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Wehman, Paul, Ed.; Hill, Janet W., Ed. – 1979
Ten papers on the vocational training and placement of severely disabled persons are presented in this monograph. The titles are as follow: "Project Employability: Toward Competitive Employment for Severely Disabled Individuals"; "Vocational Evaluation of Severely and Profoundly Retarded Clients"; "Considerations in…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Case Studies
Peters, Richard O. – 1978
One of 10 sites chosen for multi-year funding under the National Institute of Education's rural Experimental Schools Program (ES), the New Hampshire School Supervisory Union 58 ES Project was a community-based effort, serving 3 autonomous school districts and operative between July 1973-July 1978. Serving a total population of 3,816, the project…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1974
Three districts that desegregated their schools by choice--Berkeley, California, Moore County North Carolina, and Searcy, Arkansas--as well as the Hillsborough County, Florida school district, desegregated under court order, are examined in this publication. All four studies examine the desegregation plans of each district as well as the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Compensatory Education, Desegregation Effects
Watson, Douglas – 1972
This report examines some of the many varieties of alternatives now available, their problems and pitfalls, and their hopes for the future. After defining alternative schools, the report discusses the rationale for having alternatives and then summarizes the range of alternatives available at both the elementary and secondary levels. Separate…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Case Studies, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Deloria, Dennis; And Others – 1974
This is the executive summary of the National Home Start Evaluation interim report. Home Start, a federally-funded 3-year (1972-1975) demonstration program home-based for low-income families with 3- to 5-year-old children was designed to enhance a mother's skills in dealing with her own children and to provide comprehensive social-emotional,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Lane, Brett; Seager, Andrew; Frankel, Susan – Education Alliance at Brown University, 2005
This report is based on a three-year study of the design of New York's Regional Network Strategy and its subsequent implementation activities, including the development of statewide professional development for members of the network involved in the state's strategy. The study is based on the idea that internal coherence--alignment and shared…
Descriptors: School Support, Academic Achievement, Statewide Planning, Social Networks
Sjoholm, Kaj, Ed.; Bjorklund, Mikaela, Ed. – 1999
The publication on the integration of content area and second language instruction, focusing on the situation in Finland, consists of nine essays and a bibliography. The essays include: "Education in a Second or Foreign Language. An Overview" (Kaj Sjoholm); "Foreign Language Content Teaching in Teacher Education at Abo Akademi…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Heffernan, James M. – New Directions for Education and Work, 1979
Services of community-based agencies, besides information and referral, are described. Their assessment, counseling, advocacy, and outreach services are designed to aid adult learners. Three case examples are discussed: the Community Based Educational Counseling for Adults (CBECA) program in Wisconsin, Boston's WINNERS program, and two…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Students, Career Change, Career Counseling
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Lepetit, Daniel – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1997
Examines changes in language department structure and program content at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Clemson University (South Carolina) as a result of new programs in Business French. The programs were developed in cooperation with the business schools to stem declining language enrollments. (MSE)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Case Studies, College Faculty, Curriculum Development
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Porter, John D.; Gebel, Melinda A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
Arizona State University has created longitudinal student files capable of tracking each student's curricular and financial aid history from entry until graduation. The structure of the files, their creation and maintenance, and their evolution over the years are described. Uses of the files to conduct different kinds of studies to inform…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Students, Computer Uses in Education
Smith, Ros – Learning and Skills Network (NJ1), 2007
In January 2006 the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) launched its draft publication, "A Professional Development Framework for e-Learning" (ePD) for consultation with the post-16 education and training sector. In March 2006 the Learning and Skills Council funded the Learning and Skills Network (LSN) to run a pilot to…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Foreign Countries, Guides, Training
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Zapata-Rivera, Diego; VanWinkle, Waverely; Doyle, Bryan; Buteux, Alyssa; Bauer, Malcolm – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose and demonstrate an evidence-based scenario design framework for assessment-based computer games. Design/methodology/approach: The evidence-based scenario design framework is presented and demonstrated by using BELLA, a new assessment-based gaming environment aimed at supporting student learning of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Urban Schools, Measurement, Psychometrics
Butler, Priscilla, Ed. – 1997
A collection of essays addresses issues in alternative assessment in English as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction. Chapter 1, "Toward a Definition of Alternative Assessment," (Priscilla Butler) gives an overview of the concept of alternative assessment and introduces some theoretical considerations. Chapter 2, "The Roots of…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria
Thong, Iv – 1995
The recent restructuring of the curriculum of the Faculty of Business of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) is described and offered as a model of the kind of reorganization occurring within Cambodia's higher education system. The history of language policy in the higher education system is chronicled briefly,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Curriculum Design
Strategy Alert, 1992
How community-based groups are confronting and preventing alcohol and other drug problems and related crime in their communities is the focus of this publication. A wide range of approaches and strategies, used by 10 nonprofit, community-based organizations representative of urban and rural areas, are presented. Case studies describe two community…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alcohol Abuse, Case Studies, Community Action
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