One of four intermediate- to advanced-level activity books in a series, this student workbook offers a selection of exercises, vocabulary builders, dialogs, and writing exercises for language skill development. It is intended for use in the instruction of native speakers, heritage language learners, or second language learners of Ukrainian. Also included is a teacher's answer key to accompany the student activity book. (CNP)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Class Activities, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign...
One of four intermediate- to advanced-level activity books in a series, this student workbook offers a selection of exercises, vocabulary builders, dialogs, and writing exercises for language skill development. It is intended for use in the instruction of native speakers, heritage language learners, or second language learners of Ukrainian. Also included is a teacher's answer key to accompany the student activity book. (CNP)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Class Activities, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign...
Conflict is a phenomenon of human relationships that occurs when an individual's needs are not being satisfied. This paper explains why it is crucial to recognize and deal with conflict on different levels of education. Chapter 1 discusses coping with conflict. It describes several management styles (competition; collaboration; avoidance; accommodation; compromise) that can be used in situation-specific instances. Various strategies are presented in Chapter 2 as examples of handling conflict...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Force Field...
This document details the 2-year results of the New Hope Project, which was conducted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to reduce poverty, reform welfare, and improve the overall well-being of poor people by providing a mix of incentives and services, including supplemental income, child care subsidies, guaranteed affordable health insurance, and wage-paying "community service jobs." Following a lengthy executive summary, the document details the following: New Hope's policy context,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Child Welfare, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care, Demonstration Programs,...
Written by 10 middle school students, this booklet provides information needed to become a youth consultant in the service learning field. Section 1 provides a job description of a youth consultant. It lists duties of a youth consultant at school and locally, statewide, or nationally. Section 2 sets forth the selection criteria for youth consultants. A job application form that can be used in the process of youth consultant selection follows in Section 3. Section 4 describes the aspects that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Consultants, Criteria, Middle Schools, Public Speaking, Selection, Service Learning,...
In this booklet, a group of middle school teachers offer suggestions on how other teachers can similarly enhance their own school's service learning program by initiating and sustaining a service learning task force. The teachers begin by explaining why they developed a service learning task force and list some of the benefits of having a service learning task force. Next, they discuss the following steps in forming a task force: gain administrative support; educate your faculty about service...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Advisory Committees, Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Cooperative...
This teaching guide contains nine lesson plans for teaching job-related English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) to employees at Barber Foods in Maine. The lessons cover the following topics: (1) rotation directions; (2) protective clothing (level 2 and level 2/3); (3) talking to supervisors; (4) accident prevention; (5) machinery identification and purposes; (6) personal hygiene; (7) safety signs; and (8) job tasks. Two appendixes listed materials needed for the lessons and provide...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Course Content, Education Work...
This report, a review of literature combined with two case studies, poses the question of whether tactual resources-hands-on, manipulative materials--help reduce college attrition and foster development of necessary academic skills. At George Mason University (Virginia), an exploratory, embedded case study was designed to investigate experiential learning at the doctoral (Case Study One) and the undergraduate (Case Study Two) levels. The major proposition for the first group was, "If...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Learning, College Students, Community Colleges, Educational Innovation,...
The report presents findings concerning the language proficiency of elementary, middle, and high school students receiving bilingual services in the Las Cruces Public Schools (New Mexico). The report contains five sections: general information about the bilingual program in the school district; the Idea Language Proficiency Tests (IPT); results of the English and Spanish oral tests; results of the English and Spanish reading and writing tests; and recommendations. Highlights of the findings...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education,...
This study demonstrates that built environment education fits well into the existing curricula, meets objectives, and provides new directions for assessment in the classroom. The study examines what was happening in those classrooms using CUBE-produced curriculum materials. Sample assessment methods are provided for four differing educational settings to show the flexibility of the materials for diverse learning environments and learners. The table of contents includes: (1)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Alternative Assessment, Architecture, Art, Built Environment, Case Studies, Community...
This framework is designed to help Idaho schools develop a social studies curriculum and to formulate realistic goals for themselves and their students. The guide is correlated to Idaho's performance-based documents and the state-approved social studies textbooks. The framework is built around the 10 themes for social studies developed by the National Council for the Social Studies. The sections of the book include: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Questions and Answers on Performance...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Studies,...
Between March 1996 and November 1997, a study was conducted to determine the level of fundraising performance for both the State University of New York (SUNY) and the City University of New York (CUNY), and to identify the "best" fundraising practices. SUNY and CUNY fundraising results for fiscal year 1995 were compared with those of other higher education institutions, development peers, and academic peers. Results indicated that SUNY and CUNY raised significantly less money than the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Financial Needs,...
This casebook on international law was developed by high school students around the globe and emphasizes the important role that students can play in furthering international law education. The text provides teachers and students with a summary review of 25 major cases heard by the International Court of Justice, along with additional materials. The book supports the central role played by international law in resolving disputes affecting the maintenance of world peace and healthy environment,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Global Education, High...
This annual serial volume contains 16 articles offering practical pedagogical ideas from faculty at New Hampshire technical colleges. Following prefatory matter, the following articles are presented: (1) "The Pleasantwood Project: Teaching Science and the Humanities in a Scenario-Based Learning Environment," by Doyle Davis; (2) "Self-Paced, Self-Directed Study as a Teaching Methodology in a Nursing Assistant Program," by Susan J. Henderson; (3) "A Classroom Experiment:...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development,...
This elementary school training manual is based on the School Mediation Program developed originally by Good Shepherd Neighborhood House to train students in grades 6 through 12 in conflict resolution and violence prevention through peer mediation. Extending the program to the younger grades gives an earlier opportunity to use peer mediation to encourage students to take responsibility for their conflicts. When combined with conflict resolution and communication skills training in school, peer...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Elementary Education, Elementary School...
Social Skills Training (SST) has become a popular and effective means of prevention and intervention with adolescent populations exhibiting behavioral difficulties. Early in their development many African-American youth are exposed to homicide, crime, and interpersonal violence. The acquisition of social skills is critical to the development of mediational techniques in combating these stressors. Standard SST programs, which are not culturally specific, are thought to be less effective in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Afrocentrism, Anger, Behavior Problems, Black Youth, Conflict Resolution, Cultural...
This study sought to investigate the factors that predict alcohol drinking among African-American children of alcoholics (COA). The instruments used were: (1) the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (J. Jones, 1981); (2) the Adolescent Alcohol Involvement Scale (J. Mayer and W. Filstead, 1979); and (3) the New York Self-Esteem Scale (M. Rosenberg, 1965). Participants were 649 adolescents, aged 12 to 19, 42% male, who were recruited from youth-serving organizations. Fifty-two percent of these...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Age Differences, Alcoholic Beverages, Black Youth, Drinking, Parent Child...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between suspensions and expulsions of African American students, teacher effectiveness, and school safety in New Orleans (Louisiana) public schools. Preliminary evaluations for the 1995-96 school year are presented. The initial phase of data collection focused on focus group interviews with groups of 10 school personnel, 10 parents, and 20 students at each of 10 public middle and high schools with the highest rates of suspensions and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Black Students, Elementary School Teachers, Expulsion, Focus Groups, High School...
The Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:93) tracks the experiences of a cohort of recent college graduates, those who received the baccalaureate degree during the 1992-93 academic year and were first interviewed as part of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. The experiences of this group in the areas of academic enrollment, degree completion, employment, public service, and other adult decisions will be followed for about 12 years. Ultimately the B&B:93 will...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cohort Analysis, College Graduates, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational...
An item response theory-based parametric procedure proposed by N. S. Raju, W. J. van der Linden, and P. F. Fleer (1995) known as differential functioning of items and tests (DFIT) can be used with unidimensional and multidimensional data with dichotomous or polytomous scoring. This study describes the polytomous DFIT framework and evaluates and compares its performance to that of the extension of the SIBTEST procedure developed by R. Shealy and W. Stout (1993) and extended Lord's chi-square....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Chi Square, Computer Simulation, Item Bias, Item Response Theory, Sample Size, Tables...
The Welch-James (WJ) and Improved General Approximation (IGA) tests for the within-subjects main and interaction effects in a split-plot repeated measurement design were investigated when least squares estimates and robust estimates based on trimmed means were used. Variables manipulated in the Monte Carlo study included the degree of multivariate normality, degree of departure from the assumption of multisample sphericity, total sample size, degree of sample size imbalance, and number of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Least Squares Statistics, Monte Carlo Methods, Research Design,...
Practicing physicians must assess their own knowledge and skills continually to ensure that they are current with new medical procedures and advances. The ability to assess one's own performance was studied for medical students, who were asked to estimate their performance on course quizzes. An item that asked students to estimate their correct percentage on the examination was added to five weekly quizzes in the winter term. The number of students providing self-evaluations ranged from 137 to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Estimation (Mathematics), Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Medical Education,...
The FACETS equating model meets the complex requirements for equating writing performance assessment across both raters and prompts. This study is based on an equating of the 1996 writing performance assessment in the Minneapolis Public Schools (Minnesota). Raters and prompts were equated simultaneously using the FACETS model. About 3,000 fifth graders and 3,000 seventh graders participated in the writing assessment. Three prompts were assessed in each grade, and each student wrote to one of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Equated Scores, Grade 5, Grade 7,...
This paper discusses the use of peer debriefing to assist evaluators in their efforts to address project-end dilemmas and presents the implications of findings in this area for program evaluators and qualitative researchers. Peer debriefing has been defined as the process of exposing oneself to a disinterested peer to explore aspects of the inquiry that otherwise might remain only implicit in the inquirer's mind. In the past, peer debriefing has been used chiefly in the data gathering stage of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Organizational...
Over the last decade there have been a number of approaches for recruiting minorities to enter teaching careers. One such program has been that of the Consortium for Minorities in Teaching Careers (CMTC). CMTC uses several replicable models to encourage minority high school students' interest in teaching careers. At all CMTC sites, the following components are found: (1) mentoring; (2) peer support; and (3) value change. Some sites also use training and practice to provide opportunities for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Attitude Change, Career Exploration, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary...
In 1994 the Governor of California directed the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing to conduct a study of teacher preparation programs to assess the extent to which these programs prepare candidates for teaching credentials to teach critical thinking and problem-solving skills in elementary and secondary schools. With assistance from the Center for Critical Thinking at Sonoma State University, the Commission designed an interview protocol for telephone interviews with education and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Critical Thinking, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher...
California has developed a new series of credential examinations for foreign language teachers to make it possible to test the competence of teachers in six languages less frequently taught than Spanish and French. These languages are German, Japanese, Mandarin, Punjabi, Russian, and Vietnamese. Each assessment is based on the specifications designed for previously developed tests for teachers of Spanish and French, and each evaluated cultural and grammatical knowledge. California foreign...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education,...
As part of the research leading to the implementation of computer-based case simulations (CCS) for the licensing examinations of the National Board of Medical Examiners, gender differences in performance were studied for one form consisting of 18 cases. A secondary purpose of the study was to note differences in style or approach that might differentiate the performance of men and women at a more detailed level than overall rating. In CCS, the examinee is presented with an introduction to the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Computer...
Current theories of metacognition suggest that effective control of learning by either metacognitive or self-regulatory processes cannot occur without accurate monitoring of learning. Given this theoretical framework, there are questions of whether knowledge monitoring and self-regulated learning abilities are domain-specific or whether metacognitive processes, in particular knowledge monitoring ability, generalize across academic domains. This study examines that issue by exploring the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Instruction,...
This feasibility study explored the automated data collection, scoring, and reporting of children's complex problem-solving processes and performance in Web-based information-rich environments. Problem solving was studied using realistic problems in realistic contexts demanding multiple cognitive processes in the domain of environmental science. Sixty-nine middle school and high school students completed pretest and posttest concept maps, a relevant bookmarking measure, and a metacognitive...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Mapping, Data Collection,...
Experimental studies of response rates to mail surveys were reviewed and differences in response by population type were described. Cases were selected for review if they were experimental studies that manipulated a response enhancement factor. Results suggest significant differences in typical response rates for different populations. Higher response rates may be expected from surveys of customers and educators than from surveys of the general population. Results suggest few significant...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Experiments, Mail Surveys, Response Rates (Questionnaires), Responses, Sample Size,...
There is growing evidence that establishing school-university partnerships for the purpose of restructuring schools has impacts on teacher education, the elementary and secondary curriculum, and the knowledge base that undergirds the profession. In 1988 the National Education Association (NEA) created the Teacher Education Initiative (TEI) to achieve comprehensive reform in education with a major focus on program curriculum evaluation and delivery aspects associated with the professional...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary...
This study of student groups working with the Chelsea Bank computer simulation concentrates on the extent to which students are involved in activities related to the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) categories and to knowledge about work place practices. Studying students using the Chelsea Bank simulations offers the opportunity to see if computer simulations can influence the way time is spent in classrooms and the extent to which learning in a simulated environment...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Cooperative Learning, Grade 8,...
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study is the largest and most ambitious study ever undertaken by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. Forty-five countries collected data in more than 30 languages. Five grade levels were tested in the two subject areas. This report describes the science achievement of seventh and eighth graders, emphasizing the results from the eighth-grade assessment. Results are presented for the 41 countries that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Family...
This report presents national data on teachers and teaching from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) and other sources. Where data permit, the report compares findings from the early to mid-1990s with findings from the 1980s. The report addresses a wide range of topics related to teachers and teaching, including teachers' demographic characteristics and various characteristics of their schools and students, teachers' preparation and professional development experiences, teachers' workloads,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education,...
This paper describes a school-university partnership program. The first section gives general background on teacher research and describes this project. The second part describes two cases, one a study of the loss of voice of female students in third grade mathematics and the second, the effect of positive discipline and a time-out room with disruptive special education students. The described school-university partnership combines teacher research, college student research, and college student...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Action Research, Classroom Research, College School Cooperation, College Students,...
A 12-hour curriculum/methods block designed to lead elementary education teacher candidates through a constructivist, integrated model of teaching and learning is outlined. This block is part of a graduate level program that leads to licensure and a master's of Curriculum and Instruction in Curriculum and Instruction called Initial Teacher Education (ITE). The major concepts of the course are: intelligence as a capacity to learn, diversity, constructivism, integration, holistic approach,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Constructivism (Learning), Course Descriptions, Elementary Education, Graduate Study,...
This study examined the relationship between developmentally appropriate and traditional teaching methods and the mathematics achievement of 15 average and 10 students with disabilities. Data were collected in four first grade classes, one second grade class, and one multi-age inclusion program. A descriptive research design was used with observations, interviews, and questionnaires. Principal component methods were used to generate continuous composite variables that described teacher...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Development, Curriculum Development, Developmental Stages, Developmentally...
This study examined the relationship between formal program statements and actual practices in one sophomore class in a preservice teacher education program. Specifically, the study evaluated: possible inconsistencies between what is explicitly stated and what is actually done; whether such inconsistencies are intentional or unintentional, desirable or undesirable; and the role of self-reflection in improved practice. The content of the instructor's instruction was audiotaped and analyzed to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Faculty, College Instruction, Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education,...
This paper summarizes three presentations on the diverse teaching and assessment strategies used in a course designed to prepare preservice teachers for involving families and the community in the education of children. The course is required for early childhood and elementary teacher education majors at the University of Memphis (Tennessee). The first presentation described the rationale for the course and how it fits into the overall curriculum for preservice teachers. The second presentation...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Early Childhood Education, Education Courses, Education Majors, Elementary Education,...
Using data taken from the National Endowment for the Arts' Surveys of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) which were conducted in 1982 and 1992, this report looks at the effect of age on adult arts participation in seven benchmark or core art forms: classical music, opera, ballet, musicals, jazz, plays, and art museums. The report examines the participation of different cohorts between 1982 and 1992, with a special look at the baby boomer generation. Analysis results indicate that baby...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audience Analysis, Audience Participation, Audiences, Baby Boomers, Classical Music,...
This manual contains ideas for integrating service learning into various disciplines for grades K-8. The integration of activities can add real-life experiences to the academic curriculum and help create the capacity for students to improve their school and community. The three types of service activities include: (1) direct activities that require personal contact with people in need; (2) indirect activities, commonly implemented in schools, involving channeling resources to the problem rather...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Services, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Mathematics, Public Service,...
This manual provides examples of how Service Learning can be integrated into the adult education curriculum. The integration of activities can add real-life experiences to the academic curriculum and help create the capacity for students to improve their school and community. The three types of service activities include: (1) direct activities that require personal contact with people in need; (2) indirect activities, commonly implemented in schools, involving channeling resources to the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Business Education, Community...
This manual provides examples of how service learning can be integrated into the curriculum of the high school. The integration of activities can add real-life experiences to the academic curriculum and help create the capacity for students to improve their school and community. The three types of service activities include: (1) direct activities that require personal contact with people in need; (2) indirect activities, commonly implemented in schools, involving channeling resources to the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Services, High Schools, Language Arts, Mathematics, Public Service, School...
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international comparative study designed to provide policy makers, educators, researchers, and practitioners with information about educational achievement and learning contexts. Data were collected from 45 countries in more than 30 different languages. Five grade levels were tested in the two subject areas, totaling more than half a million students tested around the world. The six content...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Background, Elementary Education, Evaluation, Foreign...
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest, most comprehensive, and rigorous international study of schools and student achievement ever conducted. During the 1995 school year, the study tested the mathematics and science knowledge of a half-million students from 41 nations at five different grade levels. This report presents findings from the tests, questionnaires, and curriculum analysis performed at the fourth grade level in 26 countries and is the second of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Achievement, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, International Studies, Science...
West Virginia has been pursuing an approach to connecting students to the information highway that mirrors the model envisioned by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. This policy brief aims to help schools and state agencies understand the discounts provided by the Act. U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller explains the provisions of the Snowe-Rockefeller-Exon-Kerrey Amendment that provides discounts to schools and hospitals for telecommunications hardware and services. State Superintendent of Schools...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Federal Legislation, Federal State...
Recognizing the importance of health care during the perinatal period, the topic for this issue of "Children in the Tropics" is prenatal development; this issue is intended for health educators for use in educating their clients about prenatal development, health care during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the needs of the mother and neonate during the perinatal period. The sections are: (1) "Gestation," focusing on considerations for health care providers, psychological,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Birth, Breastfeeding, Foreign Countries, Health Services, Mothers, Obstetrics,...
This study examined the electrophysiological differences between baseline EEG frequencies and EEG frequencies obtained while listening to music stimuli. The experimental group comprised 22 children, ages 4 to 6 years old, who received special music instruction twice a week for 25 minutes for 7 weeks. The control group received no music instruction. EEG was recorded during 3 conditions: 2 minutes of sitting quietly with eyes open; 2 minutes of listening to classical music; and 2 minutes...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Elementary...
This handbook details how group leaders can adopt Project EASE (Exploring Aging through Shared Experiences), a program designed to provide opportunities for older adults and young people to interact in ongoing activities. Although the handbook is geared for children ages 9 through 13, it is adaptable for other ages and can be used in the classroom, as well as with after-school programs and youth organizations. Part 1, "Overview of Project EASE," discusses the importance of fighting...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Child Relationship, After School Programs, Age Discrimination, Age Groups,...