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Stipanovic, Natalie; Stringfield, Sam – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2013
This qualitative study explores career counseling and guidance services as provided to students engaged in career and technical education programs at three sites in the United States. The sites, consisting of high schools and community colleges, were part of the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education's 5-year studies of…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Inquiry, Career Exploration, Vocational Education
Sperry, Len – 1975
The insights of developmental psychology have rarely been applied to the business setting. This paper sketches one large-scale attempt to do just that in the development of managers in a large, multicompanied, international service corporation. This paper recounts the initial efforts to plan, implement, and evaluate a three-year longitudinal…
Descriptors: Business, Developmental Programs, Developmental Psychology, Individual Development
Coles, Gary J. – 1975
A novel approach to the collection and utilization of program treatment information that quantifies innovative educational practices is described. Data was collected from groups of students within grade and within subject matter area who were exposed to the same program characteristics. These flexibly defined "educational experience…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
COFFMAN, ALICE O.; DUNLAP, JAMES M. – 1967
THE OBJECTIVE FOR THIS STUDY WAS TO FOSTER PREKINDERGARTEN CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT THROUGH A PERSONALIZED PROGRAM BASED ON ASSESSMENTS OF EACH CHILD'S DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS, USING NEW TESTS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ADAPTED TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. OF FOUR EXPERIMENTAL CLASSES, THREE FOCUSED ON AN AREA OF WEAKNESS (MOTOR, AUDITORY-LANGUAGE, OR…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Auditory Discrimination, Basic Skills, Child Development
Renfroe, William; And Others – 1988
This is the first follow-up report of a 5-year longitudinal study which examined whether training provided handicapped students in Los Angeles high schools adequately prepares them for the world of work and independent living. Subjects were 253 handicapped (mostly learning disabled (LD), educable retarded (ER), or trainable (TMR) mentally…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employment Level
Owens, Thomas R.; And Others – 1976
The rationale for using multiple evaluation strategies in a comprehensive program evaluation is described. Examples are given of eleven strategies used in the evaluation of the Experience-Based Career Education project developed by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory through sponsorship of the National Institute of Education. Strengths…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Comparative Testing, Content Analysis