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Blachly, Alice, Ed. – 1983
This collection of 43 activities represents an initial sampling of the creative efforts that Vermont teachers are currently making to improve the learning environment of their students. The resources are the outcome of a campaign initiated by the regional service teams of the Vermont Department of Education to collect information about promising…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Thomas, Audrey M. – 1990
This report profiles 13 exemplary adult literacy programs and 6 innovative practices throughout Canada. Compiled through personal contacts of the researcher and knowledge of the field, the programs described represent institutional programs, workplace programs, and community-based programs. For each of the programs, the following information is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement
Download full textMinnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Inst. on Community Integration. – 1996
This packet provides an update on the federally funded School-to-Work Outreach Project. Copies are provided of the profiles describing these exemplary models/practices/strategies identified in Fall 1996: SCRIPT (South County Regional Interagency Postsecondary Transitions), Gilroy, California; The STRIVE Program, Roxbury, Massachusetts; Pathways to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Waterford Township School District, Pontiac, MI. – 1970
The Individual Communications System (INDICOM) was begun in 1967 in Waterford School District, Michigan, as one of the first public school computer-assisted instruction projects in the Midwest. Its specific aim in developing CAI was to fuse the latest technology with the best thinking in education so as to create an instructional system which…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstration Programs, Educational Development, Educational Innovation
Dollar, Bruce – 1974
A case study, in-depth description, and analysis of a youth tutoring youth program are presented in this document. The approach used in preparing the study--mainly utilizing participant observation, site visits, and structured interviews--are detailed in a separate chapter. This is followed by a chapter of background information in which the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Children, Demonstration Programs
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville. – 1990
This report describes the role of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in providing programs to upgrade literacy, improve basic education, and enhance job skills. TVA, in cooperation with local, state, and national educational agencies, has developed the TVA region into an education incubation center that tests and evaluates new innovative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Attendance, Career Awareness
Bodilly, Susan; And Others – 1992
An examination of academic-vocational integration in school settings began with a literature review to describe theoretical support for integration. Four themes were synthesized that defined integration as a reform: richer, more coherent curricula; more activity-based pedagogy; more teacher collaboration and coordination; and more attention to…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Coordination
Fitzmaurice, Mercedes – 1991
This directory provides information about promising practices, ideas that work, strategies, and resources to improve education for all students in rural schools. The document contains the following articles from the literature: (1) "Motivation: It's Essential to Achievement" (Erling Clausen); (2) "Consolidate, Cooperate, or…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Carvell, Fred; Draheim, Kirk – 1972
A 4-phase study was conducted to provide an objective third-party assessment of the effectiveness of research and development (R. & D.) projects supported by the Research and Development Unit (RDU) of the Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education. Activities during the four phases consisted of: (1) a preliminary review to obtain…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counseling Services, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
International Technology Education Association, Reston, VA. – 1989
This volume contains 10 articles describing middle school and high school technology education programs conducted in schools throughout the United States. Program descriptions, which are written by the teachers involved in the programs, are from schools in the following areas: Ann Arbor, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Pittsburg, Kansas; Salt Lake…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement
Lapan, Stephen D.; And Others – 1971
The effectiveness of demonstration centers in education as a means of inducing school personnel to adopt new modes of behavior (methodology) and/or new materials (curriculum) is evaluated. Data was collected through the use of an observation schedule, two questionnaires, and a structured interview. Demonstration varies in effectiveness depending…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Change, Curriculum Enrichment, Demonstration Centers
SEXTON, PATRICIA CAYO
IN THIS STUDY OF EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION BASIS EDUCATION PROJECTS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS, VISITS WERE MADE TO THE JOB UPGRADING PROJECT (NORTH RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA), THE MAYOR'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROJECT (DETROIT), THE LANE COUNTY YOUTH PROJECT (EUGENE, OREGON), JOB OPPORTUNITIES, THROUGH BETTER SKILLS (CHICAGO), THE YMCA…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Audiovisual Aids, Blacks, Class Size
Bluhm, Jeremy; Butler, Erik Payne – 1983
This booklet shows how postsecondary institutions can serve economically disadvantaged youth by working with local employment and training agencies. Programs administered by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) are described as well as the students they served. Program goals and services are cited: vocational training,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Cooperation
Havlicek, Larry L.; Huppee, Barbara A. – 1979
Results are reported from 12 on-site visits and from mailed questionnaire returns regarding the continuing effects of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title IV-C, Innovative Exemplary Program, on education in Kansas. At each district visited, information was obtained, and verified when possible, regarding the changes resulting from…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Career Education, Computer Oriented Programs
