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Pretest/Posttest Plus Prompts: Tools for Research and Evaluation
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Herron, Sherry; Gopal, Tamilselvi – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2012
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…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Experiential Learning, Teacher Workshops, Biology
Youth Conservation Corps Program. Oversight Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. – 1992
The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is a summer employment program for youth ages 15 through 18 from all segments of society. The program provides teenage employment and accomplishes conservation work on public lands. This hearing provides testimony by participants and directors in or related to the Corps to request funding for the YCC. The opening…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Employment Opportunities, Experiential Learning, Federal Aid
Renewing Our Education Mission. Report to the National Leadership Council
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US Department of the Interior, 2003
In June 2002 the National Leadership Council (NLC) applied the knowledge and understanding gained from its yearlong seminar series on education to create a vision, guiding principles, and program goals to renew the National Park Service's commitment to its education mission. These, along with priority national action items, are presented in this…
Descriptors: Parks, National Organizations, Outreach Programs, Federal Government
Noncollegiate-Sponsored Instruction: The Need for Recognition, Evaluation, and Articulation.
Eveslage, Sonja A.; And Others – Community College Frontiers, 1980
Discusses the current status of noncollegiate training programs in industry and government and describes the development of an articulation policy established between a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act center and the School of Technical Careers at Southern Illinois University. (JP)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Evaluation Criteria, Experiential Learning, Federal Programs
Coupling Service and Learning in Higher Education: The Final Report of the Evaluation of the Learn and Serve America, Higher Education Program.
Gray, Maryann J.; Ondaatje, Elizabeth H.; Fricker, Ronald; Campbell, Nancy; Rosenblatt, Kathy; Geschwind, Sandra; Goldman, Charles A.; Kaganoff, Tessa; Robyn, Abby; Sundt, Melora; Vogelgesang, Lori; Klein, Stephen P. – 1998
This report addresses impact of the Learn and Serve America Higher Education (LSAHE) service learning initiatives on communities, higher education institutions, and students, and is based on 3 years (1995-97) of data collection and observation at 27 institutions. LSAHE has awarded grants to higher education institutions and community organizations…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Extracurricular Activities, Federal Programs, Higher Education
Evaluation of the Long Term Educational Grant Program of the Social Security Act, Title XX, 1978-80.
Laverty, Grace E. – 1980
A Pennsylvania Department of Education 1979 evaluation of the long-term educational grant program provided for in the Social Security Act 1975 Amendments is described. Interview schedules were developed and administered to supervisors and students working in Title XX agencies on effects of the just completed educational experience on job…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Clinical Experience, Experiential Learning, Federal Programs