ERIC Number: ED129532
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1975-Sep
Pages: 70
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Outdoor Education for Emotionally Handicapped Students in Central New York. Final Report, September 1975. A Report on Project 75-940 for Handicapped Children Under Title VI-B (August 1, 1974-July 31, 1975).
Miller, James
Pre- and post-tests were administered to three treatment (136 emotionally handicapped, 8 physically handicapped, and 79 trainable mentally retarded students) and two non-treatment groups (11 emotionally handicapped and 70 non-handicapped students) for purposes of assessing teacher, student, and program centered objectives. Administered or completed by the 21 teachers involved, the instruments employed were: the Student Content Test; the Student Attitude Survey; the General Classroom Behavior Teacher Rating Scale; the Participant Evaluation; and the Participant Narrative Evaluation. The four teacher centered objectives focused on knowing the what, where, how, and why of outdoor teaching; the three student centered objectives focused on increased comprehension of the natural world, self, and others; and the program objectives focused on improvement of student communication skills, understanding re: local environment and environmental problems, social responses, and manipulative/motor skills. Results indicated 7 of the 13 objectives were met and 3 were partially met, while 3 of the program objectives were not directly measurable. Since 3 of the 13 objectives were not measurable, it was concluded that the project was nearly 100% successful. (JC)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Emotional Disturbances, Environmental Education, Formative Evaluation, Motor Development, Outdoor Education, Participation, Pilot Projects, Program Evaluation, Self Concept, Social Development, Special Education, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Student Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.; New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau for Mentally Handicapped Children.
Authoring Institution: Onandaga Nature Centers, Inc., Baldwinsville, NY.
Identifiers - Location: New York
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VI
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