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Henry, Marvin – Contemp Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Program Evaluation, Student Teaching, Summer Programs
Download full textCouch, James Robert – 1969
The study proposed to determine if an 8-weeks' summer preparatory program in English, math, reading, study aids, science, and group dynamics would enable a particular group of 51 students to compete academically in the first semester of the 1968-69 school year with 51 regularly admitted students. The experimental group was chosen from those…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Experimental Programs, Summer Programs, Two Year Colleges
Cribb, Herschel – Opportunity, 1971
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Experimental Programs
Geller, Joshua – NASSP Bull, 1970
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Cooperative Education, Experimental Programs, School Business Relationship
SAFAR, DWIGHT – 1966
THE POTENTIAL DROPOUT WAS STUDIED IN THIS COUNSELING PROGRAM IN AN EFFORT TO LESSEN THE DROPOUT RATE. CRITERIA WERE ESTABLISHED AND SAMPLES WERE SELECTED FROM GRADES 8 THROUGH 11. AN EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUP WERE FORMED, AND DATA WERE GATHERED ON A NUMBER OF VARIABLES. THE STATISTICAL TREATMENTS USED WERE CHI-SQUARE AND THE "T"…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Lee, Elaine – Day Care and Early Education, 1975
Describes a 10-week summer program which emerged from a preschool center program in New Jersey. The program accomodates 80 children, 11-14 years of age, from black, Hispanic, and white families. (ED)
Descriptors: Day Care, Elementary Education, Ethnic Relations, Experimental Programs
Boston Public Schools, MA. – 1966
THE PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS TO STIMULATE AND COORDINATE EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AND EXPERIMENTATION WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS REPORTED. DESCRIBED ARE (1) CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, (2) INDIVIDUAL EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS IN SPECIFIC CURRICULUMS, (3) MODEL DEMONSTRATION SUBSYSTEM PROGRAMS (EXPERIMENTAL…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Educational Programs, Experimental Programs
Fleming, Douglas – Opportunity, 1972
Project Broad Jump is a New York-based education program for some 600 youngsters from urban areas, in the third through tenth grades. The basic concept of the program is that academic opportunities are not accessible to many inner-city youth, whereas Head Start and Follow Through help pre-third graders, and Upward Bound helps high school students.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Experimental Programs
FISHER, JAMES R.; LIEBERMAN, LEWIS R.
A REMEDIAL SUMMER TRIAL PROGRAM WAS GIVEN AT GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE (1965) TO HELP STUDENTS IN REMOVING CERTAIN DEFICIENCIES IN COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS. OPINIONS ON THE PROGRAM WERE OBTAINED BY QUESTIONNAIRE AND INTERVIEW TO DISCOVER (1) HOW THE PARTICIPANTS FELT ABOUT THE PROGRAM, (2) WHETHER THE NATURE OF THE PROGRAM WAS SUFFICIENTLY…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Experimental Programs, Questionnaires, Remedial Programs
Peer reviewedHefferlin, JB Lon – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1972
Intensive courses may have the effect, for better or worse, of inculcating a non-bureaucratic or even anti-bureaucratic approach to education and life, while concurrent courses most likely reinforce bureaucratic behavior patterns. (Author)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Colleges, Courses, Educational History
SOULE, DAVID H. – 1965
AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 20 AND A CONTROL GROUP OF 8 UNDERACHIEVING 10TH GRADE BOYS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM APPLICANTS FROM THREE HIGH SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN TO PARTICIPATE IN V.I.S.I.T., A PROJECT AT EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY DESIGNED TO BROADEN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT VOCATIONS. EACH DAY FOR 2 WEEKS, THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP VISITED NEARBY PLANTS AND…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Experimental Programs
WENRICH, RALPH C. – 1966
PROGRESS IN THE OPERATION OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IS REPORTED. THE PROJECT DREW HEAVILY ON THE IDEAS AND THINKING INCORPORATED INTO TWO EARLIER PROGRAMS CONDUCTED AT THE UNIVERSITY. CONCERN WAS CENTERED ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION OF INDIVIDUALS IN VOCATIONAL AND TEACHING EDUCATION WITH POTENTIAL…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs, Experimental Programs, Leadership Qualities
Irvine, Matt – College Board Review, 1991
In the intensive Summerbridge program at San Francisco University High School, high potential middle school and high school students from minority groups work together to prepare for academic high schools. The teachers are high school and college students who serve as role models and learn to love teaching. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Preparation, Developmental Studies Programs, Enrichment Activities, Experimental Programs
DOWD, DOUGLAS F. – 1966
AN EXPERIMENTAL SUMMER COURSE IN ECONOMICS WAS PRESENTED TO 53 PREFRESHMAN COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE 6-WEEK COURSE ENTAILED LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS. ONCE A WEEK THE ENTIRE CLASS WAS BROKEN INTO SMALL GROUPS THAT WOULD MEET WITH A SECTION INSTRUCTOR OR LECTURER TO DISCUSS A SPECIFIC READING. AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, A FILM RELEVANT TO THE COURSE WAS…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Economics, Educational Experiments, Experimental Curriculum
Heins, Margaret J.; Davis, Mariana – Hospitals, 1972
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth, Experimental Programs
