Regular evaluation of environmental education is important for quality assurance and the self-assessment of educational institutions such as zoos. However, capacity is often lacking. Therefore, this study presents instruments that can be used to track the impact of educational programs on connection to nature, interest in species conservation,…

The establishment of national experimental teaching demonstration centers (NETDCs) in China has played an important role in improving the experimental teaching level in universities and colleges, promoting scientific research, and cultivating innovative talents for national- and region-level innovations. However, how to promote the sustainable…

This study investigated the influence of synchronous online learning on students' and parents' perceptions of online learning. The research design was a mixed method approach that utilized survey questions administered to teachers, students, and parents at a demonstration school in Thailand. The findings revealed that Microsoft Teams and Zoom were…

We investigated how student understanding of complex science topics was impacted when 27 teachers switched from typical to inquiry instruction in a delayed cohort comparison design study. For the same set of science topics, the teachers used typical methods of instruction in the first year and online, visualization rich inquiry units in the second…

This qualitative case study explored the experiences of eight observing teachers, a demonstration teacher, and a program department consultant, who over a nine-month period participated in a demonstration classroom professional development initiative. Analyses of participants' experiences documented how the initiative created a catalyst for…

The second interim report covers the time period from July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975, phase two of the project. The document consists of four separate reports: a report summary, reports of the two demonstration centers, and a third party evaluation by Educational Management Services, Inc. The 13-page summary describes the overall project. A 39-page…

Recommendations based on the two-and-a-half-year history of The Demonstration Center for Language Handicapped (LH) Children are reported. Noted are such recommendations as the following: that each school district develop its own operational definition of LH based on the state definition, adding the concept of significant discrepancy between…

This report includes the application for validation, the state review form, and the on-site validation form for a demonstration center based on a computer-managed system of reading instruction. The project seeks to provide locally constructed diagnostic tests, computer-indexed teaching materials, criterion-referenced tests, and periodic summaries…

Phase 3 of the Career Education Resource Laboratory (CERL) project at Eastern Illinois University consisted of three major activity areas: demonstrations, disseminations, and workshops. CERL's demonstrations of Computerized Vocational Information System (CVIS) were conducted at Eastern Illinois University and the Comprehensive Illinois…

The major problem investigated in this study focused on the views of principle administrators of the state departments of education (SDE) toward the service roles of campus laboratory schools. A secondary problem investigated concerned the comparison of the perceptions of SDE administrators when categorized according to their regional accrediting…

The Urban Adult Learning Center's (UALC) primary goal is to improve and expand the educational and employment opportunities for all residents in the Portland Model Cities target area who are 16 years of age or older and who have not reached the eighth grade educational level. The Phase Two Foundation section reviews historical background and goals…

This final report covers the third year of a three-year authorization to carry out media learning systems design and administration training. Nine of twelve educators accepting grant awards successfully completed the program. This project was offered as a block of thirty credits of graduate study beyond the Master's degree. The teaching of the…

This study explores how an Inquiry-Based Demonstration Classroom (IBDC) professional development program affects the extended inquiry instruction of secondary science teachers and how teachers view their extended inquiry practice while involved in the IBDC professional development program. To assess the impact of the program on participants'…

Identifying and providing the most appropriate classroom environment for living organisms can be time consuming, expensive, and sometimes seemingly impossible. This document, a collection of 2-4 page articles from "Sciences and Children," provides useful information on the collecting and culturing of plants and animals. Among the 43 chapters are:…

The Demonstration Center for Language Handicapped (LH) Children is described as a project, executed in two Texas public schools between 1971 and 1973, which evaluated the following three treatment approaches to LH students: regular classroom placement and provision of inservice training and appropriate materials to the regular teacher; regular…