Bibliotherapy is the process of growing toward emotional good health through the medium of literature. The books selected for bibliotherapy must be chosen carefully. The Newbery and Caldecott books are logical choices as they have received the most prestigious awards given in children's literature. If bibliotherapy is to help children and cause them to think and ask questions, they must be introduced to literature that enlarges and enriches their worlds so that they will know what questions to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Bibliotherapy, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Role
Focused state efforts have helped teacher salaries in Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states move toward the national average. Preliminary 2000-01 estimates put SREB's average teacher salary at its highest point in 22 years compared to the national average. The SREB average teacher salary is approximately 90 percent of the national average. Delaware and Maryland have average teacher salaries above the national average. Many SREB states have adopted goals to raise teacher pay over...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Salaries, Gaines, Gale F.
This brochure examines basic information about pesticides and their use in and around schools, how children are exposed to pesticides and their health effects, and how a school can kick the habit of using pesticides. A special issues section covers the chemicals that should not be part of a school pest control effort, the restricted use of disinfectants, whether or not chemicals should be used to control head lice, issues involving active vs. inert ingredients in pesticides, and a cautionary...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Pesticides, Public Schools
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Topics: Standards, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary...
Excellence in Environmental Education--Guidelines for Learning (Pre K-12) is part of a continuing series of documents published by the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) as part of the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education. The Project is committed to synthesizing the best thinking about environmental education through an extensive process of review and discussion. Thus far, thousands of individuals and organizations representing all aspects of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Natural Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Guidelines
This bibliography is intended to be an up-date of a previous document entitled "Homework: Selected References" (1984). It lists many of the articles that were generated as a result of the educational report, "A Nation at Risk" (National Commission, 1983). The bibliography includes over 50 books, articles, and research reports on the subject of homework. (SM)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Information Sources, Reference Materials
A project incorporating 15 studies on parameters of cumulative programming instructional strategies in severely handicapped populations is presented. A model was developed to allow for controlled formal investigation of potentially relevant variables including those descriptive of the subject (such as handicapping condition, race, or age), the content (areas of skill or knowledge), and the task (variables related to the actual instructional process). The model allows for design of new studies...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Severe Disabilities, Teaching Methods
This publication covers the hearing held on March 1, 2000, in Washington, DC, before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families of the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives on the role of character education in U.S. schools. The publication contains the following: "Statement of Mr. Michael N. Castle, Chairman, Subcommittee on Early Childhood Youth and Families, Representative from Delaware"; "Statement of Mr. Dale Kildee, Ranking...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Hearings, Public Schools
The module is intended to help educators understand the components of school climate and its influence on the integration of students with handicaps. Three competencies are addressed: (1) to develop an understanding of the concept of school climate, identify its components and analyze its relationship to educational goals; (2) to develop an awareness of one's level of influence, the capacity to effect change, and the relationship of others' level of influence; and (3) to develop an awareness of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Change Agents, Disabilities, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
As a supplement to "What You Need To Know About Riding The School Bus," this booklet answers some of the most common questions concerning transportation for students with special needs. Using a simple question/answer format, the booklet addresses 22 issues regarding scheduling, the duties and responsibilities of the driver/aide, parent responsibility, behavior, and other topics. Questions include: (1) How soon after placement will a child's transporation be arranged? (2) Can...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bus Transportation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, School Buses
This publication summarizes the presentations at individual and group sessions of a conference called to facilitate a broad exchange of concepts and experiences among those individuals and organizations most closely involved with Drug-Free Schools and Communities Programs at the national, state, and local levels. It is intended to highlight key points presented, rather than to reproduce the full text or verbatim contents of each conference session. The conference agenda is included, with those...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Role, Drug Use, Elementary Secondary Education, Prevention
Focusing on periodicals that consistently carry materials about reading, this contributor's guide presents two lists of information on 186 journals, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, and yearbooks. Every periodical included appears alphabetically on each of the two lists. The first list offers information about editor, address, and editorial procedures. The second list is in the form of a matrix primarily because of the compactness of that format. It provides additional information including...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Periodicals, Reading, Writing for Publication
The suggestions contained in this handbook will be most useful to those local associations that have achieved negotiation rights and have already become involved, to some extent, in the process of contract administration. The aspects of contract administration emphasized here are the elements on grievance administration, the job of the grievance representative, and common contract violations. (Author/IRT)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Contracts, Elementary Secondary Education, Grievance Procedures, Occupational...
A project to produce reports on ten effective bilingual education programs is described. The work involved in generating the report series was conducted in four phases: site identification and development of report formats, selection of sites and report writers, visits of writers to the program sites, and review and submission of the reports. The criteria for selection of bilingual program sites, the sites featured in the report series, descriptions of the selected programs and report writers,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions,...
The Strategy Selection Matrix (SSM) is offered as a means for matching teaching technique to the individual special needs student. Three steps in the SSM are described: development of an intra-individual learning style profile based on 14 learning components; review of the individualizing teaching strategies (such as tutoring, continuous progress curriculum, and learning stations) to arrive at a range of options; and matching the profile with the column of teaching strategies to discover the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction, Profiles,...
This annotated bibliography lists 18 publications to help educators more effectively include students with disabilities in mainstream programs. The publications, including books, journal articles, videotapes, and reports, are dated from 1987 through 1993, and most are available through the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) system or from the Council for Exceptional Children. (DB)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming,...
This 89-item, annotated bibliography was compiled to provide access to research and discussions of cheating and, specifically, cheating on tests. It is not limited to any educational level, nor is it confined to any specific curriculum area. Two data bases were searched by computer, and a library search was conducted. A computer search of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) data base yielded documents announced in Resources in Education and journal articles indexed in Current...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Cheating, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education,...
Described are 10 models of educational programing for gifted students as they have been implemented by different school districts. The following program alternatives are discussed: learning centers; resource rooms (implemented with native American students in a sparsely populated area); itinerant teachers; mobile learning units; executive internships; in class alternatives; programs providing unique learning experiences; special schools and self contained classes; Saturday seminars; and an arts...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Models, Nontraditional Education, Program...
School psychologists must have a system of problem solving to employ when faced with ethical dilemmas. In addition, school psychologists must recognize that professional expertise brought to practice in the schools is not value free. It is imperative that those who see themselves as helping others, especially children, clarify their ideals, goals, norms, and standards of behavior. It is important to consider questions of individual responsibility in the face of authority or in the face of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Counselor Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Integrity, School...
The manual is intended to recommend policy guidelines for special educators and transporters of handicapped students. Beginning with a review of the requirements of P.L. 94-142 (The Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and a discussion of transportation as a related service provided to handicapped students, the manual proceeds to considerations and recommendations regarding vehicle ownership, cost, length of ride, and location of pick-up and drop-off points. Implications of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bus Transportation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Safety, School...
Twenty-seven classroom activities to help elementary and secondary students learn about human rights are described. The three major objectives of human rights education and teaching are: (1) to foster the attitudes of tolerance, respect, and solidarity inherent in human rights; (2) to provide knowledge about human rights, in both their national and international dimensions, and the institutions established for their implementation; and (3) to develop the student's awareness of the ways and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Civil Liberties, Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizations...
Cumulative files on 276 students (grades 2-12) identified as learning disabled (LD) were analyzed in the project designed to investigate effects of LD selection formulas and the influence of various LD services. Analyses revealed that few (3-5%) of the students were identified as LD by formulas demanding a substantial IQ achievement discrepancy; a significant decline in achievement from time of placement to time of reevaluation while mean IQ remained constant; and a paucity of significant...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Handicap Identification, Learning...
As a result of an intramural questionnaire developed by the National Intramural Sports Council (NISC) in May 1977, many participants requested that NISC sponsor a means of sharing ideas. This booklet has been compiled so that ideas pertaining to a specific area in intramurals can easily be located. The contents are divided into general categories including all intramural sports and related activities such as awards, funding, promotion, sports clubs, Title IX, tournaments, etc. In each section,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Intramural Athletics, Program...
The document is part of a series that reports the findings and accomplishments of the Models for Career Education in Iowa project which was initiated to research, define, and describe an emerging concept of career education and to suggest possible approaches for implementation in a school curriculum. Information about a wide range of available occupations will assist high school teachers in their instructional programs and provide students with an opportunity to explore occupational...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Occupational Clusters, Occupational...
This document provides a summary history of the individual scientists principally responsible for the development of nuclear physics and a survey of modern utilization of atomic energy. Identified throughout the booklet are postage stamps illustrating each individual and topic discussed. (SL)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Nuclear Physics, Physics, Science History, Scientists
In this transcript of "Options in Education," a weekly feature on National Public Radio, a group of experts--George Weber, Reed Whittemore, Goodman Ace, Herbert O. Reid, Albert Shanker, Harold Hodgkinson, Zachary Clements, Joseph Cronin, John Pittenger, and Richard King--interpret the back-to-basics movement. (IRT)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews
This Network Directory is part of the effort by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) School Improvement Program to promote communication among educational professionals about school improvement. Specifically, the directory is designed to provide information for networking among schools involved in systematic, long-term research-based school improvement efforts. The directory is based on information provided by school personnel. Data were collected through an extensive...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Research and Instruction...
Today, in an era of taxpayer revolts, lack of clarity in values, and changing family structure, children need advocates in the political arena as well as in the schools. This pamphlet suggests that administrators are in an excellent position to defend the rights of children on all fronts. It focuses on what administrators have done and specific things they can do to champion the causes of children and youth--who are often forgotten in the political process. (Author/LD)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Role, Child Advocacy, Children, Elementary Secondary Education,...
A hearing was held on Tuesday, September 26, 2000, by the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Education and the Workforce, Washington, DC, on the importance of literacy. The following U.S. Representatives were present: Goodling, Roukema, Schaffer, Hilleary, Ehlers, Fletcher, Isakson, Kildee, Owens, Payne, Scott, Hinojosa, McCarthy, Kind, Sanchez, Kucinich, Wu, and Holt. Statements and testimony were given by the following: Opening Statement of Chairman Bill Goodling, Committee on...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Government (Administrative Body), Hearings, Literacy,...
The author discusses the connection between corporal punishment and child abuse; analyzes the difference between discipline and abuse; and asserts that there are sociological, psychological, and biological characteristics typical of promoters of corporal punishment. (CL)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Abuse, Corporal Punishment, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education,...
The book addresses issues in meeting the educational needs of disruptive students. In the introduction, R. Sarri examines the rise of alternative schools and discusses common elements in their design and operation. D. Sabatino follows with "Issues and Concerns: Problems with Alternative Schools," in which he examines the particular difficulties involved in evaluating alternative programs. Four alternative programs are described in depth: Learning Center II, a program administered...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Nontraditional Education,...
The digest presents an overview of program evaluation in gifted and talented education. Reasons for program evaluation are offered, including the need to base decision making on valid and reliable data and the demands of accountability. Eight purposes of program evaluation are briefly considered: (1) documentation of the need for a program; (2) documentation of the case for a particular approach; (3) documentation of the feasibility of a program; (4) documentation of program implementation; (5)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Gifted, Program Evaluation, Talent
Within the last decade, a wealth of literature has appeared debating the merits, use, construction, and interpretation of criterion referenced tests. This is a bibliography of articles on a wide range of topics on criterion referenced testing subjects. Also included are articles on mastery and domain referenced testing. The articles cited were retrieved through searches of five data bases--ERIC, Psychological Abstracts, National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Exceptional Children, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bibliographies, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher...
In May 1974, the School Finance Project of the Lawyers' Committee published a Summary of State-Wide School Finance Cases. Its purpose was to provide an overview of the field so that interested persons could quickly learn the status of school finance litigation in the several states. This was accomplished by tracing the procedural history of each case with a report as to its current status. This document is an update designed to ensure that interested persons and organizations may continue to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, State...
Incidence figures for special education placement in a sample of 94 U.S. school districts were calculated. During the 1977-78, 1978-79, and 1979-80 school years, about 5% of the students were referred and evaluated; 3% were placed in special education programs. Wide variation was evident in the incidence figures for individual school districts, with some reporting placement incidence as high as 21% of the school population. The results are viewed as evidence of a need for proactive thinking in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Incidence, Special Education, Student...
The paper critically analyzes the research and promotional literature on J. Guilford's Structure of Intellect (SOI) model as it relates to the cognitive functioning of gifted students and evaluates the implications of this analysis for the counselor's role in the identification and programming of gifted students. The review is written from developmental and measurement bases and covers materials published by the SOI Institute, workshop materials from districts using SOI materials, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Intellectual...
This paper suggests that by thinking about a number of parameters in art and of the array that each parameter suggests, curriculum planners might select, organize, and relate particular experiences with greater assurance that the curriculum will provide adequate and representative ranges of art forms, and address their underlying modes of thinking in programs. The parameters should be applicable to all art experiences and to the four dimensions of engagement: (1) creating art; (2) responding to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Art, Art Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education
Almost since its inception, the word "dehumanization" has caused apprehension, especially as the words relate to educational technology. This paper is a brief analysis of educational technology's critics from the late 1950s through present time; it also serves as a study of how their rhetoric has affected the structure of elementary and secondary education in recent years. Discussion includes revisionism, objectivity, and the "teaching machine" (1960s); computer assisted...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Criticism, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanization,...
This booklet has been prepared to provide students, parents, and counselors with information about America's boarding schools and to help them with the application process. It includes brief descriptions of 139 boarding schools--junior schools, boys' schools, girls' schools, military academies, and coeducational schools. It is offered solely as an introduction. (Author/IRT)
Topics: ERIC Archive, ERIC, Boarding Schools, Directories, Elementary Secondary Education, Private Schools
The problems of a small district are very nearly the same as those of a large district. The best way the superintendent of a small district can cope with daily problems is to get a good board of education behind him, get the board involved, provide the board with good inservice programs, obtain good middle administrators, give principals full authority, pay principals well, get a good faculty, have teachers interviewed by and responsible to principals, and tell co-workers when they have done a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Boards of Education, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education,...
This report by the Canadian Education Association identifies present trends and school board concerns in the use of auxiliary personnel. The information contained in this report was obtained through a questionnaire sent to 75 school boards in the summer of 1974. The first section deals with paid aides and presents school board policy on paid aides and information on the various types of paid aides. The second section concerns volunteers and includes information on recruitment, responsibility...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Questionnaires, School Aides, Teacher Aides,...
This handbook consists of an overview of planning along with identification of the logical steps or operations in the planning process. Each aspect of planning considered here--situation analysis, beliefs, mission, continuing objectives, assessment of continuing objectives, specific objectives (instructional), priorities, strategies (instructional), support services plans, budget, evaluation, and implementation--is defined and accompanied by an explanation. Characteristics peculiar to each step...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, School...
The statute citation, title, and text of Connecticut laws concerning education are contained in 36 chapters. An index of education laws is also included. (MLF)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, School Law, State Legislation
This hearing focuses on the federal role in K-12 mathematics reform. Prepared statements are provided from: William F. Goodling, Committee on Education and Workforce; Dale E. Kildee, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood Youth, and Families; John Kasper, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator Office of Communications, Education, and Media Relations, Environmental Protection Agency; Walter M. Higgins, Chairman of the Board, National Environmental Education and Training Foundation; Bora...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Hearings, Legislation,...
The digest examines conceptions of giftedness. A brief historical review notes L. Terman's work and impetus for increasingly broadened definitions since the 1940's. The 1969 Marland Report is cited and its definition of giftedness is presented. Current response to that definition's inclusion of six achievement areas (general academic ability, specific academic aptitude, creative or productive thinking, leadership ability, visual and performing arts, and psychomotor ability) is noted. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Government Role, Student...
Local New Jersey school districts must comply with a state requirement for providing a legally defined "thorough and efficient" (T & E) education. This process may be assisted by the formation of committees. Seven basic committee types are recommended in this document: steering, contextual information, goal development, educational objectives, needs assessment, educational programs, and evaluation. Each is described in terms of its basic assignment. The types of information each...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Committees, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Program...
While the majority of Title I funding should continue to support essential professional and paraprofessional staff in high-poverty schools, both existing and new Title I funds should increasingly support schools in adopting effective instructional programs and improving professional development. Children in Title I schools need 6 hours or more of high-quality instruction every day, not 40 minutes of remediation. It is time that Title I became the engine of reform in high-poverty schools,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Slavin, Robert E.
The paper analyzes major microcomputer systems and their use in rehabilitative systems for persons with physical handicaps. Four categories of microcomputers are addressed: systems designed for home or school with emphasis on low cost, recreation, and educational software; general purpose microcomputers with applications in a large number of areas; systems primarily designed for business and professional applications; and hand-held or fully portable microcomputers. Characteristics of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Physical...
Noting that any word in the English language may be defined as having a "base" sound that conveys meaning, this booklet argues that the literacy problem may be solved through systematic instruction in the mechanics of English spelling. The booklet discusses the two distinct types of bases in the English language--common (one syllable) and power (polysyllabic). The booklet notes that, while students learn the spelling patterns of common bases up to grade three, they do not learn the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Consonants, Elementary Secondary Education, English, Spelling, Spelling Instruction,...
Eight autistic children and young adolescents (mean age 12.9 years) were compared to normal chronological age controls. Ss were required to discriminate briefly presented visual stimuli when they were preceded or followed by a visual noise mask and when they were not. The minimum stimulus exposure duration for criterion identification of unmasked letters, the critical stimulus duration, was determined first. Subsequently, Ss were required to identify the letters under conditions of forward and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Autism, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Stimuli, Visual...
