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Change in Education. Insights from Performance Contracting. A Rand Education Policy Study.
Carpenter-Huffman, P.; And Others – 1974
This book examines the process of change in American public education, focusing in particular on various experiments in performance contracting that were conducted between 1969 and 1973. Chapter 1 briefly reviews the process of change in education and describes the performance contracting concept and the ways its advocates expected it to overcome…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Diffusion, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Technology Transfer and Utilization: A Longitudinal Study Using Benefit Analysis to Measure the Results from an R&D Laboratory.
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Jolly, James A.; Creighton, J. W. – 1975
This paper describes and evaluates the effectiveness of a program designed to improve technology transfer and utilization that was implemented in 1971 by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. The authors first describe the organization of the technology transfer program and then attempt to evaluate its effectiveness over the three-year period…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Diffusion, Experimental Programs, Information Dissemination
Kaleidoscope 3; A Descriptive Collection of Promising Educational Practices.
Allen, Patricia R.; Powell, Helen – 1970
Innovative programs taking place in Massachusetts elementary and secondary schools in the areas of school environment, exceptional children, curriculum areas, and wholesale experimentation, are described in this issue. Project descriptions provide background, objectives, practices, and indications of success, as well as contacts for information…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Diffusion, Directories, Educational Development
Kaleidoscope 2; A Descriptive Collection of Promising Educational Practices.
MacAdam, Phyllis A.; Fuller, Elisabeth – 1970
This issue of Kaleidoscope, which focuses on projects involving innovative educational change funded under ESEA Title III, describes 60 programs in both elementary and secondary schools in Massachusetts. The projects cover a wide range of educational interests including: curriculum development, environmental education, individualized instruction,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Diffusion, Directories, Educational Development
A Concept Paper for the School Practice and Service Program.
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National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Dissemination and Resources Group. – 1975
This is a rationale and description for a dissemination program being developed by the School Practice and Service Division of the National Institute of Education. The document is being circulated to solicit comments on the soundness of the proposed work. The proposed program constitutes a coordinated attempt to make information, products, skills,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Diffusion, Educational Innovation, Experimental Programs
Project Success Environment. Development of the Success Technique: An Overview of Three Years Happenings. Toomer Log: A Blow by Blow Description of Applying Positive Reinforcement. A Positive Contingency Management Program for Elementary Teachers.
Persons, Scott; And Others – 1973
Three documents describe the Project Success Environment Program, which was funded to help alleviate behavioral and academic problems of children from urban, low-socio-economic backgrounds by providing them with an opportunity to experience success in school. The program, sponsored by the Atlanta Public Schools, consisted of: (1) a positive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Classroom Design, Contingency Management