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WELCH, WAYNE W.; AND OTHERS – 1967
MEMBERS OF THE EVALUATION SECTION OF HARVARD PROJECT PHYSICS, DESCRIBING WHAT IS SAID TO BE THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO SELECT A NATIONAL RANDOM SAMPLE OF (HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS) TEACHERS, LIST THE STEPS AS (1) PURCHASE OF A LIST OF PHYSICS TEACHERS FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (MOST COMPLETE AVAILABLE), (2) SELECTION OF 136 NAMES BY A…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Evaluation Methods, Experimental Groups, National Surveys
Kibler, Robert J., Ed. – 1964
Presented are the summary, conclusions, and recommendations after two years of the Experimental Freshman Year Program for underachieving high school graduates at Southern Illinois University. Findings are presented under four headings--(1) subjects' occupation or whereabouts in the year following their participation in the program, (2) retention…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Freshmen, College Programs
Kibler, Robert J., Ed. – 1964
This chapter outlines the procedures followed in an experimental program for low-achievers during their freshman year at Southern Illinois University. Specifically described are the experimental design, selection of subjects, and the treatment according to the experimental, control, and norm groups. In addition, the sample group is described in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Freshmen, College Programs
Hoerner, Harry J.; Stevenson, William W. – 1968
The purpose of this study was to measure possible effects of post-manpower training counseling of an occupational nature upon certain facets of perception and behavior of 110 subjects from eight selected Oklahoma Manpower Development and Training Act classes held during 1967-68. The effects of the counseling treatment were measured by the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
Hornbostel, Victor O.; And Others
The primary research objectives of the 44-month project were to determine the extent to which members of experimental and control groups would differ, after training in academic achievement, vocational achievement, personal-social characteristics, and job placement and job success. The subjects were unemployed or underemployed school dropouts,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Achievement, Comparative Analysis
Daines, James Richard – 1968
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of low difficulty and high difficulty testing approaches on the informational achievement of two groups of college students enrolled in a power mechanics course. Fifty students were assigned to two groups by a modified random technique, and treatments were randomly assigned to these groups.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Anxiety, Attitude Change, College Instruction
DiVincenti, Marie Phillippa – 1965
The problem of the study was to develop and test a training program for county workers who conduct the annual March of Dimes fund-raising campaign. Subjects were Mothers' Marchers, who were divided between an experimental and a control group. Training was given to the experimental group only. Both groups were given a posttest (identical to the…
Descriptors: Activities, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Change, Control Groups
McHale, Thomas J.; Witzke, Paul T. – 1967
The primary purposes of this developmental and demonstration project were to reduce the number of dropouts and failures and to increase the amount of learning in the technical mathematics core courses. In June 1965 a decision was made to pilot test locally developed programed units in technical mathematics. After the identification of the desired…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Course Content
Laosa, Luis M.; And Others – 1975
As the second volume in a 4-volume evaluation report on the University of Massachusetts Non-Formal Education Project (UMass NFEP) in rural Ecuador, this volume details the evaluation design. Cited as basic to the evaluation design are questions which ask: (1) What kinds of effects (changes) can be observed? and (2) What are characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Change Agents, Control Groups, Educational Games
Proper, Elizabeth C.; St. Pierre, Robert G. – 1976
Follow Through is a longitudinal program instituted by the U.S. Office of Education in which a variety of curriculum models have been implemented in a number of locations nationwide. Because services are provided from kindergarten through third grade, many children enter and leave the program at points not coterminous with the treatment itself.…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Compensatory Education, Control Groups, Disadvantaged Youth
McIntyre, Gene Harper – 1969
This dissertation tested the significance of a specially designed training and educational program (college course work, human development learnings, agency training) for new careerist trainees in Washington State, as compared to a strictly academic program in which people plan to enter the human services by the usual college degree route.…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Analysis of Variance, Bibliographies, College Students
Riley, E. Clayton – 1970
Twelve cooperative high school distributive education programs were studied to determine the effects of three methods of conducting visitation conferences on: (1) students' attitude toward distributive education, (2) students' attitude toward training stations, (3) students' work performance rating, (4) parents' attitude toward distributive…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Conferences
Limbacher, Philip Carl – 1968
To substantiate the theoretical efficacy of microteaching with videotaped feedback, 25 student teachers were assigned to a Teaching Techniques Laboratory in which microteaching methods were emphasized. Following completion of the training program, participants and a control group with no laboratory experience received placement in Chicago area…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Equipment, Evaluation Methods, Experimental Groups
Valencia, Atilano A. – 1970
Relative effects of early Spanish language instruction on English and Spanish language development of school children with Hispanic or Mexican American backgrounds were examined. The study endeavored to answer questions relative to Spanish language learning in the elementary grades and to inspire educators in geographical areas with a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Control Groups, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
Stern, Carolyn; And Others – 1971
This investigation consisted of two studies. In Experiment I, three methods of dealing with the identified emotionally disturbed child were compared, simultaneously testing the hypothesis that community personnel can be taught to work effectively with these children. Under the three treatments, the identified child was either: (1) removed from his…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Psychology, Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis
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