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Retention of Concepts Resulting from Learning by Experience. Preliminary Investigation of the Retention of Selected Reading and Mathematical Concepts Resulting from Students Enrolled in a Traditional Learning Environment and in a Learning-in-Work Environment.
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Crowe, Michael R.; Harvey, R. J. – 1979
A study investigated the retention of mathematical and reading concepts of students enrolled in a learning-in-work environment (Experience-Based Career Education) and a traditional classroom learning environment on a measure of academic achievement using a twelve-month longitudinal design. The performance of twenty-seven students in each…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Conventional Instruction, Experiential Learning
Priority Concerns of Five Groups Involved in Experiential Education Programs. Learning in Work Research Program. Technical Report.
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Jipp, Lester F.; And Others – 1980
To determine programmatic concerns to aid in the establishment or expansion of experiential education programs, a study gathered data by use of a mail questionnaire sent to nineteen experiential education programs in California, Florida, Massachusetts, and Ohio. The five constituent groups sampled were students, teachers/administrators, program…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Experiential Learning, High Schools
Project OMEGA Experience Based Career Education. Third Year Evaluation and Project Summary. Final Report.
Balian, Edward S.; Klaas, Alan C. – 1980
The evaluation of the third year of Project OMEGA, an experience-based career education project, focused on three general areas of student ability: career education knowledge, basic skills, and competency in career areas. Experimental and control groups were assessed using the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, Career Education Skills Tests, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Career Exploration, Competence
Investing in Youth: The Nova Scotia School-to-Work Transition Project.
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Thiessen, Victor; Looker, E. Dianne – 1999
Economic, technological, and social changes occurring around the world have produced incredible challenges for youth, symbolized by persistently high youth unemployment rates despite increasing educational attainments and a shrinking youth population. Chapter 1 of this book provides an overview of the initiatives undertaken by Canada and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Guidance, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning
Jackson County ESD (CE)2 Program, 1978-1979. Final Evaluation Report (Third Year).
Owen, Thomas R. – 1979
The main purpose of a 1978-79 evaluation of the Jackson County E.S.D. (Educational Service District) Community Experiences in Career Education--(CE)2--program was to investigate the student turnover rate which for two years had exceeded fifty percent. The program provided experience-based career exploration opportunities for high school juniors…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Career Exploration, Dropouts
The Minnesota High School Follow-Up Survey. A Digest of Information Based on the Education Experiences of the Minnesota High School Classes of 1997-1999. Trend Report.
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Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 2000
A follow-up study of the high school classes of 1997, 1998, and 1999 found Minnesota education faced peak enrollment numbers of 72,000-74,000, but numbers were projected to level off and decrease. Although graduating classes would remain predominantly white for the foreseeable future, the state was moving toward greater racial diversity, with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Career Planning, Educational Attainment