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Lee, Jeanne – 1982
The focus group assessment technique was used to conduct an assessment of continuing education needs of rural women living in or near the Moberly Junior College district. (This technique uses small group interaction to identify responses to a set of questions.) Nine to ten rural women participated in each of two meetings. When a focus group was…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Needs, Females, Methods Research
Loebl, Andrew S.; Campbell, Rex R. – 1974
The traditional dichotomies of urban and rural may no longer be valid. Investigating whether or not there are socially significant areal units to redefine rural and urban areas, the report described one attempt to delineate such units and to test them for sociological utility. Counties were placed in homogeneous social units based upon the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Classification, Concept Formation, Definitions
LEMEN, ROBERT F. – 1965
THE MARK TWAIN SUMMER INSTITUTE OFFERED CHALLENGING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROVIDED EXCELLENT TEACHERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP NEW TECHNIQUES, AND OFFERED AN "INTERN-TEACHER" PROGRAM. THE STUDENTS QUALIFIED TO ATTEND WERE ABLE SECONDARY STUDENTS FROM GRADES 9 THROUGH 12. EACH STUDENT WOULD TAKE ONE NON-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Catalogs, Chinese, Educational Opportunities
BIDDLE, BRUCE J.; SIMPSON, ANN M. – 1961
COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS WERE REPORTED FOR USE IN PROCESSING DATA ON TEACHER ROLES. INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL DATA-PROCESSING METHOD WERE--(1) A PROGRAM FOR TABULATING CONTINGENCY TABLES FROM DATA ON PUNCHED CARDS, (2) A PROGRAM FOR SELECTING AND COMBINING ROWS AND CALCULATING MANN-WHITNEY MEASURES OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Educational Research, Methods Research