on their educational status, backgrounds, experiences, and perceptions. A total of 335 surveys were returned. The two methods yielded a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges,...
This newsletter contains seven articles related to the educational rights of culturally diverse language-minority students. "20 Years after Lau: In Pursuit of Equity Not Just a Language Response Program," by Alicia Salinas Sosa, points out that educational responses to Lau vs. Nichols have been minimum-compliance programmatic responses rather than efforts to provide equal education to limited-English-proficient students. "The Fourth Generation of Desegregation and Civil...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bilingual Education, Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education,...
In a study conducted to identify the major forces that appear likely to influence vocational education in the next three to five years, a general model or conceptual framework was developed and modified by suggestions from a panel of experts. The following were identified as major influences: (1) a gradual decrease in the number of secondary students, with proportionately more minority and disadvantaged students at all levels and many more adult students with widely varying characteristics at...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Basic Skills, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Change, Educational...
Equity in the institutional choices of enrolling college students was assessed. The focus of study was whether students similar in educationally relevant characteristics, but dissimilar in ascriptive or socioeconomic background characteristics, attend similar institutions at similar rates. The study was based on multiple regression analysis of comprehensive student survey and college attendance data. A random sample of 5,211 students from a nationally representative sample of 1975 college...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Standards,...
The hypothesis to be tested postulated that cooperating teachers and university supervisors, as observers, affect the student teacher's verbal behavior differently. Data were collected on fifteen elementary education student teachers by the use of a tape recorder during the second, fourth, and sixth weeks of the school year and under the following conditions: no observer in the classroom; cooperating teacher as observer; and university supervisor as observer. A split-plot factorial for the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cooperating Teachers, Higher...
This handbook documents efforts to promote the professional development school (PDS) concept at Western Michigan University (WMU) and examines how a university might initiate the restructuring process for teacher education and collabaorate with a local school district through the establishment of a PDS. It discusses the underlying principles of PDSs, their place in school restructuring, and three major PDS components (teacher education, inquiry and research, and professional development). The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational...
The curriculum on occupational safety and health, designed for a workplace literacy and basic skills program for clothing and textile workers union members, is outlined. Its objectives are to help workers understand the importance of following company health and safety rules and danger signs, identify and report workplace hazards, aid in resolution and prevention of health and safety problems, recognize symptoms of common workplace illnesses, understand their own and employers' rights and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies,...
Among the individually administered 34 intelligence tests described in this bibliography are those for deaf persons, Spanish speakers, and other special populations. Tests requiring nonverbal responses are included. Most of the tests described in this bibliography provide I.Q. scores which are standard scores, with a mean of 100 and standard deviation of 15 or 16. Although all ages are represented, the majority of tests are targeted to grades 4 through 6. This document is one in a series of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Aptitude, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Ability, Diagnostic Tests,...
A project was conducted to develop a workshop designed to improve the vocational guidance programs and services for hearing-impaired students in the secondary school setting. This goal was accomplished by developing an in-service training program to provide school personnel with increased awareness of the unique learning concerns of hearing-impaired students in the classroom. Major project activities included a needs assessment to identify the special learning concerns and vocational counseling...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Guidance, Faculty Development, Guidance Personnel, Hearing Impairments,...
Project LIFE (Lifelong Impact From Education) was a 3-year federally funded program to develop, field test, and disseminate a collaborative model that increases the capacity of neighborhood schools and local education agencies to provide appropriate educational services to children with deaf-blindness in general education settings and improve students' individually determined valued life outcomes. The model's major steps involve determining valued life outcomes from a family-centered...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Deaf Blind, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive...
Myths related to four questions regarding women's roles in early childhood education and society are described, and underlying assumptions for each question are examined. It is argued that each of the myths has served to restrict, deprive, neglect, or distort the development of women and their relationships. Recommendations for overcoming each myth are offered. The questions are: (1) What are the fundamental and universal characteristics of persons responsible for rearing and educating young...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education, Educational History, Employed Women, Family...
This review of Council on Library Resources (CLR) activities for 1990/91 begins with status reports on the following CLR managed projects: professional education, including the Academic Library Management Intern Program and CLR/Kellog fellows; bibliographic systems; science and engineering, including the CLR/National Science foundation Project and a National Engineering Information Service; books for Indian Colleges; and the CLR Research Program. Brief descriptions are provided of grants and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Grants, Higher Education, Information Needs,...
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