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SCHAEFER, CARL J.; STRONG, MERLE E. – 1959
THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION IS AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT METHOD OF PROVIDING PROGRAMS FOR SUPERVISORY DEVELOPMENT WAS TESTED. FOR NINE CONSECUTIVE WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, FOUR CLASSES OF FROM 10 TO 16 STUDENTS, SUPPLIED BY THE FOREMAN'S CLUB OF COLUMBUS, ALONG WITH FOUR UNTRAINED AND INEXPERIENCED GROUP LEADERS, WERE GIVEN…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Educational Television, Experimental Programs, Program Evaluation
SOULE, DAVID H. – 1965
AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 20 AND A CONTROL GROUP OF 8 UNDERACHIEVING 10TH GRADE BOYS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM APPLICANTS FROM THREE HIGH SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN TO PARTICIPATE IN V.I.S.I.T., A PROJECT AT EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY DESIGNED TO BROADEN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT VOCATIONS. EACH DAY FOR 2 WEEKS, THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP VISITED NEARBY PLANTS AND…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Experimental Programs
RIECKS, DONALD F.; AND OTHERS – 1964
AN EVALUATION AND CULTURAL COMMENTARY ON FILMED RECITATIONS OF FRENCH LITERATURE WERE PRESENTED. THE FILM PRODUCED INCLUDED 15 POEMS REPRESENTING THE 15TH TO THE 20TH CENTURIES, ONE MONOLOG, AND ONE SHORT STORY. THE SELECTIONS WERE ARRANGED BY AGE LEVELS INTO FOUR REELS, TOTALING 41 MINUTES. ASSEMBLING THE IDEAS COLLECTED FOR THE COMMENTARY…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Experimental Programs, Film Production, Foreign Language Films
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Adwere-Boamah, Joseph – 1975
Project MACK's major goal was to provide a comprehensive school program at McClymonds High School in Oakland, California that would reduce the dropout rate, improve student achievement, reduce absenteeism and class-cutting, and improve student attitudes toward school. Project components included 1) Career Cluster Program, which focused on work…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Educational Improvement
Simon, Roger I.; And Others – 1973
SEE (School of Experiential Education) is in its second year of operation as an alternative high school created to provide an environment and set of learning experiences different from any previously available in the Etobicoke system. This phase of the SEE report provides some basic descriptive information about the school program and a framework…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Experimental Programs
Harding, Gene – 1974
The efforts of the University of Nebraska to build a new educational program based on community service are described. NOVA combined traditional instruction with a year-long field experience for undergraduate students in Nebraska communities. Emphasis was on problems related to poverty. The planning phase of the project is reviewed, along with an…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Cooperation, Community Services, Experimental Programs
Cullinan, Bernice E.; Ferber, Zelda – 1969
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a teacher education program for mature women cooperatively planned and conducted by Sarah Lawrence College and New York University. Program goals as identified by the two institutions, participating students, and society served as criterion measures. Necessary data were collected by interview,…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Teachers, Experimental Programs
Puri, O. P. – 1974
This is a final report on an experimental program in curriculum development. Four undergraduate colleges in the Atlanta University Center (Clark, Morehouse, Morris Brown, and Spelman) have cooperated to develop a 1-year course in general science for use in liberal arts colleges. This program has proven successful in developing and presenting…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Experimental Programs, General Science, Higher Education
Gordon, Jesse E. – 1969
Since the passage of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (MDTA), the Department of Labor has funded over $30 million worth of experimental and demonstration (E and D) projects in an effort to discover some new directions for dealing with the unemployment problems of disadvantaged youth. To evaluate the effectiveness of these and…
Descriptors: Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Innovation
Culp, George – 1971
The computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program in undergraduate organic chemistry at the University of Texas was evaluated by an experimental design in 1969 and found to be successful. This report discusses in detail the formation of the design, its application, and the method of evaluation. The program itself included 15 teaching modules that…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Experimental Programs, Higher Education
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Robinson, Halbert B.; Robinson, Nancy M. – Child Development, 1971
A much greater positive effect of the program was found with culturally deprived, preschool Negro children than with more advantaged Caucasian children. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Youth, Control Groups, Day Care
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Haas, Virginia J.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1972
Study designed to determine the effectiveness of intensive in-class guidance of daily writing practice in freshman English composition courses as opposed to the presently practiced procedures. (Authors)
Descriptors: Achievement, College Freshmen, Course Content, Educational Research
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Kourilsky, Marilyn – Elementary School Journal, 1977
Describes a teacher-guided program called Kinder-Economy that introduces basic economic concepts to children in the primary grades through action, simulation and participation emphasizing decision-making concepts on economics related to the real world; also reports on an investigation of pupils' mastery of kinder-economy concepts. (BF/JH)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Consumer Education, Decision Making Skills, Economics Education
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Waits, Bert K. – Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, 1974
Descriptors: Calculus, College Mathematics, Educational Media, Experimental Programs
Carranza, Elihu – 1976
The success analysis approach consists of individual and group exercises through which participants, in sharing meaning-centered experiences, identify their strengths and needs and clarify values operative in both past and expected successes. This approach constitutes a rational and practical perspective whereby students, teachers, staff, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affective Behavior, Communication Skills, Cultural Interrelationships
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