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Download full textBruno, A. Lee; Wright, L. M., Jr. – 1980
This study examines how jobs are created in rural areas by or with the help of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs involved with local economic development activities. It consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 reviews literature pertinent to the historical perspective and key elements of economic development, economic…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Career Education, Case Studies
Ann Arbor Public Schools, MI. – 1980
Teachers from the Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, completed a black vernacular inservice program during the 1979-80 academic year. This final report of the program was submitted to the superintendent of schools in compliance with a court order and is divided into four sections. The overview summarizes the…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Stearns, Marian S.; And Others – 1980
The document reports findings from the first year of a longitudinal study of the implementation of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Based primarily on interviews with a wide variety of respondents (e.g., administrators, teachers, and parents) from 22 local education agencies (LEAs) in nine states, the report describes…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
In order to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, Project IMPACT studied five problems: (l) how to define impact, (2) how to assess impact, (3) how to show cause and effect relationships between research and development (R&D) activities and changes in the vocational education…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Research
Bache, William; And Others – 1979
This Home Start followup study was designed to determine the long-term impact of Home Start on program participants in sixteen states within the USA. Home Start was a three-year demonstration program which provided Head Start-type comprehensive services to young children (3- to 5-year-olds) and their families in their homes. In Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs, Family (Sociological Unit), Followup Studies
Becker, Wesley C.; Engelmann, Siegfried – 1976
This paper presents an analysis of data assessing the effectiveness of the Engelmann-Becker Direct Instruction Model (E-B) aimed at developing basic academic skills in disadvantaged primary-grade children (with the specific goal of enabling these children to achieve grade-level performance by the end of 3rd grade). The E-B model emphasizes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education
GLASGOW, ROBERT B.; HAMREUS, DALE G. – 1968
A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ADAPTING FOR USE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF AMERICA THE MUSIC TEACHING TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED BY THE GERMAN COMPOSER AND TEACHER, CARL ORFF. THE POPULATION OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS EMPLOYED IN THE STUDY. FIFTEEN STUDENTS FROM EACH CLASSROOM (TOTALING 180 STUDENTS) WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FOR…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary School Students, Feasibility Studies, Heterogeneous Grouping
Albuquerque Univ., NM. – 1975
The University of Albuquerque established a degree program for adults which includes (1) a time shortened concept, (2) a seminar format in the general education program which allows the adult students an opportunity to question, critique, discuss, and engage in scholarly dialogue with seminar preceptors, (3) a flexible schedule that allows adult…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Urban Inst., Washington, DC. – 1978
The feasibility of large-scale, countercyclical public job-creation was assessed. Focus was on how many job-creating activities could be undertaken as well as the job-creation potential and costs of these activities. Data was collected through field visits made to Washington-based federal government and national organizations and to twenty-four…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Ridge, Richard A. – 1977
The planning and development of a program to promote interaction among commuter students at Germanna Community College and to provide for their various needs are described. The program involved establishing an Interaction Center (IC) in 1974, centrally located in proximity to the college's learning resources center and library. The center was to…
Descriptors: College Environment, Community Colleges, Commuting Students, Counseling
Moores, Donald F.; And Others – 1974
Presented is the fourth year report of a 4-year longitudinal study comparing effectiveness of seven preschool programs for deaf children. Schools are seen to emphasize either an oral-aural, Rochester (Oral-aural plus finger spelling), or total communication method of instruction. Included in the report are a brief review of literature on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research
Greenstein, Jules M. – 1975
Thirty deaf children admitted to an auditory training program before age 2 were studied longituninally to age 40 months in an investigation of the effectiveness of early intervention, the relationship between mother-child interaction and language acquisition, and the effectiveness of new devices developed for auditory training. Among findings were…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Deafness, Electromechanical Aids, Exceptional Child Research
Bogatz, Gerry Ann; Ball, Samuel – 1971
To determine the effectiveness of Sesame Street in imparting basic facts and skills to children aged 3-5, data from the first year study was reanalyzed and a second-year research study was undertaken. The second-year study included a new study of 283 disadvantaged children and a followup study of 283 disadvantaged children from the first year…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Childhood Attitudes, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Darkenwald, Gordon G.; And Others – 1974
The study focuses on the Special Projects Program authorized under section 309(b) of the Adult Education Act of 1966 and analyzes the 309(b) program to determine why dissemination of results to local adult basic education (ABE) programs has been less effective than desired. The document contains: (1) An examination of the policies and activities…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Demonstration Programs
Oskamp, Stuart; And Others – 1970
This report is a series on the Program of Special Directed Studies for Transition to College (PSDS), which is a five-year experimental education project aimed at providing a full four-year high-quality college education for disadvantaged youths who would probably not otherwise have been eligible for admission to most four-year colleges. A research…
Descriptors: College Admission, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Quality
