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Direct linkMenzies, Holly M.; Mahdavi, Jennifer N.; Lewis, James L. – Remedial and Special Education, 2008
This study documents the implementation of research-based strategies to minimize the occurrence of reading difficulties in a first-grade population. Three strategies were implemented: (a) A system of progress monitoring was used to assess student progress and skill acquisition; (b) instruction was characterized by high intensity through the use of…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Early Intervention, Phonemic Awareness, Reading Instruction
Talkington, William J.; Donai, Jeremy; Kadner, Alexandra S.; Layne, Molly L.; Forino, Andrew; Wen, Sijin; Gao, Si; Gray, Margeaux M.; Ashraf, Alexandria J.; Valencia, Gabriela N.; Smith, Brandon D.; Khoo, Stephanie K.; Gray, Stephen J.; Lass, Norman; Brefczynski-Lewis, Julie A.; Engdahl, Susannah; Graham, David; Frum, Chris A.; Lewis, James W. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: From an anthropological perspective of hominin communication, the human auditory system likely evolved to enable special sensitivity to sounds produced by the vocal tracts of human conspecifics whether attended or passively heard. While numerous electrophysiological studies have used stereotypical human-produced verbal (speech voice and…
Descriptors: Imitation, Acoustics, Auditory Discrimination, Reaction Time
Download full textLewis, James – 1972
The faculty handbook for clinical speech services includes information on the requirements of the Department of Public Instruction (Madison) related to clinical speech services; the philosophy, concept, and program in the Merrill Area Public Schools; speech evaluation criteria and procedures; and teacher participation in therapy procedures.…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Exceptional Child Education
Siegler, Robert; Carpenter, Thomas; Fennell, Francis; Geary, David; Lewis, James; Okamoto, Yukari; Thompson, Laurie; Wray, Jonathan – What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
This practice guide presents five recommendations intended to help educators improve students' understanding of, and problem-solving success with, fractions. Recommendations progress from proposals for how to build rudimentary understanding of fractions in young children; to ideas for helping older children understand the meaning of fractions and…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Problem Solving, Young Children, Elementary Education
Lewis, James H. – 1990
Throughout the Chicago Public Schools systematic differences exist between the performance of children of different racial and ethnic groups. In most schools where students of more than one group are found, Asians and Whites test at higher levels than Blacks and Hispanics. When income level and school type are controlled, small differences are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Lewis, James H. – 1995
The system for financing education in Illinois fails to deliver sufficient resources to the school districts that need them most. Although no individual or administrative unit acts to deprive particular groups, the system as a whole does. Using Census figures, state and local tax records and information from the Illinois Board of Education, this…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
Lewis, James H. – 1991
This conference paper discusses the current situation of racial differences in housing in the Chicago (Illinois) area with regard to the ramifications of the "Miliken v. Bradley" (1974) case. The Miliken case closed the door on busing and school desegregation plans crossing school district lines and in many cases, crossing municipal…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Population Trends, Civil Rights, Economic Development
Lewis, James H. – 1990
A comparison of the racial composition of parent, community, and teacher representatives elected in autumn 1989 to Local School Councils (LSCs) in Chicago to the racial/ethnic mix of the populations they represent indicates significant racial disparity on a city-wide basis. Statistical data were analyzed from 503 of a total of 540 schools (about…
Descriptors: Blacks, Citizen Participation, Community Control, Elections
Lewis, James, Jr. – 1986
This book, based on the author's theory of "success emulation," presents 12 detailed lessons for school districts in adopting principles and practices that have worked for the best-run companies in America. Each lesson presents a step-by-step practical guide for achieving excellence in education by explaining what businesses are doing to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Lewis, James P. – 1981
This publication contains abstracts of research projects in vocational education conducted in Pennsylvania. The directory also lists the research, exemplary, and curriculum activities which were conducted during the 1979-80 fiscal year. All projects listed were supported with federal vocational funds under Public Law 94-482. Information contained…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Articulation (Education), Competency Based Education, Cooperative Education
Lewis, James P. – 1979
To implement metric education in Pennsylvania's vocational curriculum, the following objectives were planned: (1) establish two pilot metric measurement sites; (2) reproduce 150 copies of the 55 metric measurement booklets developed by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE); (3) orient vocational administrators to the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Metric System, Pilot Projects
Lewis, James P. – 1975
The report on Pennsylvania's 17 Career Resource Centers (CRCs) describes their background, the procedures followed in their development and administration, their ability to satisfy the six CRC objectives (collecting, evaluating, and disseminating accurate and relevant career information; providing assistance to the center's clientele in locating,…
Descriptors: Career Centers, Career Education, Developmental Programs, Educational Media
Evaluation of 1973-74 Vocational Programs in the Eight Pennsylvania State Correctional Institutions.
Lewis, James P. – 1974
The evaluation study of the first year of a vocational education program in eight correctional institutions in Pennsylvania sought to determine the participants' views of the program and the quality of the different program offerings. A training survey was administered to the participants to obtain information on their career goals, vocational…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Participant Satisfaction
Lewis, James, Jr. – 1971
This book provides discussion and guidelines for administering an individualized instruction program; it is stated, however, that the book is not confined to individualized study units alone but brings in the creation of any educational instrument, a variety of which are illustrated in the appendixes. The following topics are considered in this…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavioral Objectives, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs
Lewis, James E. – 1970
Relating the supply of scientific manpower to the educational potential of the general population and the productive capacity of the educational system, this study disaggregates independent projections of scientific manpower supply and demand to yield projections for water resources manpower. This supply of engineers, natural scientists, and…
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Labor Needs, Labor Supply, Occupational Mobility
