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Underwood, Charles; Parker, Leann; Stone, Lynda – Learning, Media and Technology, 2013
Digital literacies have fast become indispensable for productive engagement, competency, and citizenship in a rapidly changing world. After-school programs represent an important venue where many young people can develop a mastery of digital literacies, encompassing both the creative and responsible use of a broad range of new media. This paper…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Computer Literacy, Informal Education, School Community Programs
Lee, Benjamin Bradley – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study offers guidance to policy makers, educational leaders, and researchers about the aspects of Educational Technology (EdTech) implementation in which investments of money, time, or investigative inquiry will yield highest impacts. Beginning from the observations that: (1) the power and ubiquity of contemporary technologies have…
Descriptors: Technical Support, Technology Integration, Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology
Walker, Jacob J. – Online Submission, 2010
This Action Research project and Pilot Study was designed and implemented to improve students' hypothetical thinking abilities by exploring the possibility that learning and playing the computer game Minesweeper may inherently help improve hypothetical thinking. One objective was to use educational tools to make it easier for students to learn the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Pretests Posttests, Program Effectiveness, Correlation
CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2010
This report is California's response to the four questions that the United States Department of Education (ED), Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), requires of all states and territories receiving federal funding through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title II and Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The questions…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Adult Education, Family Literacy, Vocational Education
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Watson, Donnie W.; Mouttapa, Michele; Reiber, Chris; McCuller, William Jason; Arancibia, Ruben; Kavich, Julia A.; Nieves, Elena; Novgrod, Judith; Mai, Noemi; Bisesi, Lorrie; Sim, Tiffanie – Journal of Correctional Education, 2007
A non-randomized control trial was conducted to assess the feasibility and efficacy of the Life Interventions for Family Effectiveness (LIFE) project: a family-based, evidence-based comprehensive substance abuse intervention for at-risk adolescents and their families. The Matrix Adolescent Treatment Model of program delivery was utilized in the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Activities, Outcomes of Treatment, Intervention
Porter, Paul – 2002
An evaluation was conducted of the Instructional Technology Assistance Project. Its goals were to promote learning in technologically enhanced classrooms; support adult education (AE) teachers in developing skills and confidence in integrating technology into instruction; and identify exemplary practices in technology enhanced AE. Data sources…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Alamprese, Judith A.; Stickney, Eric – 2001
By establishing its Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN) in 1989, California became the first state to spend substantial funds on building a technological infrastructure for adult education. OTAN's goals are as follows: foster communication among state officials, researchers, and local administrators, instructors, and staff in adult…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning