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Download full textLinke, R. D. – 1971
An experimental course covering some of the fundamental principles and terminology associated with environmental science and the application of these principles to various contemporary problems is summarized in this report. The course involved a series of lectures together with a program of specific seminar and discussion topics presented by the…
Descriptors: Courses, Environmental Education, Evaluation, Experimental Programs
Center for New Schools, Inc., Chicago, IL. – 1973
This publication discusses a school evaluation model developed by the Center for New Schools (CNS) for use in evaluating Cleveland's New School. Section 1 describes three key principles that underlie the CNS model and discusses the rationale behind each of those principles. The three principles include (1) facilitating community participation in…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. School of Library Science. – 1973
During the 1972-1973 year the Leadership Training Institute (LTI) implemented a variety of program activities to improve training skills, to assess needs, and to package certain products for dissemination to the profession in general. Specific activities included training sessions, on-site visits, development of instructional materials, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Evaluation, Experimental Programs, Institutes (Training Programs)
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1980
More than 250,000 federal employees nationwide are participating in a three-year voluntary experiment to find out if the federal government can successfully use flexible and compressed work schedules as alternatives to the traditional eight-hour day, forty-hour workweek. If the experiment is a success, the Congress may modify laws to allow…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Experimental Programs, Feasibility Studies, Federal Government
Twelker, Paul A.; And Others – 1972
The World Forum program gives college students an opportunity to explore a particular problem of personal and/or social consequence in the context of its anticipated alternative futures. This report explicates the nature of the program and describes the evaluation results of the developmental tryout. The goals of the program, developmental…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Evaluation
Persons, Scott; And Others – 1973
Three documents describe the Project Success Environment Program, which was funded to help alleviate behavioral and academic problems of children from urban, low-socio-economic backgrounds by providing them with an opportunity to experience success in school. The program, sponsored by the Atlanta Public Schools, consisted of: (1) a positive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Classroom Design, Contingency Management
SEXTON, PATRICIA CAYO
IN THIS STUDY OF EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION BASIS EDUCATION PROJECTS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS, VISITS WERE MADE TO THE JOB UPGRADING PROJECT (NORTH RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA), THE MAYOR'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROJECT (DETROIT), THE LANE COUNTY YOUTH PROJECT (EUGENE, OREGON), JOB OPPORTUNITIES, THROUGH BETTER SKILLS (CHICAGO), THE YMCA…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Audiovisual Aids, Blacks, Class Size
Svicarovich, John, Ed. – 1974
The manual describes an offcampus intern program for 12th-grade students in political science. Description of the project, Government Responsibility and Student Participation (GRASP), is divided into six chapters. Chapter I, Deciding Whether to Adopt the Model, identifies the need for an intern course and projects presumed student accomplishments…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Evaluation, Experimental Programs
