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Peer reviewedHurster, Madeline – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1970
This survey reports on 30 colleges and universities some of which offered mandatory health courses and some of which did not. Results of health knowledge and its personal importance was tabulated for schools, geographic locations, sex differences and grade levels. Tables are included. (CJ)
Descriptors: Colleges, Family Life Education, Geographic Distribution, Health Education
Peer reviewedCasswell, Sally – Journal of Drug Education, 1982
An evaluation of a school-based drug education program was employed to examine the effect of administration of a preteaching questionnaire on responses. Found pretesting increased the amounts of alcohol reported consumed and reports of drunkenness and marijuana use. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Drug Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textDeVito, Pasquale J.; Long, John V. – 1977
The impact of achievement testing on a Spring-Spring vs. a Fall-Spring basis in evaluation of compensatory education programs is examined. The effects of the summer vacation period and crossing test levels were examined. Significant decreases in achievement test scores were found, at all grade levels, between Spring and Fall test administrations.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedArney, William Ray – Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 1978
Describes a pretest/posttest scheme used to evaluate the impact of a continuing nursing education program on the participants' knowledge of the perinatal content covered. To complement this program-centered evaluation, an evaluation from the program participants was also obtained. Discusses the results of this evaluation and their implications.…
Descriptors: Birth, Knowledge Level, Neonates, Nursing
KRIDER, MARY A.; PETSCHE, MARY – 1967
THREE GROUPS OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WERE ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT ON ACHIEVEMENT OF PROVIDING SOME CHILDREN WITH A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND SOME CHILDREN WITH NO SUCH PROGRAM. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF HEAD START CHILDREN WERE MATCHED ACCORDING TO SEX, RACE, GENERAL LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE, AND PARENT'S OCCUPATIONAL LEVEL WITH A…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Disadvantaged
Bunker, Kerry A.; Cohen, Stephen L. – Training and Development Journal, 1978
After offering some possible explanations for the existing inadequacies in evaluating organizational training programs, the authors discuss several evaluation issues, particularly internal validity. Methods for overcoming evaluation inadequacies and the implications for better controlled evaluation designs are also covered. (EM)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, On the Job Training
Reens, Renee; And Others – 1967
Research was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-week intervention program of individual instruction for disadvantaged preschool children. Based on this pretest, 17 children with IQ scores of 107 or less were selected and placed into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was exposed to individual cognitive and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Concept Teaching, Disadvantaged
Jacobsen, Kaare; Drier, Harry N., Jr. – 1974
One of five sections of materials for a program to change teacher attitudes toward career education, the document presents the results of the pilot testing of the program. The attitude change product was evaluated by a pilot test plan and a field test plan. Design, data collection, and data interpretation for each test plan are described. Although…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Attitude Change, Career Education, Change Strategies
System Development Corp., Falls Church, VA. – 1973
This 33-item interview guide was designed for use in a survey of the effectiveness of adult basic education programs. Questions cover class attendance, initial exposure to the program, reasons for enrolling, recent employment and salary history, program changes considered desirable, educational background, and other demographic variables. For…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Adults, Attendance
Pitrolo, Betty – 1979
The Adult Education Outreach Program in Monangalia County was designed to meet an apparent need and assess the feasibility of developing similar programs in other areas of West Virginia. Goals and assessment of success were based on these four research questions: (1) Will adults who need skills in solving consumer problems avail themselves of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
Starkweather, Elizabeth Kezia – 1966
A research project was conducted to study the effects of an 8-week prekindergarten enrichment program and of two 15-month preschool enrichment programs. Pretest and posttest scores of experimental and control kindergarten children (a sample of 100 out of 1,000 subjects) showed that both groups made significant gains in all ability categories o f…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Concept Formation, Control Groups, Disadvantaged
Reid, Marilyn J. – 1971
Evaluates the Ginn Reading 360 Programme, which is based on the premise that real reading is comprised of four essential parts: decoding, understanding the written message, critically evaluating that message, and incorporating the writer's ideas into one's own thinking and actions. A comparative study of the reading skills of a group of third…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Creativity, Elementary Schools, Grade 3
Fitz-Gibbon, Carol Taylor; Morris, Lynn Lyons – 1978
The evaluation design, which prescribes when and from whom to gather data, is described as significant because it can lend credibility to evaluation results. The objectives of this booklet are to aid the evaluator in: choosing a design; putting it into operation; and analyzing and reporting the data. Examples include both formative and summative…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Control Groups, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Marco, Gary L. – 1972
An overall analysis is made of the impact of Grade 3 Title I reading programs in the State of Michigan. An attempt is made to estimate the effectiveness of particular reading programs for low-scoring, middle-scoring, and high-scoring pupils for the purpose of identifying exemplary programs. In addition, a rank ordering of the various programs…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Pontiac City School District, MI. – 1971
The World of Manufacturing is an Industrial Arts Curriculum Project designed to acquaint junior high school students with all the major phases of the manufacturing industry. This publication reports the evaluation of a World of Manufacturing program implemented into the Pontiac School District during the 1970-1971 school year. During the summer of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs
