We conducted a series of summer workshops on bioinformatics to increase educators' knowledge of this new field of inquiry with the assumption that their knowledge will, in turn, impact student achievement. The workshops incorporated experiential learning and self-reflection (Loucks-Horsley et al. 1998). Educators demonstrated significant increases…

In this document are 275 appendix tables for a follow-up study of participants in the 1957 National Science Foundation Summer Institute for mathematics and science teachers. Over 1,500 participants in the 1957 institutes were interviewed in 1960. The responses are tabulated in these appendices. Data are presented under such headings as: size of…

Forty-one high school and college science and mathematics teachers who attended National Science Foundation Summer Institutes in 1955 were interviewed one year later. The interviews were intended to get information about what attracted the participants to the institutes, how they financed their participation, their opinion of the organization of…

Participants in the 1955 National Science Foundation Summer Institutes for high school and college science teachers were given questionnaires during the first and last weeks of their institute to determine their background and opinion of what they expected from the institute and degree of satisfaction. A total of 364 before and after pairs of…

This report presents the responses of 1100 participants in the National Science Foundation Summer Institutes of 1956 for science teachers. The 17 part questionnaire sought information on the participants' background, opinion of the institute, and how they learned about the institute. The data are presented in tables and organized according to…

In the first part of this cost-analysis of National Science Foundation (NSF) institutes, the financing of the University of Wyoming Portal School Project is described and expenditures and outcomes of the program for the years 1971-1974 are estimated. The average cost of the project to the NSF was $1.30 per teacher participation hour. The cost of…

This final report describes the activities and accomplishments of a 3-year federally funded project to provide training to teachers of students with severe mental retardation. Target teachers were those who were working outside the metropolitan Atlanta area. The teacher participants attended a 7-week summer institute at Georgia State University…

This report focuses on the long-range (i.e., two and one-half years later) effects of the National Science Foundation Summer Institutes of 1957 on the high school mathematics and science teachers who participated in them. Of the 4,600 high school teachers who had taken part in the Summer Institutes, 2,628 were involved in this study. Data were…

This document tabulates and summarizes the professional qualifications, activities, and interests of applicants to institutes for high school science and mathematics teachers sponsored by the National Science Foundation in the summer of 1957 and the academic year 1958-59. All participants, all applicants who were accepted but later withdrew, and a…

By the end of the 1960-61 school year, the National Science Foundation had provided some 75,000 opportunities for secondary mathematics and science teachers to study in its Teacher Training Programs. A study was designed in July 1961, involving questionnaires and interviews, to obtain information on non-applicants for these programs and to compare…

A 4-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED IN A DISADVANTAGED AREA IN THE ADIRONDACK FOOTHILLS OF NEW YORK. TWO PROJECTS WERE OFFERED, ONE INVOLVING 90 CHILDREN IN GRADES 5 THROUGH 8, AND ANOTHER PROVIDING INSERVICE EDUCATION FOR 75 TEACHERS. THE PROJECT FOR STUDENTS CONSISTED OF CRAFTS, FILMS, RECREATION ACTIVITIES, LISTENING TO RECORDS AND…

IN DISCUSSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I PROGRAMS, THIS REPORT INDICATES THAT THE ATTITUDES OF TEACHERS TOWARDS THEIR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS ARE CRUCIAL IN HELPING THESE CHILDREN TO LEARN. SINCE TEACHERS' ATTITUDES OFTEN REFLECT THE NEGATIVE ATTITUDES OF SOCIETY, INSERVICE PROGRAMS SHOULD DEVELOP IN TEACHERS…

In compliance with Federal regulations, the State of Idaho submitted this 1971-72 annual report to the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding their educational funds under the Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) program. Support for the education of public school students is provided by the State Foundation Program. JOM funds and the Indian Education Program…

THIS PROJECT PROPOSAL OUTLINES PLANS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECT. THE PROPOSAL CONTAINS THE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE (BASIC DATA ON ENROLLMENT AND EXPENDITURES), PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS, PLANS FOR EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM, A REVIEW OF RELATED RESEARCH, AND STATEMENTS OF JUSTIFICATION FOR A COMPENSATORY EDUCATION…