The factors related to successful implementation of Georgia Statewide Academic and Medical System (GSAMS) credit courses at technical institutes were examined in a statewide study of teacher and student satisfaction with GSAMS. The six faculty members who taught distance learning class via GSAMS were interviewed, and the 62 students enrolled in…

A study examined to what extent journalism/mass communication education is attempting to sensitize students to covering people with disabilities in comparison to what it is doing in regard to addressing diversity issues concerning race, gender and sexual orientation. Two hypotheses were proposed: (1) that academic institutions accredited by the…

A study sought to determine whether or not parents felt that education in nonviolent living skills was important to their choice of a preschool for their child. Questionnaires were distributed to parents at four preschools and to parents of children attending a test site preschool with a peace studies program. A teacher focus group was also…

This thesis describes a peer observation program implemented among American and Japanese teachers in the English Department of Hiroshima College of Foreign Languages, a two-year vocational college in Hiroshima, Japan. Each participant functioned as both an observer and observee, while pre- and post-observation meetings were held between the…

A study examined the effectiveness and replicability of staff training programs provided by the Northern New England Social Action Theater (NNESAT), whose touring component travels around the country promoting the use of improvisational theater as a means of training all levels of literacy practitioners. Questionnaires were administered at 13…

A study examined the degree to which former students of Pennsylvania adult basic education (ABE) programs are maintaining and using the literacy skills that they developed while participating in ABE programs. During the study, researchers examined former students enrolled in ABE programs in 1974, 1976, and 1978. After analyzing demographic data…

This study describes the use and value of the major information products and services provided by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). These products and services include technical report distribution on an on-demand basis and through the Automatic Document Distribution (ADD) program; secondary information dissemination through online…

This study examines the general hypothesis that surveys can be used to elicit reliable and valid student ratings of the effectiveness of most aspects of the delivery of the academic programs in which they are enrolled, and reports data on test-retest reliability for upper division majors as well as on the reliability with which ratings…

The Number Four school is a centralized early childhood center in the Lawrence Public Schools, Nassau County, New York. Implemented in September 1982, a full-day kindergarten program was developed by staff and administration to expand and enrich the curriculum and program horizontally while maintaining the original half-day program's developmental…

Based on on-site review team visits conducted during spring 1982, this report evaluates the Educational Campus Child Development Centers (CCDC's) operating at 9 to the 10 campuses in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). After introducing the evaluation project and its participants, the report outlines the educational philosophy of…

Program documentation is an important role for evaluation in both formative and summative modes. It should describe processes, materials, participants and social interactions which produce certain outcomes. Program evaluation should judge the effect of the program and depict effective practices, products and outcomes. To demonstrate program…

A project was undertaken to develop an occupational matrix in the vocational service area of Industrial Electricity and Electronics. To develop the matrix, researchers administered a mail survey to employers in the following occupational areas: non-electrical machinery, electricity and electronic equipment, miscellaneous repair services, radio and…

This study used two evaluation approaches to assess the effectiveness of Picturepages, a preschool readiness program televised daily in Kentucky. In this program, children actively follow along with the TV show using multi-colored Picturepages booklets distributed to their homes weekly in advance of the broadcast. In the Home-Based Study, a…

This study explores the relationships between psychological types of users as identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and factors associated with the implementation and utilization of the Wisconsin System for Instructional Management (WIS-SIM), a computer management information system designed to support management processes in…

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Library Skills Learning Package, a printed, self-contained instructional program consisting of explanations and procedures for use of specific library resources and exercises which require the student to use a source in order to answer the questions. It was tested in a special communications class…