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Rose, Clare – 1977
Two kinds of efforts at instructional improvement in higher education, student evaluation of teachers and faculty development programs on campuses, fall short of reaching their theoretical goals. Student evaluations are neither reliable nor valid measures of a teacher's instructional effectiveness. Some of the items included in such questionnaires…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dental Schools, Experimental Programs, Faculty Development
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of ESC Education Planning and Development. – 1982
An evaluation of the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program was begun in 1975 to provide longititudinal data on the effects of prekindergarten on children's development over a period of 5 years. Data were collected on a variety of items, including children's test performance at various times, family background, ratings by teachers,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
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Houwing, J. F., Ed.; Kristjanson, A. M., Ed. – 1981
The 1981 edition of this annual inventory contains descriptions of about 350 research, innovative, and experimental projects concerned with postsecondary education in Canada that are in progress or have been completed during 1980. They represent work of researchers in universities, community colleges, educational organizations, and government…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Students
LAW, GORDON F., ED. – 1967
TWELVE RESEARCH REVIEWS IN THIS ISSUE PERTAIN TO YOUTH WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, ONE OF THE NINE MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN IDENTIFIED BY THE PANEL OF CONSULTANTS ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. THEY ARE ORGANIZED UNDER THE TOPICS--(1) OCCUPATIONALLY ORIENTED PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDES IDENTIFICATION OF WORK CONCEPTS, (2) COOPERATIVE SCHOOL AND WORK PROGRAMS, WHICH…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Career Guidance, Cooperative Education, Curriculum
LOWELL, EDGAR L.; AND OTHERS – 1963
AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAMS FOR PARENTS OF DEAF CHILDREN WERE DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED. EIGHTEEN SOUND FILMS AND ACCOMPANYING RECORDS PRESENTED INFORMATION ON HEARING, LIPREADING AND SPEECH, AND ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE PARENTAL ATTITUDES TOWARD CHILDREN AND SPOUSES. TWO VERSIONS OF THE FILMS AND RECORDS WERE NARRATED BY (1) "STARS" WHO WERE…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attitude Change, Audiodisc Recordings, Audiovisual Aids
KERSH, BERT Y. – 1963
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM OF CLASSROOM SIMULATION FOR THE PRESERVICE EDUCATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND TO CONDUCT A TEST OF THAT PROGRAM. A SINGLE SIXTH-GRADE CLASSROOM WAS SIMULATED THROUGH THE USE OF FILMS AND PRINTED MATERIALS. A TEST GROUP OF 40 STUDENTS, DIVIDED INTO 4 GROUPS, WAS PRESENTED WITH 60…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Teachers, Experimental Programs
Kagan, Sharon L. – 1978
This paper explores, from the perspective of a local practitioner, phases and effects of implementing a national education demonstration project at the local level. The pivotal role of the locality, its history and its economic realities, is emphasized. Drawing from her experience in planning and implementing a demonstration effort in a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Characteristics, Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation
Hatch, Winslow R. – 1966
Attributes of experimental programs, colleges, and institutional projects are described in this compilation, which extends previous reports in the series by reviewing the extent to which experimental programs and colleges make use of independent study and new approaches to teaching and learning. This report also deals with some of the implications…
Descriptors: Check Lists, College Administration, College Faculty, Educational Planning
VAN TESLAAR, A.P. – 1967
THE EUROPEAN COORDINATOR AND RESIDENT CO-DIRECTOR OF THE MANNHEIM-HEIDELBERG BRANCH OF THE SUMMER 1966 LANGUAGE INSTITUTE IN FRANCE AND GERMANY PREPARED THIS EVALUATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL VENTURE. DESIGNED TO ANALYZE THE INNOVATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE 1966 INSTITUTE WITH THE IDEA OF STRENGTHENING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AND SIMILAR PROGRAMS, THE…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comparative Education, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
DeBruler, Ralph M. – 1966
An instructional program for children retarded in reading but average or above in intelligence enrolled 57 seventh grade students. The program consisted of instruction in language arts and social studies which utilized audiovisual materials, class discussions, resource people, pictorial textbooks, oral quizzes, self-expression writing, and high…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Programs, Exceptional Child Research, Experimental Programs
Stafford, James L. – 1963
An experimental team-teaching program in 10th-grade English and social studies at El Rancho High School (Pico Rivera, California) is described in this publication. Included are (1) a report of the summe r planning sessions held voluntarily by interested teachers; (2) topics of lectures, delivered to students, on literature, language, history, an d…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, English Instruction, Experimental Programs
Kibler, Robert J., Ed. – 1964
Chapter V is made up of information on the attitudes and background of participants in an experimental freshman year program for underachieving high school graduates at Southern Illinois University. Included is a description of changes and differences among the students resulting from the experimental treatment and of the participants' reactions…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Background, College Freshmen, College Programs
Denver Univ., CO. – 1967
The Ford Foundation funded an experimental program at the University of Denver College of Law in the summer of 1967 to prepare Spanish-American college graduates to enter law school, the ultimate purpose being to increase the number of Spanish-American lawyers in the Rocky Mountain area. Twenty student participants were selected on the basis of…
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Consultants, Course Descriptions, Experimental Programs
National Committee for Children and Youth, Washington, DC. – 1967
The national problem resulting from the inability of large numbers of youth to meet educational requirements for military enlistment was described in the 1966 report (see VT 005 531). Part I of this report contains an analysis of the efforts of the National Committee for Children and Youth (NCCY) to help this youthful population in Baltimore,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Services
Gurin, Gerald – 1968
Results of a study of an experimental and demonstration job training project (Chicago JOBS Project) for approximately 1,500 underemployed "functionally illiterate" inner-city Negro youth are reported. The project, which lasted from September of 1963 to the summer of 1964, included basic education, vocational training, and group and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Black Youth, Dropouts
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