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An Evaluation of the Use of an Online Demonstration School
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Whannell, Robert; Lamb, Jane; Cornish, Linley; Bartlett-Taylor, Tim; Wolodko, Brenda – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
In 2016, a change was made to the approach taken for delivery of the first practicum placement experience for initial teacher education students at [the university]. Rather than the traditional 20- day in-school observation placement, an alternative 10-day online experience, called the Online Demonstration School (ODS), was developed. The ODS…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Demonstration Programs, Virtual Classrooms, Preservice Teacher Education
An Early History of the Rural Community College Initiative: Reflections on the Past and Implications for the Future
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Kennamer, Mike; Katsinas, Stephen G. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
The $17.2 million Rural Community College Initiative (RCCI) demonstration grant program funded by the Ford Foundation which ran from 1994 to 2001 represents the largest philanthropic project specifically aimed at rural community colleges in United States history. While a good deal of literature has been published about this initiative, much was…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Grants, Educational History, Reflection
MPCP Longitudinal Educational Growth Study: Baseline Report. SCDP Milwaukee Evaluation Report #5
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Witte, John F.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Cowen, Joshua M.; Fleming, David J.; Lucas-McLean, Juanita – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2008
This report focuses on the initial design, implementation and baseline results of the five-year Longitudinal Educational Growth Study (LEGS) of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) being conducted by the School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP). The LEGS will be the first evaluation of the participant effects of the MPCP using…
Descriptors: School Choice, Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Achievement Tests
Comprehensive Planning and Staff Training for Community College Personnel (State and Local Level) for the State of North Carolina.
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Pitman, John C.; Rigsbee, Sam – 1972
This three-phase project sought to ascertain the effectiveness of cross-divisional Educational Development Teams (EDT's) as residential change agents for program planning and development. Staff of 14 North Carolina community colleges and technical institutes were trained for roles as change agents. Developmental or remedial programs for…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs
Research Needs in Diffusion, Change and Information Systems.
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Hull, William L.; And Others – 1978
Through an examination of the background and current status of programs at the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, one can identify many research problems and issues. Some of these current National Center programs include a diffusion program (combining five U.S. Office of Education-sponsored projects), research and development…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Communication (Thought Transfer), Demonstration Programs, Diffusion
Evaluation of the Exemplary Career Education Comprehensive Program in the Academic and the Vocational and Technical Education Program in Puerto Rico. A Third Party Evaluation of the Puerto Rico Career Education Project for Fiscal Year 1975.
Colon, Jesus M.; Gonzalez, Jose R. – 1975
In this evaluation of the first year of the Exemplary Career Education Project for K-12 in Puerto Rico, the results of testing and interviewing school personnel and students in grades 1-2 and 7-9 at six regional pilot sites are reported. Six areas of student development are recognized by the evaluation questions: self awareness, basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Education, Decision Making Skills