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COMSTOCK, GEORGE; MACCOBY, NATHAN – 1966
RESEARCH TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PEACE CORPS ETV PROJECT STEMMED FROM TWO MODELS OF FEEDBACK. INFORMATION PROVIDED IN "INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK" IS OF VALUE AT A PRAGMATIC LEVEL, WHEREAS INFORMATION FROM "PROJECT FEEDBACK" CAN BE USED BY ADMINISTRATORS FOR POLICY DECISIONS. THE MAJOR TOOL FOR PROJECT…
Descriptors: Critical Incidents Method, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Developing Nations
Swatsley, Dolores E. – 1964
In a 950-bed state psychiatric hospital, primarily an admission-and-treatment center, the case method was compared with the lecture-discussion method in teaching a unit on interpersonal relations with psychiatric patients to nurse aides. Two groups of 10 aides each were equated for age, sex, formal education, previous inservice training, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Check Lists
Griessman, B. Eugene; Bertrand, Alvin L. – 1967
Two rural Louisiana communities were selected to evaluate the effectiveness of certain types of communication in preventing man-caused forest fires. The communities were selected on the basis of differences in fire occurrence rates and other factors related to conservation. Questionnaires and personal interviews were utilized to determine views of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Change Agents, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Love, John M.; And Others – 1975
This report presents recommendations for measures to be used in assessing the impact of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC). Chapter I reviews the purpose of the impact study and presents the basic considerations guiding the selection of measures. Chapter II describes the review process that led to the final recommendations. Chapter III…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
The full texts of all prepared statements and supplemental materials presented during five days of hearings held on the Elementary and Secondary Career Education Act of 1977, H.R. 7, which would appropriate implementation monies for the infusion of career education concepts into the existing curriculum of the nation's elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Warrick, Diane; Isaacson, Steve – 1977
This program guide is designed for elementary students that need special services to learn most efficiently. The program, conducted at three sites within the district and later validated at two other sites in Oregon, measures current behavior and develops an instructional sequence to meet prescribed objectives. The mainstreaming approach of the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Alcorn, John D.; Fredrick, David L. – 1975
The project for the Columbia (Mississippi) School District was designed (1) to establish a model program of career counseling and placement which would lend itself to overall evaluation and have potential for replication and dissemination to other districts throughout the State and region, and (2) to determine the effects, if any, of this program…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
Welsh, Phil – 1977
Student outcome objectives and process objectives were the focus of the Portland Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) project evaluation. The Portland EBCE project followed the EBCE model developed by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL), based on experiential learning with career and academic experiences in the community. A total of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Career Development, Career Education
Maine School Administrative District 51, Cumberland Center. – 1977
The first-year activities of a project designed to implement the Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) program developed by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Greely High School, Maine School Administrative District #51 are described. Assessment of student outcomes used a pre- posttest design with one experimental group consisting of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Basic Skills, Career Development
Reynolds, Robert N.; And Others – 1978
The 2-year study reports on student progress, quality of instructional programs and costs for five groups of 7,000 exceptional students in Pennsylvania; educable mentally retarded, trainable mentally retarded, physically handicapped, socially and emotionally disturbed, and brain injured. Instruments are said to have included the Wide Range…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research
Levenstein, Phyllis – 1978
This followup study of the effects of the Mother-Child Home Program developed by the Verbal Interaction Project (VIP) measures the school performance of nine groups of 162 third grade children from low income families. The program of 92 home sessions spaced over two school years focused on the mother and child as a socially interactive dyad, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Followup Studies
Woodnutt, Tom – 1978
Using a sample of all graduates and a randomly chosen group of leavers (those who had completed three terms over a four-year period), a study was conducted at Chemeketa Community College to develop a model survey instrument for employers to evaluate the automotive technology program. Several steps were followed in the development process,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Auto Mechanics, Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs
Evans, Franklin R. – 1977
A special course was designed to aid undergraduate subjects in preparing for the Graduate Record Examination--Quantitative (GRE-Q). The course included a short one-session discussion (Anxiety Reduction Session) of the GRE and its uses, and four sessions devoted to specific instruction in the basic mathematics required for the test and strategies…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Cultural Differences
Centra, John A. – 1976
Questionnaires on faculty improvement and professional development in 2-year, 4-year, and graduate colleges and universities were studied. The 756 respondents provided information on existing programs in their institutions. The estimated use and effectiveness of various development activities, types of faculty members involved, funding, and types…
Descriptors: Classification, College Faculty, Colleges, Developmental Programs
Brown, James M. – 1974
This program serves a population of disaffected, underachieving inner-city youth of junior high and high school age who are known to the Family and/or Criminal courts and are at least two years retarded in reading. In most cases, the first efforts of the center are said to be directed to the provision of remedial reading services, and toward…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Disadvantaged Youth
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