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Atkinson, Donald R. – 1979
A project was conducted to design, develop, and evaluate the effectiveness of bilingual (Spanish and English) career education materials for adult farmworkers with limited English-speaking ability. A career education manual, a series of audio- and video-taped interviews with former farmworkers employed in various job cluster areas, and a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Bilingual Education, Career Education
Holmes, Dennis H. – 1979
High attrition rate and under representation of educationally disadvantaged youth in vocational education programs were the policy issues behind the development and piloting of the Consolidated Services Demonstration Project in seven California high schools. The three-year project sought to integrate the separated programs for compensatory,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Basic Skills, Career Education
Hepburn, Mary A. – 1980
This paper describes and evaluates a citizenship education project for elementary and secondary schools. The specific purpose of the project was to develop and test a model to improve political knowledge and attitudes of students by systematically infusing political/citizenship education into existing elementary and secondary social studies…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Citizenship Education, Cognitive Objectives, Educational Assessment
Kagan, Sharon L. – 1978
This paper explores, from the perspective of a local practitioner, phases and effects of implementing a national education demonstration project at the local level. The pivotal role of the locality, its history and its economic realities, is emphasized. Drawing from her experience in planning and implementing a demonstration effort in a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Characteristics, Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation
Wurzburg, Gregory – 1979
This overview of an evaluation of prime sponsor implementation of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA), offers an interpretation of ten case study findings. It is divided into four principal parts. The first, "Summary of Findings and Recommendations," summarizes findings about local programs implementing YEDPA and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Fischer, Joan Keller; And Others – 1980
This report on the state level use and application of the 1971-1977 Adult Performance Level (APL) study contains two reports: "Competencies for Adult Basic Education and Diploma Programs: A Summary of Studies and Cross-Reference of Results." by Joan Keller Fischer and "The APL Study: Science, Dissemination, and the Nature of Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Competence, Competency Based Education
Nerenz, Anne G.; And Others – 1980
Individually Guided Education (IGE) is a complex educational system intended to enable the elementary school to provide an environment where students learn at a rate and in a manner appropriate to their own learning styles. This descriptive study concerns the implementation of the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development (WDRSD), an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1980
This publication contains the presentations of the general sessions and special interest groups of the third regional meeting of the Faculty Development in Nursing Education Project (Atlanta, Georgia, October 14-16, 1979). The first two speeches are keynote presentations. Cognitive and Affective Education discusses Piaget's construction of…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Attitudes, Beliefs, Clinical Experience
Bettis, Glenn E.; Hyder, Carroll R. – 1978
A study was conducted to develop and implement a one- and five-year student and employer-based follow-up study of secondary vocational education programs in Tennessee. Questionnaires were sent to 1,013 students who graduated in 1975-76 and to 92 of their employers. It was found that (1) students in both groups rated the Tennessee vocational…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns, Failure
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1979
The review of states' and local districts' progress in implementing the Education Amendments of 1976 regarding vocational education was the purpose of the Oversight Hearing on Vocational Education before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education. Prepared statements and testimony were given by various persons, including…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Educational Needs, Federal Aid
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
A study was conducted to examine federally assisted employment and training programs in the Tidewater, Virginia, area during fiscal year 1977. The General Accounting Office found forty-four programs with similar goals attempting to assist virtually the same people. These were authorized through sixteen separate legislative authorities, creating a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
MORTON, F. RAND – 1967
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORIGINAL MORTON-MICHIGAN ALLP-II PROGRAMMED SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSE IS PRESENTED. AN ENUMERATION OF THE "TERMINAL REVISIONS" MADE ON THE PROGRAM TO INCREASE ITS PEDAGOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS FOLLOWS. FOUR TASKS COMPRISING THE PROGRAM INVOLVE INSTRUCTION IN SOUND DISCRIMINATION, VOCALIZATION OF SPANISH SOUNDS, STUDENT…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Skills, Auditory Discrimination, College Language Programs
Committee on Administration of Training Programs, Washington, DC. – 1968
The Committee studied the administration of training under federal programs including Manpower Development and Training, Economic Opportunity, Adult Basic Education, Vocational Education, Work-Study Program, Social Security, Vocational Rehabilitation, and National Apprenticeship Training Acts, as well as selected administratively established…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Mangum, Garth L. – 1967
As a part of a larger project under grant from the Ford Foundation to evaluate federal manpower policies and programs, this evaluation of the training efforts under Title II of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) made use of data provided by the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare. By the end of fiscal 1967, 1.2…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Center for Disease Control (DHEW/PHS), Atlanta, GA. – 1973
This booklet describes a health education program designed to instruct children in proper health care. The model curriculum for this project consists of three intensive units of study, one each at the fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-grade levels. Each unit is organized around a body system: lungs and respiratory system for the fifth grade, heart and…
Descriptors: Biology, Body Image, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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