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Stocker, Joseph – Amer Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Educational Therapy, Elementary Education
Eckerman, William C.; And Others – 1969
A study was made of problems and characteristics of Neighborhood Youth Corps enrollees in North Carolina and recommendations made for program development and research. A surprisingly high number (about 21%) show clear evidence of sufficient ability for completing high school or entering college; 35% are good candidates for manpower training…
Descriptors: Ability, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Needs, Job Skills
Download full textBaker, Richard J.; Sawyer, Horace W. – 1971
The State guide provides rehabilitation personnel with guidelines for structuring and implementing adjustment programs to prepare clients to become more adequately functioning community members. Part 1 discusses objectives, general techniques, and learning/motivation principles. Appropriate techniques include: individual counseling, group…
Descriptors: Adjustment Counselors, Adjustment (to Environment), Daily Living Skills, Educational Objectives
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. Experimental Manpower Lab. – 1971
The first three reports in this series describe the data-based results of systematic experimentation and survey research concerned with the following timely manpower issues: (1) The Effects of Monetary Incentives on the Learning of Remedial English by Disadvantaged Trainees, (2) The Reward Preferences of Neighborhood Youth Corps Trainees, and (3)…
Descriptors: Career Development, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Human Services
Berman, Gerald S.; And Others – 1971
Three issues related to New Careers have been explored among a group of college students who are in the main children of lower white collar and blue collar parents, including some with poverty or ghetto backgrounds. The New Careers program has two major components: helping the poor through meaningful employment and opportunity for career ladder…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Vocational Education, Black Students, Career Ladders
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Direct linkGee, Jeremiah – Journal of Correctional Education, 2006
An action research project was undertaken by a GED instructor at a rural county jail. A survey tool was developed to determine if the perceived needs of the students were being met by the educational and rehabilitative programs currently offered to them. Data from the survey were grouped into four domains: perceived inmate need, attitude toward…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Counties, Correctional Education, Student Motivation
McKee, John M.; Seay, Donna M. – 1968
Draper Correctional Center successfully employed programed instruction in a dual project with 1800 youthful prisoners. Diagnostic testing and careful analysis of test results were used to discover individual needs, for which relevant sections of a program were then prescribed. The role of the teacher in this situation was that of learning-manager.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Case Records, Case Studies, Correctional Institutions
