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Download full textBeder, Harold W.; Darkenwald, Gordon G. – 1974
In an effort to determine the effectiveness of 309 (b) projects (experimental demonstration projects in Adult Basic Education funded through the Adult Education Act), selected projects were used as the basis for several case studies and evaluated. Project RFD was never intended to be utilized by Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs but instead…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs
Belanger, Laurence; Kelly, Donald – 1969
This publication consists of descriptive reports of 183 projects funded by Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act from 1966 to 1968, submitted by the directors of those projects conducted by local educational agencies in California. The reports are reproduced as submitted. The report for each project includes: designation of the…
Descriptors: Creativity, Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Office of Manpower Policy, Evaluation, and Research (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1967
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HELD A 2-DAY SEMINAR IN NOVEMBER 1966 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO POOL EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND IDEAS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR THE UTILIZATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS. THE PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTED THE OFFICE OF MANPOWER POLICY, EVALUATION, AND RESEARCH (OMPER), OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE MANPOWER…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs
MCKEE, JOHN M. – 1966
DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD THE NUMBER OF INMATES WHO HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REACHED 173. OF THE 114 GRADUATES, 92 WERE PLACED, FOUR RELEASED TO FACE ADDITIONAL CHARGES, TWO RELEASED TO AWAIT PLACEMENT, AND 16 RELEASED TO AWAIT PAROLE. INSERVICE STAFF TRAINING WAS CONDUCTED FOR DEVELOPING PROGRAMED…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs, Prisoners
MCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1965
AFTER RECEIVING VOCATIONAL TRAINING AT THE CENTER, 36 YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS WERE PAROLED AND PLACED ON JOBS. THOSE WORKING IN ALABAMA WERE BEING VISITED IN THEIR HOMES BY THE PLACEMENT OFFICER AND PERSONNEL COUNSELOR TO DETERMINE PAROLEE SUCCESS IN ADJUSTING TO SOCIETY. THE INSTRUCTORS WERE PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE SECOND GROUP OF TRAINEES…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs, Job Placement
McKee, John M. – 1967
The prime objective of the dissemination phase of this experimental and demonstration project was to create and maintain good public relations to facilitate efforts to place graduates in jobs to solicit community volunteers whose areas of expertise could implement health, safety, and enrichment programs for the target population. Activities during…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs
MCKEE, JOHN M. – 1967
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE DISSEMINATION PHASE OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WAS TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS. ACTIVITIES DURING AUGUST INCLUDED DISSEMINATING A BIMONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT, PROVIDING INSERVICE TRAINING FOR STAFF MEMBERS, HOLDING LOCAL DISSEMINATION CONFERENCES, DEVISING A PORTABLE DISPLAY UNIT,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conferences, Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs
MCKEE, JOHN M. – 1964
YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 23 ARE THE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS IN A MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT PROGRAM, ESTABLISHED AUGUST 31, 1964. BASIC AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION WAS PROVIDED IN (1) FIVE 26-WEEK COURSES--WELDING, APPLIANCE REPAIR, AUTO REPAIR, BARBERING, AND BRICKLAYING, AND (2) TWO 52-WEEK COURSES--RADIO AND…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs
Gordon, Jesse E. – 1969
Since the passage of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (MDTA), the Department of Labor has funded over $30 million worth of experimental and demonstration (E and D) projects in an effort to discover some new directions for dealing with the unemployment problems of disadvantaged youth. To evaluate the effectiveness of these and…
Descriptors: Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Innovation
PILNICK, SAUL; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE COLLEGEFIELDS PROJECT (CP) WAS PRIMARILY A DEMONSTRATION OF EDUCATIONALLY BASED GROUP REHABILITATION FOR DELINQUENT AND PREDELINQUENT BOYS. SECONDARILY, IT WAS DESIGNED TO VALIDATE THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS. GUIDED GROUP INTERACTION WAS THE MAJOR TECHNIQUE IN ALTERING EDUCATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND REDUCING DELINQUENT BEHAVIORS AND FEELINGS OF…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Demonstration Programs
MCKEE, JOHN M.; SEAY, DONNA M. – 1966
SEVENTY-EIGHT PAROLEES IN THE CENTER'S DEMONSTRATION PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED VOCATIONAL COURSES AND WERE EMPLOYED. OF 83 INMATES IN TRAINING AT PRESENT, 21 HAD A LOW READING ABILITY WHICH PREVENTED THEIR COMPREHENDING THE SHOP RELATED STUDIES, BUT SPECIALLY DESIGNED MATERIALS OF VARYING LEVELS ARE BEING INTRODUCED INTO COURSES, AND OTHERS…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs, Prisoners
MCKEE, JOHN M. – 1967
PROGRESS IN THE AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC RELATIONS, THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM, COOPERATING AGENCIES, AND RECIDIVISM ARE ILLUSTRATED BY FOUR CASE STUDIES OF PAROLEE GRADUATES FROM THE CENTER'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. OF THE 980 INMATES WHO APPLIED FOR TRAINING DURING 33 MONTHS OF PROJECT OPERATION, 271 COMPLETED TRAINING, AND 74 WERE PRESENTLY…
Descriptors: Case Records, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Demonstration Programs
MCKEE, JOHN M. – 1967
THE DISSEMINATION-PUBLIC RELATIONS PORTION OF THE PROJECT HAD TWO OBJECTIVES--(1) TO CREATE A CLIMATE FAVORABLE TO EFFORTS DIRECTED TOWARD PLACING GRADUATES IN JOBS, AND (2) TO SOLICIT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHOSE AREA OF EXPERTISE WOULD ENABLE THE PROJECT TO IMPLEMENT HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE STUDENTS. THE ACTIVITIES OF THE…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs
Santmire, Toni E.; Giraud, Gerald; Grosskopf, Kristin – 1999
This paper examines educational environments that promote learning and explores the ways that such environments produce differentially positive results. It is based on a study that investigated the effects of a theoretically based social-constructivist approach to education, in contrast to the more classroom-based "abstract" instruction used in…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Demonstration Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
Appalachia, 1991
Describes presentations at Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) 25th anniversary conference, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 1990. Conference focused on youth leadership. More than 100 youth from 13 states attended, presenting 16 ARC-funded demonstration projects, including recreation programs, leadership development, theater…
Descriptors: Conferences, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs, Federal Programs
