A wide range of tools is now available to enable teaching practitioners to create web-based educational materials from PowerPoint presentations, adding a variety of different digital media, such as audio and animation. The pilot study described in this paper compared three different systems for producing multimedia presentations from existing…

In 1993, Bolivia was selected as a site to pilot an interactive radio instruction (IRI) project that would provide practical support to adult caregivers and children around early childhood development. Through linkages with health and education networks, PIDI (Programa Integral de Desarrollo Infantil) provided young children under the age of six…

This paper reports the findings of an evaluation of Project SEALL (Special Education at the Local Level), initiated by the New York Board of Education, a pilot program representing an alternative approach to the delivery of services for special education students in programs at the community school district level. Through administrative…

The purpose of the adult education program in Louisiana is to provide for the initiation, maintenance, and expansion of instructional offerings for adults. A minimum of 10 percent of the annual federal allocation is to be used to fund special experimental demonstration projects and teacher-training grants. This monograph provides detailed…

A pilot project involved off-campus (distance education) students creating their assignments on Macintosh computers and "mailing" them electronically to a campus mainframe computer. The goal of the project was to determine what is necessary to implement and to evaluate the potential of computer communications for university-level…

Centennial High School in Gresham, Oregon, was one of three pilot schools selected in 1983 to use a research-based school improvement process developed by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. In the process, the local school establishes a leadership team to manage school improvement, collects data on student performance, uses the data to…

This project was conducted April-May 1985 and involved 62 public service librarians. The evaluation goals were to involve the staff during the implementation of this new technology and to collect data on these objectives: to measure satisfaction with training, documentation, equipment, printing, and system reliability; to identify materials to be…

Author reported on one group's reaction to the BBC adult literacy pilot programme. (Editor/RK)

Seven activity guides, evaluation sheet, and club scoresheet have been prepared for Ohio 4-H clubs' litter education program. Topics of the seven activity guides include: (1) general guidelines and types of activities; (2) little known facts about waste/litter; (3) guidelines for a walking tour; (4) fact sheet (questionnaire) related to garbage;…

The parenting and education functions of families, in the context of their homes and communities, are explored. The literature on parent education is reviewed, and a preliminary survey of a number of ongoing parent education programs is conducted. The tasks undertaken were designed to provide a solid theoretical and empirical foundation for…

A PILOT PROGRAM FOR EDUCATING MIGRANT CHILDREN WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE OREGON LEGISLATURE TO STUDY PROBLEMS OF MIGRANT EDUCATION DURING THE REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS FORMULATED TO INTERVIEW MIGRANTS IN ORDER TO PICTURE PROBLEMS FACING LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AN ANALYSIS WAS COMPUTED AND INFORMATION WAS DIVIDED INTO "ANGLO" AND…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS AND VALUE OF A CONTROLLED CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY PREPARED MATERIALS, AND HIGHLY STRUCTURED TEACHING METHODS UPON LEARNING PROBLEMS AND SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT OF MENTALLY RETARDED, EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN, WITH OR WITHOUT CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED BRAIN INJURY. CHILDREN WHOSE EMOTIONAL…