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Download full textAustralian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1984
A review is presented of the operations of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Overviews are provided of ACER activities and future planning in the following programs: (1) social context of education; (2) measurement and evaluation; (3) learning and teaching; (4) survey and psychometric services; (5) advisory services; and (6)…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Research, Educational Sociology, Evaluation Methods
Kyger, Betty L. – 1985
In fall 1984, a study was conducted to identify current instruction-related faculty development practices within Illinois's community colleges and to investigate the methods used to evaluate these practices. Data were collected from faculty development directors, academic administrators, and full-time teaching faculty in a two-stage process.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods
Lafayette Parish School Board, LA. – 1987
A three-phase project was conducted to further the education of inmates in the Lafayette (Louisiana) Parish Correctional Center. Phase I of the project was designed to prepare inmates to be eligible to take the General Educational Development (GED) test, and/or to teach life-coping skills so that they would better function in society upon their…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation
Formative Evaluation of 15 Head Start to Public School Transition Grantees. Final Report: Volume II.
Hubbell, Ruth; And Others – 1987
This volume, second of two, presents results of the formative evaluation of 14 Head Start programs that received grants for the purpose of demonstrating a variety of approaches to improving transition between Head Start programs and elementary schools. The evaluation was designed to obtain data on project implementation, successes, and obstacles.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Day Care, Demonstration Programs
Grise, Philip J.; Klein, James D. – 1987
A study sponsored by the Bureau of Adult and Community Education, Florida Department of Education, was conducted by the Center for Needs Assessment and Planning at Florida State University to compare the success of General Educational Development (GED) and traditional high school graduates in Florida's work force. (GED graduates account for about…
Descriptors: Dismissal (Personnel), Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Employment Practices
Indiana Association of Area Vocational Districts, Inc., Indianapolis. – 1987
By placing its findings within the context of total secondary public education, a followup study of high school graduates indicated the relative effectiveness of vocational, academic, and general secondary school preparation. Data were obtained from 71% of a representative sample (N=466) of 1979 Indiana high school graduates. General program…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, General Education
Neethling, Kobus – 1984
This paper outlines major contributing factors in the manifestation of successful gifted education programs. The first factor, teacher training, involves the right of gifted children to be educated by specially qualified teachers. A teacher training model leading to certification for teachers of the gifted is described. The second factor, gifted…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Community Resources, Delivery Systems, Educational Diagnosis
Andrade, Carolyn; Ging, Diane – 1988
A discussion of foreign languages in the elementary school (FLES) begins with a brief history of the program's emergence and status in the United States, a summary of the rationale for early language study, and descriptions of the major FLES program types. An Ohio survey of elementary school foreign language instruction is reported, and the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Case Studies, Elementary Education, FLES
Hallman, Clemens L. – 1988
In this presentation on how teacher education programs should reflect cultural diversity in order to attract and retain minority students, 10 premises are set forth on the needs and shortcomings of the present system of educating teachers. A discussion of goals for reflecting cultural diversity in teacher education programs emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences, Equal Education, Higher Education
Henderson, Anne T. – 1985
Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981 consolidated 28 separate federal education programs into a single block grant. This report evaluates the effectiveness of Chapter 2 as public policy, assessing whether it has led to improvement in education, whether the consolidated programs are more responsive to…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1984-85, the Computer Literacy and Word Processing Program for Bilingual Students at Evander Childs High School (Bronx, New York) was in the first year of a two-year, Title VII funding cycle. The major goal of the program is to improve the educational achievement and employability skills of 100 Hispanic, limited English proficient (LEP) student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1985
This document includes final summary reports from recent federally funded Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) demonstration projects in California. While some projects reported at length and others provided the bare facts, reports are excerpted but published as received, without editing beyond a uniform first page. The Summary Report Form…
Descriptors: Community Services, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
Miller, Jon D. – 1985
The effect of social studies courses on post-high school political participation was studied. Data from two studies--"The National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972" and "The High School and Beyond Study of the Class of 1980"--were analyzed. A trichotomous measure of effective participation was used: those persons who engaged in no political…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Educational Assessment
Rowland, Paul – 1985
The New Mexico Solar Energy Institute (NMSEI) education program has attempted to influence teachers to increase the quantity and quality of teaching about renewable energy sources and their uses. Since 1982, the program has used the following methods for influencing energy education: a newsletter for educators; conference and classroom…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education
Heatherly, Jeannie; Cox, Ann – 1985
A project studied 30 displaced homemakers who had participated successfully in the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Public Schools Displaced Homemakers/Non-Traditional Job Exploration Program. Personal interviews were accompanied by a statistical sheet, gathering the individual history of the interviewee. All persons interviewed felt their situations…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Career Exploration, Displaced Homemakers
