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Download full textKarl, Luis C. – 2000
The adult basic education (ABE) program at Nicolet Area Technical College (NATC) evaluated its training and development (T&D) process for new basic education instructors. The study gathered monitoring and screening criteria that addressed valuable components for use in an instrument for validating effectiveness of the ABE program (T&D)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Development
Reynolds, Gail – 1995
The Parent-Infant Care Center, a component of the School Based Youth Services program, was designed to enable parenting students who needed child care support to continue attending school. This practicum project devised an intervention at the Center to address teen parents' lack of knowledge, experience, and skills needed to appropriately care for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Births to Single Women, Child Development, Child Rearing
Reazor, Cynthia M. Hall – 1994
A practicum was designed to increase the lines of positive and effective communication between parents and teachers in a preschool setting. Poor parent-teacher communication (due to lack of knowledge or experience) was documented. The program sought to improve communication regarding the child's developmental and personal progress. The 8-month…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Interpersonal Communication, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Dennison, Martha Jo S. – 1994
This practicum sought to provide a model for a local affiliate of the Girl Scouts of the USA, offering a developmentally appropriate curriculum for inner-city kindergarten-age girls at a community recreation center. A hands-on training program was developed and implemented with a group of community volunteers. Program activities were designed to…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Community Centers, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Pryor, Lena Allegro – 1994
A 3-month practicum utilized teacher workshops and biweekly consultation to provide all fourth grade teachers (N=11) in a public school district with higher level questioning strategies to meet gifted students' cognitive needs. A total of six fourth grade students were identified as gifted and talented. At the workshops, higher level questioning…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Consultation Programs, Gifted
Gunter, Dorothy – 1994
A practicum was designed to enhance students' knowledge of well known children's literature that is represented by the Newbery and Newbery Honor Award winning books. One fourth-grade and one fifth-grade class comprised of students reading at or near grade level at a metropolitan school with a nearly 97% Hispanic student population worked within a…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 4, Grade 5, Hispanic American Students
Shiffer, Michael W. – 1994
A study examined the impact of work teams on production, quality, and morale within the State of Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, using data from fiscal years 1992 and 1993 when a change from a hierarchical organization to a team-based approach took place in the agency. Production was defined as the percentage of placements achieved…
Descriptors: Adults, Job Development, Job Placement, Management Teams
Overlock, Terrence H., Sr. – 1994
A 5-year Title III grant received by Northern Maine Technical College (NMTC) in 1989 provided funding for professional development (PD) activities at the college. To evaluate the impact of the grant and plan for the continuation of the professional development program, a study was conducted in 1994 near the end of the grant period. Following a…
Descriptors: Activities, Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Employee Attitudes
Rosenbaum, Lynn – 1991
A weekly dance at a community center was used to develop a teachable moment for active senior citizens regarding fire safety, in order to reduce their injuries and possible loss of life. A target group of active senior citizens 70 years of age and older who frequent the weekly community center dance was established for the program. The program…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Attitude Change
Norris, Verna P. – 1990
This practicum was designed by a curriculum development administrator to develop positive attitudes in at-risk 7th-9th grade students in a drop prevention school in Florida. The school was located in a small town in an agricultural county whose population was predominantly black and of low socioeconomic status. The number of students varied from…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Black Students, Dropout Programs
Schrader, Marvin A. – 1984
In an effort to determine the effectiveness of Lakeshore Technical Institute's (LTI's) Developmental/Remedial Reading Program, a comparative analysis was made of the grade point averages (GPA's) of 20 students who participated in the program and 24 students identified as having reading skills deficiences who did not participate in the program.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Reading Programs, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average
Dyer, Alice F. – 1985
Adult and continuing education programs use an established accountability system that includes an expectation of productivity, whereas other educational programs focus accountability on attainment of stated goals and objectives. As education addresses economic constraints by combining educational programs, these differences in accountability…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Students, Consumer Education
LaGoy, James H. – 1987
A 2-year project was designed and implemented to improve attendance and academic achievement of targeted elementary (N=69) and secondary (N=78) school students. Teachers reported concerns about a high truancy rate and low grades among some students. The intervention provided for an individualized diagnostic-prescriptive approach in a humanistic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Counseling Services, Educational Diagnosis
Leckie, Sheila; And Others – 1978
A team of three educators developed and implemented a reading improvement program for first through sixth grade students who displayed discrepancies between their reading achievement and reading abilities. The program involved 283 underachieving students at seven elementary schools. The goal of the program was to provide intervention strategies…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Differentiated Staffs, Elementary Education, Parent Participation
Fulks, Janet – 2001
No one could have anticipated the devastating results of the political, legal, and economic events occurring in California after the year 2000 and producing stiff competition for education dollars. Community colleges were among the hardest hit by state budget deficits, with over $100 million cut from an already conservative budget. Since…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgets, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges
