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Coley, Joan D. – 1983
By 1981 Project READ had distributed more than one-half million books to 500 American schools or alternative institutions and had established workshops to train teachers in reading motivation techniques and the use of sustained silent reading. To evaluate the project, pre- and post-testing of reading gains, student evaluations, and individual…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Motivation Techniques, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Kelly, J. Grant – 1988
Community colleges in the United States and Canada share common problems going into the 1990s, including funding constraints, aging personnel, underprepared students, low morale, burnout, collective bargaining, and declining enrollments. Satisfactory resolution of these critical issues and problems depends heavily on effective leadership at all…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, College Administration, Community Colleges
Sparent, Martha E. – 1988
If college instructors are to work effectively with student-athletes, they must be aware of the career goals, identity as athletes, lifestyle, and educational attitudes of these students and develop appropriate strategies for facilitating their growth and maximizing their learning experiences. The college athletic environment, with its rigid…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletes, College Athletics, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedTarrow, Sidney – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1991
Discusses the recent wave of mass sociopolitical mobilization in Eastern Europe. Argues that the models and methods developed after the 1960s have made it difficult for Western students to understand recent movements in the East. Compares waves of mobilization such as the Civil Rights Movement in the United States with incomplete waves of…
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Rights, Demonstrations (Civil), Foreign Countries
Anderson, Eileen R. – 1982
Although personnel management in the public sector has become increasingly difficult because of recent social changes, more worker and middle management involvement in decision-making processes can improve all levels of personnel management. The social changes affecting personnel management have assumed three forms: (1) the entrance into the work…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Motivation, Participative Decision Making, Personnel Management
Download full textMoi, Claudia Monica Ferradas – 1994
It is argued that rock lyrics, alternatively seen as poetry, are a source of instructional material for students of English as a Second Language (ESL), offering an opportunity for literary analysis that is highly motivating, relevant to students' lives, a potential bridge to more serious literature, and a readily-available source of authentic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Learning Motivation
