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Gran, James R. – 1968
The evaluation of the Jackson County Adult Evening High School Completion Program was based on pre- and posttests of 30 teachers who responded to questions arranged in subject areas. Returns showed that: (1) Most teachers do not recognize a need for inservice training; (2) Coordination of the course study in English classes, help on methods and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Evening Programs, Pretests Posttests, Program Evaluation
Gran, James R. – 1969
Teachers of 30 adult evening high school completion classes in Jackson County, Iowa, completed questionnaires to assess their own inservice training needs in relation to program content and effectiveness. The comparative few who recognized a need for inservice training stressed such concerns as courses in English, and adult education trends and…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Program Evaluation, Public School Adult Education, Secondary Education
Gran, James R. – 1972
The second four-year follow-up study of the Jackson County Adult Evening High School Completion Program was made to determine the effectiveness of the program in terms of the financial, social, or personal gains of the graduates. The study concerns the graduating class of 1968 (111 graduates) fairly evenly distributed as to sex (40% men and 60%…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Employment Patterns, Evening Programs
Gran, James R. – 1969
After one year, a folloup study was made of graduates of the Jackson County Adult Evening High School Completion Program; it supplemented teacher and student evaluations and a followup study made the year before of the first year graduates. The questionnaire used was about the same as the one used the year before (1967). It was found that age,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, Core Curriculum, Elective Courses
Gran, James R. – 1974
This 4-year followup study of graduates of the Jackson County Adult Evening School Completion Program is the fourth 4-year study to be completed. The study attempted to measure the benefits received by the 1970 graduates in the educational, social, and financial areas. General information was obtained from a questionnaire that required information…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Age, Class Attitudes
Gran, James R. – 1975
The four-year followup study (the fifth and last of such four-year evaluations of graduates) aimed at pinpointing the program's benefits to the graduates in the educational social/personal, and financial areas. Thirty-two of the 41 graduates responded to the mailed questionnaire, which elicited demographic, occupational, educational, financial,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Age, Dropouts