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Download full textMartin, Taylor; Brasiel, Sarah J.; Turner, Herb; Wise, John C. – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2012
This study examines the effects of Connected Mathematics Project 2 (CMP2) on grade 6 student mathematics achievement and engagement using a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) design. It responds to a need to improve mathematics learning in the Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC). Findings…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Intervention, Observation, Mathematics Achievement
Peer reviewedKapes, Jerome T.; Martin, Randall B. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1978
Data from a Pennsylvania longitudinal vocational development study were used to test the congruency aspect of Holland's theory of vocational choice with a sample of high school males enrolled in the vocational-technical curriculum. Limited support for the applicability of Holland's theory of congruency-incongruency was found. (MF)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Interest Inventories, Males, Personality
Pandya, Himanshu; Curtis, Samuel M. – Agricultural Education, 1978
A followup survey of Pennsylvania eighth grade students previously inventoried for agricultural interest indicated that those students who later enrolled in high school vocational agriculture courses had shown higher interest scores on the inventory. Both sets of data are compared, with implications for vocational agriculture counseling. (MF)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Enrollment Influences, Followup Studies, Interest Inventories
Direct linkDowns, Danielle Symons; Graham, George M.; Yang, Stephen; Bargainnier, Sandra; Vasil, Jay – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2006
The study purposes were to examine: (a) the determinants of exercise intention and past exercise behavior (PEB) using the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior, and (b) the moderating influences of sex and exercise group (meeting or not meeting exercise guidelines). Participants (n = 676 adolescents) completed self-reported measures of…
Descriptors: Exercise, Intention, Behavior Theories, Measurement Techniques
GERSTMAN, HUBERT L.; SIEGENTHALER, BRUCE M. – 1960
AN ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF CHILD MOTIVATION IN STRUCTURED SPEECH AND HEARING THERAPY BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT CHILDREN WHO NEED THIS TYPE OF HELP HAVE A CONSCIOUS DESIRE FOR IMPROVEMENT. PERTINENT LITERATURE WAS SURVEYED TO ESTABLISH A LISTING OF COMMON MOTIVES, DESIRES, AND NEEDS OF PEOPLE, AND A MOTIVATIONAL PREFERENCE EXAMINATION WAS…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Handicapped Children, Interest Inventories, Learning Experience
FLANAGAN, JOHN C.; AND OTHERS – 1960
THE STEPS IN PLANNING AND CARRYING OUT THE INITIAL PROJECT ARE OUTLINED. THE PROJECT IS AIMED AT PROVIDING A SOUND FACTUAL BASIS WHICH WOULD ASSIST PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN HELPING EACH INDIVIDUAL TO REALIZE HIS GREATEST POTENTIAL. TESTS WERE DEVISED TO ANALYZE APTITUDE, ACHIEVEMENT, INTEREST, AND PERSONALITY. THE 2-DAY TEST…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Rating, High School Students
Sala, Frank C. – 1976
This report presents the evaluation of a court approved desegregation plan for elementary schools in the school district of the City of Erie, Pennsylvania, starting with the school year in September 1975. The plan was that the district's elementary school would house grades K-5. Two elementary schools, Garfield and Longfellow, would close and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bus Transportation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects
Bennett, Mary Beth – 1990
The Applied Biological and Agribusiness Interest Inventory was revised to reflect seven agricultural career clusters and to measure agricultural interest of eighth-grade students. A study conducted in Pennsylvania tested the interests of 8th-grade students and then developed scoring keys using 10th-grade students as the basis for the key. The…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Career Counseling
MAYFIELD, CLIFTON E.; AND OTHERS – 1966
INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT ARE SEPARATE EVALUATIONS OF 19 PROJECTS AND FIVE SUBPROJECTS, A DESCRIPTION OF A PROGRAM TO MASS-TEST A CROSS SECTION OF PUPILS FROM TITLE I SCHOOLS, AND THE RESULTS OF AN ACROSS-PROJECT TITLE I SURVEY. SIX OF THE PROJECTS (READING PROGRAM, MODERN MATHEMATICS, SCHOOL-COMMUNITY COORDINATORS, ELEMENTARY ART, COUNSELOR AIDES)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Attitudes, Compensatory Education
Baggett, Connie D.; Banski, Kathleen – 1988
The development of individualized educational programs (IEPs) has become a burden for many secondary school systems. The primary objective of the project described in this report was to develop a computer system that would help in the development of IEPs for all 15,000 handicapped and/or disadvantaged students enrolled in Pennsylvania's vocational…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, Computer System Design, Diagnostic Tests
