This article discusses some criteria for development of career programs in organizations, including guidelines and recommendations for the development and implementation of such programs, and considerations in the area of program evaluation. (CT)

Examined effects of a science and engineering careers course on students' career indecision and planning. Results indicated the course was effective in facilitating career planning. Students reported less posttest indecision and higher posttest scores on self-appraisal in relation to careers, knowledge of career information, and vocational…

The Poudre School District (Colorado) offers instrumental music to students beginning the summer before seventh grade. Throughout junior high school and high school, emphasis is on ensemble work and on performances. The program provides all students with an opportunity to participate at their levels of interest. (CS)

Meta-analysis techniques were used to synthesize research on the effectiveness of three major activity-based elementary science programs: (1) the Elementary Science Study, (2) Science--A Process Approach, and (3) the Science Curriculum Improvement Study. Implications for both widespread adoption and curricular decisions, as well as long term…

The spread effect (the impact on those other than the initial participants) of inservice teacher education regarding mainstreaming is described in terms of increased awareness of handicapping conditions on the part of other staff and students in middle and elementary settings. (CL)

To prepare military and civilian engineers for middle and upper-level engineering management positions, the Air Force Institute of Technology offers a masters-level graduate engineering management program for the United States Air Force and other organizations. A study of this program's effectiveness, as perceived by graduates and their…

This article offers criteria to help establish curriculum balance in physical education. Exemplary programs are offered that illustrate balanced physical education curricula. (DF)

Education currently faces a crisis in curriculum reform which presents a danger to pedagogical programs. Changes in teacher education programs should be based on research and should be accomplished by a reflective and rational process. Methods of reform are explored. (DF)

Describes the Elderly Support Project designed to teach families better home care of the mentally and physically impaired elderly. Findings supported the procedures as valuable for promoting continuing home care, better mental status, and improved behavior of elderly clients by offering families alternative positive responses. (Author/JAC)

Findings from four studies reveal that: administrators enjoy the deregulation of Chapter 2 but are concerned about audits and evaluation; a wide variety of fund distribution formulas exists; expenditures were heavy for computers; and private school participation has increased. (MLF)

Describes a new system of providing portable vouchers to student-parents for the purchase of child care services at the University of Washington. A preliminary analysis of its effectiveness indicates the Childcare Voucher Program is serving its intended purpose well. (JAC)

Describes the long-term effectiveness of the Adolescent Learning Center, a model classroom for emotionally disturbed adolescents (N=24). Results on a behavioral checklist, student attitude questionnaire, and parents' questionnaire indicated that gains in emotional adjustment continued to accrue significantly upon the students' return to the public…

The article reviews the history and the philosophical basis of mainstreaming (with special reference to the hearing impaired), notes the various levels of mainstreaming in school, discusses components of successful mainstreaming efforts, and suggests that the future of mainstreaming depends on five factors, including improved diagnostic tools and…

College students were studied to determine if taking a communication skills course increased actual communication skills. Videotape feedback was used to assess changes in skills of students. A discussion of sex differences and treatment-group differences is offered for educators. (DF)

Examines how the autoregressive earnings model developed by Ashenfelter to evaluate job-training programs can produce badly biased estimates of the magnitude and temporal pattern of program effects. Finds that the decay in Ashenfelter's estimated training effect for men was produced by a time-varying bias in his model, and presents a new, more…