What contributions do driver education and training programs make to the Nation's highway safety program? An answer to this question was sought through a synthesis of four feasibility studies concerning the effectiveness of current or proposed driver education programs. These preliminary investigations failed to identify any clear proof that…

This review of a research institute's evaluation of the national Follow Through program asserts that both the contracting office and the research institute failed to adequately specify the kind of study intended and the functions which it proposed to serve. One of several kinds of evaluation studies might have been undertaken: (1) a research…

The Michigan Department of Education received a grant of $42,950 from the U.S. Office of Education under Public Law 89-10, Title IV for the 1969-70 educational research internship program. The Bureau of Research administered the program for the department. The two interrelated purposes of the program were to contribute to the training of…

The objective of studies of academic programs and their curricula is twofold and mutually dependent. The principal purpose is the development of quality programs. A corollary of this objective is the evaluation of existing or proposed programs. Both objectives of this type of educational studies thus depend on the development of program models.…

Specific evaluative research training was provided for 47 public school personnel based on school-systemwide problems identified by trainees. Objectives were to provide research understanding, transfer of that understanding to an ongoing project, and development of ability to communicate research results. Individual and group instruction was given…

Cost effectiveness analysis is used in situations where benefits and costs are not readily converted into a money base. Five elements can be identified in such an analytic process: (1) The objective must be defined in terms of what it is and how it is attained; (2) alternatives to the objective must be clearly definable; (3) the costs must be…

In order to contribute to the success of several studies for automatic classification, indexing and extracting currently in progress, as well as to further the theoretical and practical understanding of textual item distributions, the development of a frequency program capable of supplying these types of information was undertaken. The program…

A panel was formed for the purpose of evaluating those attributes of instructional film and instructional television programs which affect learning behavior. This is the fourth of a series of general, special, and varied reports of a project whose aim is to examine the "Conditions, Requirements, and Variables Affecting the Quality of Complex…

This document briefly presents the rationale and a description of a K-12 model program designed to demonstrate the practical applications of career education in the State of Delaware. An outline of project activities at all grade levels, the Kent County Vocational-Technical Center programs, and district-wide activities are included. Major…

The seven levels of education, as classified numerically by International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), are defined along with courses, programs, and fields of education listed under each level. Also contained is an alphabetical subject index indicating appropriate code numbers. For related documents see TM003535 and TM003536. (RC)

This document presents a 143-item bibliography concerning program planning budgeting systems and decision making, budgeting, and planning within the context of higher education. Citations are categorized according to books, articles, monographs, reports, and other sources. (MJM)

This document, although substantially based on the results of empirical inquiry, is basically a position statement dealing with doctoral programs in science education as well as other areas of curriculum and instruction. The author contends that doctoral programs in science education should provide for in-depth training of students in one of three…

Listed are approximately 63 programs for exceptional children in North Carolina schools recommended for visitation by school personnel developing local programs. Programs are listed for the educable mentally retarded, the emotionally disturbed or learning disabled, gifted and talented, hearing impaired, physically handicapped, speech impaired,…

This document contains summary reports from 15 pilot centers participating in a project, whose aim is "to discover and develop ways and means to teach the reciprocal relation between religion and other elements in the human culture in order that the prospective teacher, whether he teaches literature, history, the arts, science, or other subjects,…

White House Conferences on Children and Youth, an idea originated by James E. West, have been held at approximately 10-year intervals during this century: 1909, 1919, 1930, 1940, 1950, and 1960. Although called by the President, and with one or more sessions usually having been held in the White House (from which the name of the conferences…