ERIC Number: ED074305
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1972-Dec-31
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An Evaluation of Elementary Career Education Based on Language Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, and Occupational Awareness in Lincoln County, West Virginia. Volume V of Volume I.
Olson, LeVene A.
This document presents an evaluation of an exemplary project in career education limited to students in Grades 1 through 6 in the schools of Lincoln County, West Virginia. The project's objectives were to compare two groups of students on language achievement, mathematics achievement, and occupational awareness, an experimental group who had received learning experiences in these subjects and a control group who had not. Approximately 80 students from each grade were pretested and posttested and an analysis of covariance was performed on data obtained from the tests. The adjusted post-test means for the experimental group were 11 percent higher on language achievement, 24.5 percent higher on mathematics achievement, and 18 percent higher on occupational awareness than for the control group. Teaching strategies of field trips, resource role models, manipulative activities, simulation, and multimedia activities were incorporated into instructional resource units to provide the experimental group experiences. The conclusions suggested by the study are that elementary students who received planned career education experiences for two semesters were significantly higher in achievement on the areas tested than students who did not receive the experiences. (MF)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Career Awareness, Career Education, Control Groups, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs, Elementary Education, Experimental Groups, Knowledge Level, Language Experience Approach, Learning Experience, Mathematical Experience, Occupational Information, Pretests Posttests, Program Evaluation, Resource Units
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Sponsor: Bureau of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Marshall Univ., Huntington, WV. Dept. of Vocational-Technical Education.
Identifiers - Location: West Virginia
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