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Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA. Microcomputing Program. – 1985
During the academic year 1983-84, Drexel University instituted a new policy requiring all incoming students to have access to a microcomputer. The computer chosen to fulfill this requirement was the Macintosh from Apple Computer, Inc. Because Drexel University received one of the first large shipments of this new product, the degree to which these…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Practices, Flow Charts, Higher Education
Download full textNoon, Madeline Estella; Hanson, Connie – 1972
The document describes the consumer and home economics summer programs for grade 7 and grade 8 girls in two junior high schools. The programs provided opportunities to learn basic sewing and cooking skills, as well as personal improvement such as grooming, hygiene, posture, and modeling. A number of field trips to supplement the class instruction…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Cooking Instruction, Home Economics, Instructional Materials
Kaufman, Maurice; And Others – 1978
This report describes the implementation of the Language Education Acceleration Program (LEAP) of Medford, Massachusetts. The program is evaluated. The administration of the program is discussed. Pre and post test results are given and analyzed for the Metropolitan Achievement Test, Stanford Early School Achievement Test, phonics, structural…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Skills
Gagliardi, Vincent M. – 1975
The report describes the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation for the 1973-74 school year of a pilot program in career education for an inner city middle school. Career education was infused into the ongoing curriculum in a team-taught interdisciplinary approach. Career clusters were related to the major academic areas utilizing…
Descriptors: Career Education, Inner City, Interdisciplinary Approach, Middle Schools
Barnard, William W. – 1977
A five-phased project is described which was designed to develop more specific diagnostic procedures and instrumentation that would allow both the vocational counselor and the prospective student to determine more effectively specific occupational programs and occupational objectives for education at the postsecondary level. Phases of the project…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Diagnostic Tests
Wongbundhit, Yuwadee – 1985
Before an item bank is constructed, several curriculum and testing considerations should be addressed. Such issues include the number of students enrolled in the selected subject area; number of desired objectives and items per objective; method of storing the items; and how and when to train how many teachers in item writing. The following steps…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Leonard, Joycelyn – 1975
Major goals of the Gila River Adult Basic Education Experimental Demonstration Project in this program description are identified as: (1) improving the academic skills of hard-to-reach adult dropouts and (2) training non-degreed local residents (people 19 years old or older with an 8th grade performance level) to recruit, counsel, and teach…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Community Education, Community Involvement
