Evaluated effectiveness of instruction and presentation format of course on alcohol consumption and safe driving given to individuals convicted of first offense of driving while under the influence. Results showed that instructional information significantly increased clients' knowledge of alcohol and drug abuse and safe driving; course did not…

Presents findings from a study of teachers' attitudes about their drug education curriculum. Teachers regarded knowledge about drugs to be comparatively less important than other goals for the reduction of drug use, calling into question the specialized drug curriculum. Better alternatives may include strengthening traditional school programs and…

The evaluation of instructional program effects traditionally operates on pre-to-post, group-level, gain-score models. A critical features scale was developed to track the critical incidents of selected students during a series of alcohol-education classes. The results are preliminary, problematic, but promising. (Author)