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Lam, Tony C. M. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2009
D'Eon et al. concluded that change in performance self-assessment means from before to after a workshop can detect workshop success in their and other situations. In this commentary, their recommendation is refuted by showing that (a) self-assessments with balanced over- and underestimations are still biased and should not be used to evaluate…
Descriptors: Workshops, Success, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Test Bias
Laman, Effie; Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Exceptional Parent, 2007
In this article, the authors present an interview with Don Meyer, an advocate for the siblings of children with disabilities. Don Meyer has conducted "SibShops," a peer support and information for school-age siblings of children with disabilities, and written extensively on the difficult situation of children in this underserved demographic. Here,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Interviews
Feinberg, Barbara – Education Next, 2007
This article discusses the work of Lucy McCormick Calkins, an educator and the visionary founding director of Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. Begun in 1981, the think tank and teacher training institute has since trained hundreds of thousands of educators across the country. Calkins is one of the original architects of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Change Agents, Program Effectiveness, Institutional Research
Hendon, David H.; Barlow, Judith L. – Training, 1985
Presents (with tongue in cheek) a four-style behavior model guaranteed to produce excellence in the four types of trainees: nematodes (docile but learn nothing), gerbils (fond of noncompetitive games and hugging), warthogs (like to attend expensive seminars), and Cro-Magnon (like to interpret to others as opposed to actually learning anything…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Behavior Patterns, Program Effectiveness, Seminars

Nelson, Nici; And Others – Community Development Journal, 1986
The first two articles discuss the Nongovernmental Organization Forum on women's issues, held in Nairobi, Kenya; the third reviews "The Invisible Decade--U.K. Women and the U.N. Decade 1976-1985"; and the fourth identifies the oppressed status of Nepalese women. (CT)
Descriptors: Conferences, Developing Nations, Females, Feminism

Schuster, John W. – Mental Retardation, 1990
Sheltered workshops are asserted to be failing to provide mentally retarded clients with appropriate work experiences because of low wage rates, unavailability of work, changing industrial forecasts for blue collar employment, financial dependence, tax returns, segregation, and normalization issues. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Mental Retardation, Normalization (Handicapped), Program Effectiveness
Craig, Marjorie – Child and Youth Care Administrator, 1995
Presents a 10-point model for providing quality training within child protection organizations. Suggests that training can be a precision instrument to create change because its objectives, content, and methods are controllable, ongoing, and pervasive. Notes that by assuming responsibility and using time and energy to find solutions, the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adolescents, Child Advocacy, Children

Kregel, John – Remedial and Special Education, 1997
Summarizes the present status of supported employment for people with disabilities, discusses major accomplishments of the initiative (such as positive results in benefit-cost analyses) and identifies challenges, including continuing high numbers of individuals in segregated programs, lack of supported employment services for individuals with…
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Ezell, Charlaine; McMahon, Patrick – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1991
Presents a scenario outlined by a librarian interested in sponsoring a staff development program together with a hired consultant. It is argued that, through candid discussions and a commitment to shared program goals, a successful match can be made between a librarian and the consultant. (MAB)
Descriptors: Consultants, Cooperative Planning, Interprofessional Relationship, Librarians

Wehman, Paul; And Others – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1987
Examines a study conducted by Lam (1986) which compared sheltered and supported employment programs for persons with mental retardation. Discusses how study was designed and how some conclusions were drawn. Raises questions about outcome data interpretation and presents alternative means of comparing program models. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mental Retardation, Program Effectiveness, Research Problems

Lam, Chow S. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1987
Responds to comments made by Wehman, Hill, Kregel, and Moon (1987) concerning the results of Lam's 1986 study comparing supported and sheltered employment programs for persons with mental retardation. Addresses specific questions raised by Wehman and his colleagues and discusses research issues on sample comparability. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mental Retardation, Program Effectiveness, Research Problems

Martin, Miriam E.; Buckwalter, Kathleen C. – Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 1984
Proposes the use of experiential workshops as an effective educational approach to assessing and influencing the attitudes of nurses, the primary providers of care for elderly patients with multiple health problems. (JOW)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Continuing Education, Educational Strategies, Experiential Learning

Kaufman, Douglas – Language Arts, 2001
Takes the position that the organization and management of successful, progressive language arts programs play a role fundamentally different than the one they play in classrooms that might be called "traditional." Notes that in progressive classrooms, organization and management serve to promote and channel independent student movement, whereas…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Conventional Instruction, Experimental Teaching
Casper, Paul; Roecks, Alan – 1982
To increase the value of teacher inservice workshops, the authors of this paper suggest obtaining teacher participation in the selection of workshop topics and interviewing teachers to determine their utilization of the methods presented in the workshops. Noting that participants found fewer than half of 52 selected workshops both necessary and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Hoyt, Kenneth B. – 1980
This monograph is one in a series designed to report, in narrative form, discussions that took place during a series of mini-conferences for local K-12 career education coordinators on the subject of staff development in career education. The monograph covers two broad concerns: the substance of staff development in career education; and how staff…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
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