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Campus Partnerships Improve Impact Documentation of Nutrition Programs
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Brinkman, Patricia – Journal of Extension, 2015
Partnerships with other campus college units can provide ways of improving Extension's impact documentation. Nutrition programs have relied upon knowledge gained and people's self report of behavior change. Partnering with the College of Nursing, student nurses provided blood screenings during the pre and 6 month follow-up of a pilot heart risk…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Nutrition Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Partnerships in Education
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Sustainable Living Education Program
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Mazze, Sarah; Stockard, Jean – Journal of Extension, 2013
The Climate Masters at Home program was modeled after Extension "master" classes with the aim of increasing individuals' energy and resource saving behaviors. This article explores the impact of the program on participants' behavior, attitudes, and knowledge over several years of implementation. Data sources include survey…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Sustainable Development, Energy Conservation, Conservation (Environment)
Using Single-Case Design and Personalized Behavior Change Projects to Teach Research Methods
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Morgan, David L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
Students in research methods courses, especially those taught in an intense format, might be hard pressed to actually conduct research studies due to logistics and time constraints. I describe the use of single-case research design and a personalized behavior project as an alternative research project for students in an undergraduate psychology…
Descriptors: Research Design, Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Research Methodology
Level III Training Evaluation: Considerations for Today's Organizations.
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Harrell, Kathleen D. – Performance Improvement, 2001
Discussion of the four-level model of training evaluation focuses on the need for evaluation at level III, to show that training has been effective and that trainees behave differently on the job. Suggests data collection and measurement methods, including pretraining-posttraining evaluation, action plan audits, simulations, and unobtrusive…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Improving Kindergarten Students' Social Skills through Consultation and Teacher Directed Activities.
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White, Judy; Poteat, G. Michael – School Psychology Review, 1983
A cost effective intervention method was designed to demonstrate the practical implementation of classroom social skills training. Subjects were identified as withdrawn by the teacher. Social skills intervention was begun after a pretest observation. Behavioral change indicative of improved targeted social skills was noted at posttest…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention
Interpersonal Skills Training: Evaluation in an Internal Medicine Residency.
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Robbins, Alan S.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1979
To determine the effectiveness of teaching interpersonal skills in a general internal medicine residency, a program was developed utilizing videotape feedback of hospital house-staff/patient interactions. Fifty-one randomly selected house officers were included in a controlled pre- and post-test study design. The results suggest that such a…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Graduate Medical Education