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Goldenberg, Marni; Klenosky, David; McAvoy, Leo; Holman, Tom – 2002
Means-end analysis was used to examine the linkages between elements of an Outward Bound course and the personal benefits and outcomes obtained or reinforced by course completion. A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 216 persons, who completed a course at the North Carolina Outward Bound School. Respondents were aged 14-66 (83…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Camping, Experiential Learning
Download full textPerin, Dolores; Greenberg, Daphne – 1992
A study examined a unique workplace literacy program designed for college preparation. Factors related to retention were studied in a group of paraprofessional health care workers who were attending the program as a step toward career advancement. The 153 participants were mainly women of minority backgrounds who spoke English fluently but not…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Allied Health Occupations
Wu, Robert T. Y. – 1989
An evaluation was made of the third phase of a curriculum development program conducted in Taiwan, Republic of China. This phase of the program, scheduled to run from 1986 to 1990, emphasized the implementation of a new cluster-based vocational curriculum and focused on teacher inservice programs, purchase of laboratory equipment, and improvement…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Industrial Education
Toward a Programmatic Research Scheme for Product Evaluation of Vocational Education in Agriculture.
McGhee, M. B.; And Others – 1986
In an effort to conceptualize, plan, and conduct research activities to gather data for decision making concerning program improvement in vocational agriculture, a model for evaluating programs was developed by the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, University of Florida. Through use of this model, six objectives to guide research…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Surveys
Briney, Margorie; Long, James S. – 1985
This 1984 study (1) estimated the more enduring benefits of a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prevocational program for those who completed the program in 1979; and (2) identified the features of the CETA program that completers recalled as having contributed to these benefits. The 18-week CETA prevocational program was offered by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Benefits
Eichner, Barbara G. – 1987
A study was conducted to explore whether the methods employed by the Cooperative Extension Service in its dissemination of practical skills and knowledge are of help to today's families. In order to examine these factors, two leadership programs for women sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service in Alaska were studied. One group, the…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Family Characteristics, Family Influence, Family Life
Drennan, Jerry – 1985
A study was conducted to determine the impact of private, nonpublic education on the education of industrial teachers. To collect data, questionnaires were sent to industrial teacher educators in 252 institutions of higher education. Responses were received from 99 persons who had some educational experience in private programs. (Almost 99 percent…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
