The implementation evaluation of the Achievement Goals Program (AGP) included a survey of program users. This report presents the findings of that survey conducted in 1984. The users included teachers, resource teachers, and site administrators. The AGP was first initiated by the San Diego City Schools to meet the demands of the court. The…

The development of a plan for language teaching evaluation and the first steps taken to implement it are reported. The plan, developed as a result of efforts to assist the Defense Language Institute in program evaluation, involves direct observation of language instruction in progress. Outside observers would assess the degree to which course…

This study sought to determine if a professional course of study during teacher preparation in physical education had more influence on teaching effectiveness than a discipline-oriented course of study. The subjects were 41 undergraduates involved in two different physical education programs. The discipline-oriented course contained such subjects…

This report reviews recent research on strategies that have been found to promote useful and effective inservice training programs in desegregated schools. The first section presents approaches for planning and implementing inservice training for desegregation. The second section describes inservice desegregation training programs that focus on:…

A study was conducted to determine if visualization could be used as an organizational tool to help adult education students improve their reading comprehension by helping them to see the structure of what they are reading in a sort of verbal picture of organized ideas. Following a review of research, which identified five areas in which…

This paper reviews both the content and the methodological issues involved in the small but growing number of empirical studies on the use of Direct Instruction programs and teaching procedures with special populations. The research reviewed includes experimental and quasi-experimental work, summative evaluations of entire programs, and…

The Bangalore Communicational Teaching Project (CTP) in India operates on the central tenet that in English instruction, form can be acquired through a focus on meaning alone, that a grammatical system can be assimilated unconsciously if the mind is engaged in trying to understand or convey meaning. Linguistic specification is not used in CTP, and…

Relationships between an inquiry-oriented science inservice education program and teacher implementation of workshop-developed materials were investigated. Workshop topics included Piagetian learning theory, creating classrooms conducive to implementing inquiry-oriented science programs, use of the learning cycle, and matching learning activities…

A study was conducted to determine the attitudes of teachers and students toward a program of uninterrupted sustained silent reading (USSR) operating in their school. The 14 teachers and 136 students in grades three through six were questioned about their attitudes toward the program. Teachers were also asked for opinions about USSR's effect on…

One of the major components in the overall model for evaluating Michigan State University's five alternative teacher preparation programs was an examination of each program's curriculum. In addition to a clear statement of program goals and subgoals, the examination called for an analysis of faculty interpretation of program goals in suggesting…

This paper is a description of an Individualized Bilingual Instruction (IBI) program which was nationally validated by the U.S. Department of Education and listed in their directory of "Educational Programs That Work." It provides information on the technology of the IBI program, the type of curriculum selected and how the staff was…

A review of the research literature on the effectiveness of remedial mathematics programs in two-year colleges is presented. Although remediation programs vary from one college to another, they share some common characteristics. Most programs include a placement component, two or three courses in arithmetic and algebra, and support services like…

The Los Nietos Basic Skills Program was the first program of computer assisted instruction funded by the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). The system initially supported 17 typewriter-style terminals, but the number was later increased to 24. Because of software problems, the system changed companies and the courses changed to the following:…

The Los Nietos School District in Los Angeles was the first school in the United States that had its basic skills program supported through intensive use of computers. Through fundings under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), the program is embarking on its third year. The system initially supported 17 typewriter-style terminals, but before the…

This report is concerned with drug use and programs at the elementary school level, as well as the secondary school level. Included are discussions of drug education with relation to (1) background considerations, (2) educational techniques, (3) teaching methods, (4) summary descriptions of curricula, (5) judgmental evaluations of curricula, and…