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Portland Public Schools, OR. – 1982
At the request of the Curriculum Department and the Chapter I program coordinators of the Portland Public Schools, three different instructional programs were evaluated during the 1981-82 school year. (1) The Help One Student to Succeed (HOSTS) program provided a person-to-person structured tutorial program in reading using volunteer tutors. (2)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Curriculum Evaluation
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1979
This guide contains six sections which offer suggested sequential steps for teaching addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fraction concepts and algorithms, and decimal fractions. Based on the manipulative approach, the guide offers activities and teaching methods which give students many opportunities to work with models. This approach…
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Decimal Fractions, Division
Download full textFunkhouser, Janie E.; Gonzales, Miriam R.; Moles, Oliver C. – 1997
Schools that are most successful in engaging parents and other family members in support of their children's learning look beyond traditional definitions of parent involvement--parent teacher organizations or signing report cards--to a broader conception of supporting families in activities outside of school that can encourage their children's'…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 2001
Schools that are most successful in engaging parents and other family members in support of their children's learning look beyond traditional definitions of parent involvement to a broader conception of supporting families in activities outside of school that can encourage their children's learning. This idea book is intended to assist educators,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Outreach Programs, Parent Participation
Gronert, Joie; Marshall, Sally – 1979
Developed for elementary teachers, this activity unit is designed to teach students the importance of estimation in developing quantitative thinking. Nine ways in which estimation is useful to students are listed, and five general guidelines are offered to the teacher for planning estimation activities. Specific guidelines are provided for…
Descriptors: Addition, Computation, Division, Elementary Education
Oxberger, Nancy; And Others – 1979
Games and activities which involve problem solving are presented in order to help teachers develop the numeric, geometric, and logical thought processes of elementary school students. The activities and games (many of which are pencil-and-paper) require using logic, plan-ahead strategies, spatial reasoning, strategies based on prior patterns or…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
