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Download full textMarco, Gary L. – 1969
A pretest-posttest design for measuring the effects of educational programs uses comparison groups consisting of pupils like those in the treatment group but not getting that particular treatment. Although the design is geared primarily to evaluation of Title I programs in large cities, it should also apply to other situations. The plan for…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Measurement Techniques, Pretesting, Pretests Posttests
Novack, Stanley R. – Training, 1976
A statistical method, Fishers Table of t (or t ratio), is used to determine the statistical significance of a comparison of results from pretests and post-tests of knowledge and skill taken by training program participants. A statistically significant improvement can demonstrate training effectiveness. (MS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods, Pretesting
Beck, Ray; Talkington, Larry W. – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Testing, Educational Programs, Intelligence
Richards, James M., Jr. – 1974
Recent research results strongly suggest that the theoretical problems of change measures have limited practical significance for measuring individual growth, and it is important to determine whether this is also the case for measuring school impact. Accordingly, in this study artifical data were used to assess the correlation between several…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Computer Programs, Educational Change, Educational Programs
Berty, Ernest – 1970
This guide draws from numerous evaluation models to provide a frame of reference in the development and execution of an evaluation plan for pilot programs. Emphasis is on the development of an evaluation design; construction of instruments or the analysis and interpretation of results is not discussed. A selected bibliography for further in-depth…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Data Collection, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. – 1969
As a preliminary step in establishing bases for food service training programs, data were collected from a sample of institutions including 4,496 restaurants, 158 hospitals, 436 nursing homes, and 343 custodial homes. A second phase involved developing inventories of attitudes toward food service employment and administering them to high school…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Control Groups, Educational Experiments, Educational Planning
LISENSKY, ROBERT; WITHROW, FRANK B. – 1966
TO COUNTERACT THE NEGATIVE ATTITUDES AND ABNORMAL ATMOSPHERE AMONG DEAF CHILDREN IN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS, A SEX EDUCATION CURRICULUM WAS DEVELOPED BY A STUDY GROUP COMPOSED OF TEAHCERS OF THE DEAF, SOCIAL HYGIENE PERSONNEL, AND A SOCIOLOGIST. A CONTROL GROUP WAS OBTAINED FROM THE INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF MATCHING FACTORS SUCH AS AGE, SEX,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Moody, Janet L. – 1971
The program provided learning experiences for 112 children aged 3 to 10 (approximately 62 percent of whom were East Indian), some of whom had specific learning difficulties. The experiences were intended to improve language abilities, motor-perceptual skills, socialization, enhance self-concepts, and evoke more positive feelings toward school.…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Case Studies, Disadvantaged, Educational Programs
