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Download full textMeade, William F.; Griffin, Lawrence M. – 1969
This final report concludes a one-year study of the individually prescribed instruction (IPI) mathematics program as an instructional approach in grades 1-6. A comparison was made in one school district between traditional classes and those under the IPI program. Classes were matched by mean I.Q., previous mathematics achievement, and…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Elementary School Mathematics, Experimental Programs
Bair, James H. – 1974
The Augmented Human Intellect (AHI) system is a computer-based system designed to store, structure, and retrieve textual information in a way congruent with the characteristics of the individual. It provides for the hierarchical ordering of information and for the manipulation of text through a system of cross-referencing, modification, and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Computers, Experimental Programs, Human Factors Engineering
Keilty, Joseph W.; Greene, John F. – 1973
The Multiple Alternatives Program (MAP) represented an open experimental approach to graduate education. Assuming attitudinal changes must necessarily precede effective new learning, the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of MAP on attitudes and self-concepts of participants. The statistically significant findings indicate that the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Experimental Programs, Graduate Students
Krahm, Barbara – 1972
The purpose of this study, a doctoral thesis project, was to determine the attitudes of selected principals and teachers relative to their open and closed belief systems, science commitment levels, and opinions as to the extent of agreement or disagreement regarding the adoption and implementation of the "Regents Experimental Earth Science…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Earth Science, Educational Research
Davis, Gary A. – 1970
A workbook designed to teach creative attitudes and idea-producing techniques, previously used successfully with middle-class students, was field tested with 6th and 8th grade inner city students divided into training and control groups. Results were evaluated by an attitude survey and three subtests from the Torrance Battery. The results were…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Conferences, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Rosenthal, Ted L.; and others – Psychol Sch, 1970
Short term intensive training and long term diffuse training under resource personnel both produced substantial modification of teacher classroom behaviors. Creates optimism regarding reliance upon environmental stimulation to foster academic and behavioral improvements. (CJ)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Experimental Programs
DeVenney, William S. – 1969
This report contains the findings of a two-year experiment with junior high school low achievers in mathematics. The main purpose of the experiment was to develop a program which would relieve low achieving junior high school students from the burdens of computation as much as possible. The experiment was also designed to determine what effect…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Experimental Programs, Low Achievement
DeVenney, William S. – 1969
This report contains the findings of a two-year experiment with junior high school low achievers in mathematics. The main purpose of the experiment was to develop a program which would relieve low achieving junior high school students from the burdens of computation as much as possible. The experiment was also designed to determine what effect…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Experimental Programs, Low Achievement
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1975
The purpose of this project was to relate mathematics studies to the students' natural enthusiasm for popular music and favorite performers. Learning modules rather than lesson plans were used as the teaching approach in the experimental music-mathematics classes. Stated objectives of the project were (1) to motivate students to learn to code and…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Evaluation, Experimental Programs
Zdep, S. M. – 1970
A one-year experimental program that transported a total of 38 "volunteer" disadvantaged city children to schools in a nearby suburban community was evaluated in grades 1 and 2. Twenty-six of the 38 children were in a total of 12 different classes at these two grade levels. At the conclusion of the program, transported first graders…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Bus Transportation, Community Attitudes
Tuckman, Bruce W. – 1974
The differentiated outcome hypothesis posits that the maximum effects of an educational program are realized along those dimensions emphasized in the program or in those central to the persons involved. The idea that educational programs employing unconventional means should be examined on outcomes that are consistent with those means is derived…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Behavior Change, Evaluation Criteria
MONTMINY, J.P. – 1968
THIS REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION BY CARLETON OPINION RESEARCH SERVICES, IS A CONDENSATION OF A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY IN THE PILOT REGION OF THE BAEQ (BUREAU D'AMENAGEMENT DE L'EST DU QUEBEC). MEETINGS WERE HELD IN 1964 IN THE DIOCESES OF RIMOUSKI AND GASPE TO HELP INDUCE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGYMEN TO…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Catholics, Change Agents, Church Role
Smathers, Keener, Ed. – 1974
In February of 1974, 135 representatives of 40 colleges and universities from the U.S. and Canada met for the first time to share experiences and programs relative to experimental outdoor education, and these conference proceedings contain the 7 major addresses and a condensed sampling of other presentations from individual college programs.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Conference Reports, Educational Development, Educational Finance
Darcy, Robert L.; And Others – 1974
Using longitudinal data gathered over a 5-year period, a cohort of 645 male and female students was studied (n=242) to determine the impact of an experimental manpower economics course on world-of-work understanding, attitudes, education-related and employment-related behavior. While the eighth grade course (given fall semester 1967-68) had…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Education, Career Planning, Economics Education
Greene, Shirley E. – 1954
In 1951, the National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor and 6 of its member organizations sponsored a research project designed to provide a factual, objective basis for plans and programs to improve the educational opportunities and experience of migratory agricultural workers' children. The project extended from July 1, 1952 to December 31,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Economic Factors, Educational Background
