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Carlson, John E. – 1985
This paper analyzes the Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Area School District's foreign language exploration (FLEX) program's effectiveness regarding the students' decisions when electing a sequential program of language courses. The FLEX program in French, German, and Spanish was implemented in three middle schools in the years 1981-85 and was…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Elementary Education, Enrollment Influences, FLES
O'Brien, Peter; And Others – 1982
To explore long-range outcomes of the Mt. Druitt Early Childhood intervention project and to investigate the development of children in Australian government schools, research was begun in 1981 which included elements of both followup and longitudinal studies. The Mt. Druitt Longitudinal Study, discussed in this report, broadened the emphasis of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Child Development, Early Childhood Education
Patrylo, Carole A. – 1985
A 20-minute-long videotape program, intended for regular classroom teachers involved in mainstreaming, was developed and implemented to meet in-service needs of elementary school teachers in Cherry Hill, a township in Camden County, New Jersey. Included in the videotape program were an explanation of Public Law 94-142; an overview of the decision…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bibliographies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
King, Nicki J.; And Others – 1977
Beginning with program year 1975-76, Title IV was implemented to help school districts end sex discrimination. This report describes how this additional responsibility has affected Title IV projects. The analysis focuses equally on two components: 1) identifying how outcome variables seemed important in the project's delivery of race and sex…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Coordination, Program Descriptions
Glass, J. Conrad, Jr.; Knott, Elizabeth S. – 1981
A study examined whether middle-aged adults' attitudes toward persons could be changed in a positive direction through planned educational experiences designed specifically to change attitudes. A sample of 162 middle-aged adults from various sections of North Carolina (89 of whom constituted the experimental group and 79 of whom comprised the…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Attitude Change, Demography, Followup Studies
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1981
Data from 8 of the 13 instruments used to provide answers to the decision and evaluation questions for evaluation of the 1980-81 ESEA Title I regular program in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District comprise Volume II of the final technical report. A separate appendix for each instrument includes a description of its purpose, procedure,…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Jacques, Barbara; Haller, Charles – 1981
A feasibility study was conducted to determine if the Teacher Center concept can be a logical and productive method of serving staff development needs of Connecticut vocational educators. A questionnaire was distributed to 1150 vocational education teachers in state regional vocational technical schools, regional vocational agriculture centers,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Feasibility Studies, Needs Assessment, Postsecondary Education
Martinson, Linda; And Others – 1978
In an effort to evaluate the effectiveness of the Georgia Life Skills for Mental Health Leader's Guides, a panel of 13 teachers who had used the materials was assembled. The panel members filled out extensive questionnaires assessing the educational value, communicability, motivational value, utility and format of the Guides, whose purpose is to…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Activities
LALIBERTE, RICHARD A. – 1966
A PILOT JUNIOR HIGH SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM, PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS FROM ECONOMICALLY AND CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING THEIR SKILLS IN LANGUAGE ARTS (PARTICULARLY READING) AND ARITHMETIC, WAS EVALUATED AFTER ITS INITIATION IN THE OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Disadvantaged Youth, Followup Studies, Junior High School Students
Storey, Kim Susan – 1979
The impact of the Feeling Free television series in mainstreamed classrooms was examined to determine if, in what ways, and under what ways it promoted children's awareness, understanding, and acceptance of handicapped people. (Feeling Free is addressed to third through fifth graders to enhance their awareness and understanding of disabled…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Career Education, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Television
Fahrer, Robert F.; And Others – 1976
In an attempt to begin assessing perceived needs of Washington State University students living in this institution's residence halls, the Department of Residence Living sought the responses to a 106-question survey. The general residential living areas assessed were: Personal Development; Residence Hall and General University Social and…
Descriptors: College Students, Dormitories, Food Service, Higher Education
Donohue, Gregory; Rainear, Arthur D.
Surveyed were the program planning processes employed by 40 New Jersey schools in establishing resource rooms as alternatives to self-contained special classes for handicapped children. Responses to questionnaire items indicated that a majority of the schools surveyed did not formally evaluate their previous self-contained program to determine its…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Handicapped Children
Bekker, Gerald; Christiansen, James E. – 1975
An evaluation model was developed to measure the effectiveness of pilot programs in vocational education for handicapped persons in selected State schools and State hospitals in Texas. The model was field-tested by conducting evaluations of 16 pilot programs in vocational education for the handicapped located in seven State schools/hospitals. Data…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Disabilities, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods
Samers, Bernard N.; And Others – 1974
Described is the final phase of a study directed at the development of an on-the-job training (OJT) costing methodology. Utilizing a modification of survey techniques tested and evaluated during the previous phase, estimates were obtained for the cost of OJT for airman training from the l-level (unskilled to the 3-level (semiskilled) in five…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Methods Research, Military Personnel
Developmental Behavior Associates, Madison, WI. – 1971
Through the use of questionnaires and interviews, handicapped students and graduates, teachers and employers were surveyed to determine how effective they found vocational schools to be in meeting the vocational adjustment needs of handicapped students. While results of the survey indicate that students were generally satisfied with their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employer Attitudes, Handicapped Students, Program Effectiveness
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