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Download full textWisher, Robert A.; Curnow, Christina K. – 1998
This paper describes techniques for creating a simplified form for evaluating the effectiveness of a distance learning event (i.e., a training or educational program occurring within 1 day) for which the development of comprehensive measures is often not feasible because the brevity of the event precludes the justification for a lengthy…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Distance Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Reed, Rodney J. – 1983
The annual Institute for School Administrators, founded on Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Knowles' theory of adult learning, was initiated in 1979 at the University of California, Berkeley. After identifying participants' needs, a panel of school administrators and university professors develop the annual program. The Institute's general goals…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Institutes (Training Programs)
WALL, LEWIS E. – 1967
FIVE 8-WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTES IN BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING WERE CONDUCTED FROM 1963 TO 1965 TO ASSIST 353 PARTICIPANTS IN DEVELOPING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ESSENTIAL FOR TEACHING SPECIALIZED COURSES IN A 2-YEAR VOCATIONAL PREPARATORY CURRICULUM IN BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING. THIS STUDY AIMED TO DETERMINE (1) THE INSTITUTES' SUCCESS IN ALLEVIATING…
Descriptors: Business Education, Data Processing, Institutes (Training Programs), Program Descriptions
Fulp, Sherri L.; Banilower, Eric R. – American Association of Physics Teachers (NJ1), 2006
In July of 2005, the American Association of Physics Teachers/Physics Teacher Resource Agents (AAPT/PTRA) Rural Project gathered 73 PTRAs at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City for the annual AAPT/PTRA Leadership Institute. The major goal for the summer institute is to provide the PTRAs with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively lead…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Rural Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Berger, Allen; Evans, William H. – Reading Impr, 1969
Presents methods and materials used in an NDEA Institute to teach secondary school teachers of reading and English. Participants were expected to instruct the teachers in their school systems in new programs and methods. Discussion of the results of the Institute and their implications for other institute sessions concludes the article.…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Instructional Materials
Lyons, Thomas M.; Knight, Glen A. – 1985
A model project was conducted to demonstrate how Chrysler, in partnership with the education community and the government, could provide technical training to enable displaced workers to contribute to the "H-Body" car launch, to improve their job skills, and to enhance their future employability. The training was conducted on a pilot…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dislocated Workers, Industrial Training, Institutes (Training Programs)
Lounsbury, John F. – 1974
This 1974 report describes the history of the Commission on College Geography, which was supported by the National Science Foundation. There are four major parts to the paper. Part I deals with the objectives of the commission. It was established in 1963 as an outgrowth of the work of the Liberal Education Committee appointed by the Council of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Consultation Programs, Educational History, Educational Objectives
Banilower, Eric – American Association of Physics Teachers (NJ1), 2003
This report summarizes the activities and findings of Horizon Research, Inc. (HRI) in its external evaluation of Rural Physics Teacher Resource Agents (PTRA) project. The report details HRI's work and findings since June 2002. The project is on schedule for going to scale with the rural centers model, establishing four centers in Year One and…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Rural Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Fulp, Sherri L.; Banilower, Eric R. – American Association of Physics Teachers (NJ1), 2005
This report summarizes the activities and findings of Horizon Research, Inc. (HRI) in its external evaluation of the American Association of Physic Teachers (APPT's) Rural Physics Teacher Resource Agents (PTRA) project. The report details HRI's work and findings since June 2004. The report is divided into five main sections. The first provides an…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Rural Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Peer reviewedPruitt, B. E.; And Others – Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion, 1993
The Postgraduate Institute on Comprehensive Health Education improved inservice training for health teachers, bringing them together with health researchers and expanding the coverage of health education topics and health skills. Pre- and posttest data indicated that participants increased the number of health topics and health skills taught in…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Health Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Trovato, Charlene A.; And Others – 1993
An evaluation was conducted of a summer institute on assessment in adult literacy held at the University of Pittsburgh. The summer institute was designed to enable program administrators and instructors to hear experts in the field of adult assessment discuss, in depth, the issues that are common to all adult literacy providers. Participants had…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Educational Assessment
Gandara, Patricia – 1983
The effectiveness of the Second Language Institutes, summer programs designed to instruct educators of limited English proficient children in languages, cultural awareness, and assessment methods, was evaluated. Data were collected through site observation and interviews, and questionnaires completed by institute participants and their…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Language Tests
Regional English Center (Singapore). – 1969
The regional seminar on the evaluation of the Teacher Education Program (TEP) tryout was held at the Regional English Language Center (RELC) in 1968. The seminar's purpose was to determine the usefulness of TEP in preparing teachers of English as a second language in the RELC member countries in Southeast Asia. This document is the seminar report.…
Descriptors: Education Service Centers, English (Second Language), Experimental Programs, Institutes (Training Programs)
Peer reviewedOrlich, Donald C. – Science and Children, 1984
Discusses several research studies that relate directly to elementary school science inservice education projects. Studies reviewed focus on metric achievement; year-long projects; one-day projects; minicourses; curriculum changes; and periodic maintenance. Also cites criticisms of existing programs and qualities an effective inservice program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Inservice Teacher Education
Balschweid, Mark A.; Thompson, Greg W.; Cole, R. L. – 1997
A study determined if 52 responding participants (of 81) in the Summer Agriculture Institute (SAI) used the agricultural information in their curricula. The Department of Agriculture Education and General Agriculture, Oregon State University, and the Oregon Farm Bureau established SAI to give nonagricultural K-12 teachers an overview of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education
