This dissertation synopsis reports on the perceptions of principals concerning the effectiveness of a fifth-year teacher preparation/internship program and compares these perceptions with prior held views concerning fourth-year student teacher program effectiveness. The internship program includes Analysis of Teaching for Professional Development…

A survey was conducted on the quality of preparation in teacher education of student teachers at the University of Northern Iowa and their performance level during student teaching. Student teachers were asked to assess teacher education program contributions to 29 competencies relevant to teaching effectiveness, plus their overall teacher…

This extensive revision of a 1975 publication, "Guidelines for the Evaluation of Training Courses, Workshops, and Seminars in Scientific and Technical Information and Documentation," suggests possible approaches to the evaluation of the type of training sessions that might be organized or promoted by Unesco. Guidelines relate to what…

To ascertain program effectiveness, a written attitude survey, consisting of 14 questions, was administered to 85 Mexican American children in grades K-8 during the first 5 days of the Leipsic summer program and to 85 children during the program's final 7 days to determine their attitudes toward themselves, their home schools, and the Leipsic…

As part of Scarborough's (Ontario) Co-operative Evaluation and Development of School Systems (CEDSS) project, an evaluation was conducted of the Board of Education's cooperative education program, which involved in-school instruction with on-the-job experience. The evaluation, which involved surveys of cooperative education students, a control…

This evaluation was conducted to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the Psychological Services Program in the Dade County Public Schools, Florida. The program provides psychological evaluations for students under consideration for special education. This includes students with emotional, mental, and/or physical handicaps and gifted…

The first section of the document consists of a questionnaire/survey instrument completed by 80 teachers as part of a study designed to evaluate the quality and efficiency of early education programs serving handicapped children (ages 3-5) in Louisiana during 1985-86. Frequency distribution of responses are shown in the instrument. The second…

A retrospective self-assessment used with 22 county Extension agents from western Washington who had participated in a three-day inservice education program in agronomy was evaluated. Each participant was asked to draw an S on a Likert-type scale to indicate where each person started at the beginning of the workshop and an N where they perceived…

More than 8,000 secondary school students participated in the AFS International exchange programs in 1983, and this document examines some of the research that investigates the impact of travel abroad and intercultural experiences on personality development. Cigdem Kagitcibasi, in a study of the effects of a 10-month program on student…

The career training offered to women in school administration by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) in 1977 decreased the influence of external barriers on the participants' upward career mobility. Along with 31 non-trainees who served as a comparison group, all 75 AASA trainees responded in 1981 to a questionnaire collecting…

A client-reaction study examined the effectiveness of the Women's Resources Centre in Vancouver in facilitating clients' access to educational and vocational opportunities. The focus of the study was on the extent to which the center attracts women who are disadvantaged and on the results of clients' associations with the center. After analyzing…

This research project was undertaken to investigate, analyze, and document the process of implementing a new policy of teacher supervision and evaluation in the five secondary schools of Lethbridge (Alberta) School District No. 51. The study focused on (1) critical stages in the implementation process; (2) supervisory behavior and supervisory…

This report has been prepared as a summary of an indepth study of the implementation of a policy of teacher supervision and evaluation in the secondary schools of Lethbridge (Alberta) School District No. 51. The new policy provided for the development of staff models of supervision in each school and a systemwide teacher evaluation process. The…

The Early Identification and Prevention Program (EIP) was designed to identify and meet special needs of children in kindergarten through third year with special emphasis on the second grade. The findings of the report are based on a city-wide survey of the personnel working in all the 18 elementary schools which had a full complement of EIP…

This document compiles two reports from the student flow project for Hawaii community colleges. The first contains a review of previously conducted employer follow-up studies in Hawaii and in other states, selected excerpts from employer survey instruments, and a proposal for an employer follow-up study of Hawaii community college graduates. The…