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Peer reviewedWhelan, W. Michael; Warren, William M. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1980
Describes an experimental death awareness workshop based on Kubler-Ross' theory. The effects of the workshop reveal cognitive and emotional changes indicating participants in the workshop to be moving towards an acceptance of death. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Death, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Response
Download full textNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT), Washington, DC. – 1986
In September 1984, a questionnaire on safety belt use laws was sent to approximately 25 nations, more than 20 of which responded. Various members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Road Research Program used data from the completed questionnaires in conjunction with existing literature to write a series of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compliance (Legal), Foreign Countries, Laws
Ryan, Anthony S., Ed.; Fraser, Barry J., Ed. – 1984
This document is the third in a series of collection of papers from workshops sponsored by the Faculty of Education at the Western Australian Institute of Technology. It contains three papers from a seminar on educational evaluation held early in 1984. The papers present ideas involving the need for the evaluation of instruction within school…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Environmental Education, Evaluation Methods
McCarn, Davis B., Comp. – 1983
A group of 27 library administrators and library computer systems experts met to share their experiences and insights with regard to online catalogs, to review survey results from The Council on Library Resources (CLR) 1982 Online Catalog Study, to review draft documents on the costs and features of online catalogs, and to discuss and recommend…
Descriptors: Costs, Design Requirements, Formative Evaluation, Guidelines
Newmann, Fred M., Ed.; Sleeter, Christine E., Ed. – 1982
This document contains the papers presented at a conference that addressed the paucity of research on the relationship between schooling and adolescent development. The first four papers with reaction/comment statements focus on the following topics: (1) distinguishing the appropriate responsibilities of schools to adolescent development; (2)…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Curriculum, Influences
Bertinot, Elizabeth; Maehl, William H. – 1980
A study explored reasons chosen by adults for returning to college and their perceptions of their attainment by reviewing the literature and surveying graduates of an off-campus degree program. Review of prior studies led to the expectation that there would be two main groups of reasons: job-related and personal enrichment. Baccalaureate degree in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Students, Bachelors Degrees, Career Change
Rossi, Robert J. – 1995
Despite the widespread attention given to education reform, no substantial knowledge base has existed for identifying and implementing effective reforms for at-risk student populations. This document, the third of three volumes, describes the research design for a study that identified the essential mechanics of effective reforms for students at…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Change
Bruno, Sam J., Ed.; Pettit, John D., Jr., Ed. – 1985
These conference proceedings contain the following 23 presentations: "Development of a Communication Skill Model Using Interpretive Structural Modeling" (Karen S. Nantz and Linda Gammill); "The Coincidence of Needs: An Inventional Model for Audience Analysis" (Gina Burchard); "A Computer Algorithm for Measuring Readability" (Terry D. Lundgren);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Business Communication, Business Education
New York State Higher Education Services Corp., Albany. – 1987
Papers from the National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs/National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs conference on student aid are presented. They include: (1) "Keynote: Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Student Aid on Access, Choice, and Persistence" (Larry Leslie and Paul Brinkman); (2) "College Choice…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Choice, Commuter Colleges
Vitolo, Richard K., Ed. – 1987
This document contains 10 papers presented at a symposium on corrections education. The proceedings are organized in two parts; the first part contains six research and program reports, and the second part contains four papers on various instructional strategies. The papers in Part I are as follows: "The Politics of Rehabilitation: A Study of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Delinquency
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. School of Education. – 1989
This document contains 35 papers: "Distance Education with a Human Face" (Holmberg); "Time Is Money and Vice Versa: Reflections on Using Satellite Delivery to Improve Cycle Time and Quality" (Robinson); "Distance Education: Consolidating the Gains" (Grossman); "The Human Resource Imperative" (Atkinson); "Developing Short Courses for Business and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Cognitive Style, Communications Satellites
Harris, Cameron – 1987
This report emphasizes the rationale for and procedures of a high school graduate follow-up telephone survey in Hampton, Virginia, conducted on classes of even-numbered years. The survey instrument and charts of results from 1982-86 comprise over three-fourths of the document. The follow-up survey was initiated to gather information for a school…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Graduate Surveys
Arnold, Vivian O., Ed. – 1995
This document contains five research reports selected for presentation at a North Carolina research conference. The following are included: "An Examination of Various Shorthand Types and Their Usefulness in the North Carolina University Business Education Curriculum" (Carolyn S. Jewell); "Attitudes of North Carolina Principals…
Descriptors: Business Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs, Ethics
Alliance, an Association for Alternative Degree Programs. – 1995
These 23 presentations are organized in five categories: diversity, assessment, distance education, learning, and teaching. Five papers on diversity include the following: "From Rosie the Riveter to Comparable Worth: The Infusion of Gender and Women's Issues into an Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Working Adults" (Linda L. Hulbert, Theodore A.…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Ancillary School Services
Illinois State Scholarship Commission, Deerfield. – 1986
The National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs/National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs conference on student aid is reported. Following the conference agenda and lists of registrants and conference speakers, the following papers are presented: (1) "Reinterpretation of Hansen's Census Data" (John B. Lee); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Black Students, College Choice
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