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Direct linkVera, Elizabeth; Shriberg, David; Alves, Alison; de Oca, Jessie Montes; Reker, Kassandra; Roche, Meghan; Salgado, Manuel; Stegmaier, Jessica; Viellieu, Lindsay; Karahalios, Vicky; Knoll, Michael; Adams, Kristen; Diaz, Yahaira; Rau, Ellen – Preventing School Failure, 2016
Low high school completion rates are an ongoing challenge for educators. This study provides the results of an evaluation of a ninth-grade summer transition program offered at a large public school with a high freshman dropout rate. The evaluation consisted of preprogram and postprogram surveys and interviews with 64 incoming freshman…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Download full textErdogan, Polat; Gürol, Mehmet – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The main purpose of evaluation is to improve the quality of program. So, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the Health Education Program of 9th graders (HEP) with Educational Criticism Model of Eisner. The study was conducted with the qualitative research method. A holistic single case design was employed in this study. The typical case…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Programs, Grade 9, Program Evaluation
Melvin, Sally – National Literacy Trust, 2010
Research (Martin, 2008) has shown that speaking and listening are the literacy skills most used in the world of work. Yet, employers frequently bemoan the lack of young people's communication skills, with many believing that it impacts their chances of making it through an interview and their future employability (Simon, 2009). Effective speaking…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Workplace Literacy, Communication Skills, Speech Communication
Hart, William E. – 1980
Presented in outline form, this paper describes a special program for gifted and talented students at a Massachusetts junior high school. Some of the topics discussed include goals of the program, design, implementation, evaluation, use of teachers as mentors, and identification of gifted students. (Author/LD)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 7, Grade 8
CLARY, JOSEPH RAY – 1967
DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1963-64, NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS INTRODUCED A NINTH-GRADE COURSE WHICH PROVIDED OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION AS A BASIS FOR VOCATIONAL PLANNING. AFTER 4 YEARS, 366 TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAD AT LEAST 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROGRAM WERE SURVEYED BY QUESTIONNAIRES. EIGHTY PERCENT RESPONDED. AREAS COVERED WERE NEED…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Educational Objectives
Vose, George D. – 1974
The report covers a project in the Bangor junior high schools running from the first week in October 1973 to the last week in April 1974. The study sought to find a way to upgrade the career guidance program at the junior high level with little cost in counselor time. Three junior high schools supplied the ninth grade students to be used for…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Classroom Guidance Programs, Comparative Analysis, Grade 9
Craddick, Jan – 1986
To address the lack of academic and social preparation that many rural Alaskans have when they first arrive at college, in 1985 Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, Alaska) initiated the Early College Incentive Program (ECIP) to expose junior high students to college learning and living requirements, reduce cultural shock (Sheldon Jackson's student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Preparation, Course Objectives
Hackettstown Public Schools, NJ. – 1976
This manual is designed for the administrator or coordinator responsible for implementing the World of Related Knowledge and Educational Development (WORK-ED) program in a school district. (The program is a career education course of study for ninth graders designed to enable students who have not chosen the traditional college prep high school…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement
Muse, Ivan D.; Coombs, Garn – 1977
An evaluation was conducted on the first year operations (academic 1976-77) of an experienced based career education (EBCE) project designed for tenth grade students from Weber County School District (Utah) and ninth and tenth grade students from Morgan County School District (Utah). Students were pre- and posttested in the areas of career skills,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business, Career Development, Career Education
National Business Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1972
A project designed to develop a business ownership and management curriculum to be used at the prevocational and exploratory grade levels (grades 7-9) is reported in four sections. Section 1 contains an overview of the project. Section 2 presents the procedures, which involved the establishment of the research concept and curriculum model, the…
Descriptors: Administration, Annotated Bibliographies, Behavioral Objectives, Business
Hardin County Board of Education, Elizabethtown, KY. – 1976
A project was designed to measure the effects of integrating basic reading and mathematical instruction with prevocational instruction through the addition of a basic skills resource room, a technical simulation unit, and guidance and counseling to the ninth grade vocational experience program for educable mentally handicapped and disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Guidance, Curriculum Development
Studebaker, Diana P.; Banathy, Bela H. – 1977
A project was conducted during 1974-76 to help meet the career awareness, orientation, and exploration needs of Native American youth in grades 7, 8, and 9. Activities included gathering information on Native American career education needs and surveying existing career education materials. Based on that information, twelve instructional units…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Career Awareness, Career Education
