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St. John, Mark – Inverness Research, 2014
The Algebra Project DR K-12, funded by the National Science Foundation as a Research and Development Project, addressed the challenge of offering significant STEM content for students to ensure public literacy and workforce readiness. The project's primary purpose was to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a model for establishing four-year…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Algebra, Demonstration Programs, Cohort Analysis
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Figley, Charles R.; And Others – College Student Journal, 1977
A comprehensive peer-instructional system, was developed to provide leaders for small discussion groups in undergraduate college course. The program's structure and function is outlined. Presented at the Indiana Council on Family Relations, Muncie, Indiana, February 18, 1975. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Support, Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence
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Kirshbaum, Hal R.; And Others – Social Policy, 1976
Reports on the Center for Independent Living (CIL) in Berkeley, California, one of the most remarkable and probably the largest self-help enterprise of disabled people to have surfaced in the past 25 years. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Community Support, Health Needs, Individual Power, Models
North Kingstown Public Schools, RI. – 1975
From June 1973 to June 1975 the development and implementation of a Model K-14 career education program was attempted in the North Kingstown Schools in Rhode Island. Project objectives included the development of career and self-awareness, provisions for exploratory and work experiences, provisions for job placement at graduation, and provisions…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Attitudes, Community Support, Developmental Programs
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1971
The publication contains descriptions of 20 Office of Economic Opportunity Youth Development Programs (YDPs). The program models represent a cross-section of program emphases. Many involve multiple program or project areas which is characteristic of the YDP. As illustrated by the models, one of the basic aspects of the YDPs is that of coordinating…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Community Action, Community Resources, Community Support
White, Susan J. – 1981
Only recently has the need to link rural education programs for workers and economic planning been recognized. This interest in linkages has resulted in a variety of intermediary mechanisms for collaboration. Included among the elements or activities necessary for linking education and economic development are the following: a solid base of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Characteristics, Community Resources, Community Support
Harris, Zelema; Eros, Dawn – 1978
The project's purpose was to implement a vocational curriculum evaluation model developed by the Metropolitan Community College (MCC) District. The model was formatively field tested with ten MCC vocational programs and implemented in the evaluation of twenty-four vocational programs. The model's criteria was based on the program's (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Community Colleges