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Kaylor, Paul E., Ed. – 1978
Papers from a 1977 meeting on the early college in theory and practice are presented. The purpose of the meeting or consultation was (1) to assess the first 11 years of Simon's Rock Early College, the only college in America specifically designed for students in the 16- to 20-year-old age group and (2) to raise questions about the relationship of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Age Differences, Articulation (Education), College Planning
Nachtigal, Paul M. – 1980
Seeking an understanding of rural communities in order to gain insights into opportunities for improving rural schools, this 2-year project examined 14 case studies and presented implications for future use. Selected as exemplary of particular strategies and representative of diverse populations of rural America, the case studies were examined…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
Pryor, Guy C. – 1967
A comparison of achievement and personal adjustment of Spanish-speaking students in an experimental bilingual school environment at the first grade level was the purpose of the Harlandale instructional project. This evaluation report presents comparative data from the testing program used to establish the effectiveness of bilingual education when…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Comparative Testing, Data Analysis
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O'Brien, Robert B. – Action in Teacher Education, 1991
New Zealand's Hutt Valley Outpost experimental teacher training model was established in 1969 on a local high school campus following problems recruiting and training secondary teachers. By offering local training, researchers found students sought local positions. Similar programs began in other districts. The model has endured and evolved. (SM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Experimental Programs
Wong, Paul – 1986
This monograph analyzes an experimental program that ran from 1976 to 1980 to train Pacific/Asian American social work students in community mental health. The students, who were awarded stipends, were recruited from three associate in arts programs in human services and from two universities that offered both bachelor's and master's programs in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Asian Americans, Community Health Services, Ethnic Groups
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Davis, Barbara Gross – 1976
The Berkeley Experimental Schools Project (BESP) consolidated the existing elementary and secondary educational alternatives with promising new programs in the Berkeley Unified School District of California. The program goals involve the elimination of racism, acquisition of basic skills, affirmation of cultural pluralism, and shared decision…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Basic Skills, Cultural Pluralism, Decision Making
Kocher, A. Thel – 1976
The Minneapolis Experimental Schools Project (Southeast Alternatives)--a five-year program established in 1971 to test comprehensive change in education--enrolls 2,200 K-12 students, approximately 4% of the public school population. Southeast Alternatives (SEA) is dedicated to four major goals: (1) to provide a curriculum which helps children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Battle (Mark) Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
This volume is one of the products of the knowledge development effort implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977. It is a report of an assessment study designed to determine the status and results of the implementation of mixed income experiments at 47 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
SWENSON, JOHN H. – 1968
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT, CONDUCTED DURING THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 20, 1965, TO MARCH 15, 1968 WERE TO (1) DETERMINE THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THOSE PERSONS WORKING AS SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIES, (2) DEVELOP AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM TO MEET THESE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, (3) CONDUCT A PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM TO TEST THE ADEQUACY OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL…
Descriptors: Business Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Guides
Mahan, Thomas W. – 1967
Under Project Concern minority group children in Hartford, Conn., were bused to 33 elementary schools in five suburban school systems. The goals were to change the de facto desegregation of the inner city schools, to design an effective, supportive educational intervention program to arrest and remediate school failure, and to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Attendance, Bus Transportation
Binkley, Harold – 1967
The joint supervisory and teacher education staffs developed criteria and surveyed needed agricultural competencies as a basis for course building. Teacher educators developed unit outlines for pilot programs in off-farm agricultural occupations conducted in Lafayette, Shelby County, Daviess County, and Reidland high schools. A quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Supply Occupations, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1966
Described is Washington's Model School Division, an experimental educational project in a disadvantaged area of the city. The efforts in this target area include curriculum innovations, a preschool program, a teacher aide program, and two six-week summer institutes combining inservice training of teachers with pupil enrichment. Also discussed are…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Brown, Charles A., Comp. – 1974
Twenty-two exemplary and innovative Projects to Advance Creativity in Education (PACE), funded by Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965, which serve the role of demonstrating the feasibility of innovations in a local context, are summarized in this evaluation booklet of Title III ESEA Idaho Projects for the 1970 through 1973 school…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Open Univ., Walton, Bletchley, Bucks (England). – 1976
Educational television and radio research and evaluation findings are the subject of 25 papers summarized in this document. Seven papers deal with evaluation of research projects in educational television and radio. Four papers on adult education and two on educational technology in teacher training are also summarized. Research in teaching with…
Descriptors: Communications, Conference Reports, Costs, Developing Nations
Haring, Norris G.; Hayden, Alice H. – 1968
Sixteen papers are provided. B. F. Skinner discusses the arrangement of contingencies for learning: Lloyd Homme describes behavioral engineering; and Frank Hewett considers behavior modification in special education. Also treated are experimental education by Norris Haring, program evaluation by Arthur Lumsdaine, and administration of special…
Descriptors: Administration, Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Development
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