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Direct linkAdedokun, Omolola A.; Childress, Amy L.; Burgess, Wilella D. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2011
A theory-driven approach to evaluation (TDE) emphasizes the development and empirical testing of conceptual models to understand the processes and mechanisms through which programs achieve their intended goals. However, most reported applications of TDE are limited to large-scale experimental/quasi-experimental program evaluation designs. Very few…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Program Evaluation, Structural Equation Models, Testing
SILVERMAN, ROBERT E.; SUMMERS, JAYLENE – 1964
A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO KINDS OF CONFIRMATION IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION--RESPONSE CONFIRMATION AND EXAMINATION FEEDBACK. EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS OF HIGH, MEDIUM, AND LOW STUDENT MOTIVATION AND HIGH AND LOW ERROR-RATE WERE UTILIZED. RESPONSE CONFIRMATION REFERS TO THE CONVENTIONAL METHOD OF CONFIRMING EACH ONE OF…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Experimental Programs, Feedback, Learning Processes
Pierce-Jones, John; And Others – 1968
A short term preschool readiness program was designed in 1967 to employ nonpedagogically trained middle class mothers as teachers for preschool disadvantaged children. The children chosen for this study were 43 Mexican-Americans and five Negroes from lower class families. Three classrooms, consisting of 12 children and three mothers each, were…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Blacks
Download full textPierce-Jones, John; And Others – 1968
This document is section one of a final report on Head Start Evaluation and Research for 1967-68 by the Child Development Evaluation and Research Center of the University of Texas at Austin. This section is composed of two studies: (A) Middle Class Mother-Teachers in an Experimental Preschool Program for Socially Disadvantaged Children (PS 001…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Blacks, Disadvantaged, Experimental Programs
Cohen, Elizabeth G. – 1972
Using a social learning approach, this study compared the effects of two experimental mini-courses on a specially constructed measure of competency of behavioral response. The two experimental groups and the control group were all black high school students. The curricula suitable for use by high school teachers utilized behavioral modification…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Attendance Patterns, Attitude Change
Richardson, Ann; Sharp, Laure M. – 1975
The report describes the first few months of operation of an experimental Work Incentive Program (WIN) in Portland, Oregon to test the feasibility of the use of vouchers for on-the-job training (OJT). Voucher holders were required to decide on a training occupation, and then locate and negotiate for an employer to provide the training. WIN staff…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs, Educational Vouchers, Employment
