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Download full textBatsche, Catherine; And Others – 1984
This study examined characteristics of programs in which students were enrolled to determine which activities were most effective in dealing with dropouts. The study attempted to validate program components that have previously been associated with retentive capacity. Seventy-six exemplary programs for dropouts were selected to participate in the…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Davis, Joseph L. – 1984
A study was conducted to examine the organization and operation of selected exemplary vocational counseling programs in diverse Ohio school districts and to identify conditions that appear to contribute to the effectiveness of vocational counseling services. The study also reported on problems and their preferred solutions, the observations of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Counseling, Career Development, Delivery Systems
Denton, William T. – 1977
A career education needs assessment conducted by the Dallas (Texas) Independent School District focused on fourteen schools (K-12) located in the East Oak Cliff Subdistrict, a predominantly (98%) black urban community. Work already completed by the Partners in Career Education (PCE) project, in which the District was a participant, was used for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Career Education, Community Attitudes
Datta, Lois-ellin; And Others – 1977
Papers summarizing evaluation efforts and results from four local education agency evaluation experts and one paper summarizing selected findings from U.S. Office of Career Education sponsored demonstration projects are presented in this monograph. The first paper describes two studies of the reading and mathematics achievement of fith grade Texas…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Education, Demonstration Programs
Louis, Karen Seashore; And Others – 1981
This brief report summarizes the staff development benefits that occurred as a result of teachers participating in the Research and Development Utilization Program (RDU). Surveys of 540 teachers revealed the five most frequently cited staff development benefits to be: (1) learning more about curriculum development; (2) learning more about the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change, Educational Research
Finley, Cathaleen – 1977
A curriculum was developed and a model was tested to help tribal girls realize that they will be workers; plan realistically for their years as members of the labor force; make decisions in their teens that will help them prepare adequately for the world of work; and believe that they have special talents and abilities that are unique to them.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration
Seyfarth, John T.; And Others – 1973
The report examines the attitudes of the 44 students in the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program toward the program as indicated by their responses to an interview schedule (included in an appendix) administered near the end of the first program year (1972-73). Regarding post-high school plans most…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs
Pearsol, James A. – 1985
This paper describes the practical steps employed in controlling interview data generated from a research project investigating teachers' perspectives on the worth of a sex equity educational demonstration project. These perspectives were then considered as value frameworks that might be used to formulate and interpret a naturalistic-responsive…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs
Sanders, James H.; Bertram, Charles L. – 1973
The evaluation summary covers the first year's operation of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program. The report's first section describes the student, employer-related, and parent-related goals of the program; program operation and costs; and replication concerns (transportation, costs per…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs
Rockford Public Schools 205, IL. – 1975
The comprehensive vocational guidance program in Rockford, Illinois, included a career awareness curriculum at the elementary level, personality and interest exploration for the middle schools, and utilization of a career planning data retrieval system at the high school level. The third party evaluation utilized information from eight population…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Seyfarth, John T.; And Others – 1973
The report examines the attitudes of parents of 31 of the 44 students in the Appalachia Education Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program toward the program as indicated by their responses to a standard interview form (which appears in an appendix). Twelve interviews involved both the mother and the father of the student;…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs, Individualized Programs
Monaghan, Anne Coolidge – 1976
To clarify the relationship between an educational innovation and its setting, a pilot study was conducted in three schools which housed the Follow Through Program. Personal interviews were conducted with approximately fifteen Follow Through and non-Follow Through administrators, teachers, and associates who had some contact with the program.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Compensatory Education
