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Walker, David; And Others – 1983
A program funded by USAID to help the Adult Literacy Organization of Zimbabwe (ALOZ) increase its capacity to provide training and supervision for adult literacy teachers and to publish and distribute literacy texts is evaluated. Methodology used included questionnaires, interviews with ALOZ staff, observation of grant activities, and a review of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Education, Educational Objectives
Palmer, Francis H. – 1977
This document reviews evidence on the effects of early childhood intervention programs. A brief discussion of the issues surrounding the support and funding of compensatory education is presented and 10 preschool intervention programs (involving more than 2,000 children in various experimental and control groups) in which evaluation data were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement
Donovan, Richard A. – 1976
Highlights are presented of programs designed to aid students underprepared for college level work at the ten institutions chosen as Associates for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) National Project II: Alternatives to the Revolving Door. The selected programs include: those at Bronx Community College, the Educational…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Counseling, Educationally Disadvantaged
Adams, Susan B. – 1977
A six-month study of the Kentucky State Department of Education programs in practical arts education (career exploration) in junior high schools was done in two parts. In the first part a questionnaire was given to teachers, counselors, students, and principals from twenty schools during the 1976-77 school year. The questionnaire was designed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Woods, Nancy A. – 1978
The Kalamazoo Valley Community College (Michigan) Instructional Development Services (IDS) program was designed to provide consultation services for faculty wanting to develop and refine instructional strategies; to review grant proposals, award grants, and monitor faculty grant progress; and to provide faculty on-campus seminars for specific…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Consultation Programs
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Oxman, Wendy G. – 1975
The Music Language Arts (MLA) Program, funded under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, was designed for high school students with inadequate English skills for participation in regular content area subjects. Students were selected from the population of English as a Second Language (ESL) students in the schools. Those for whom additional…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Eastern Michigan Univ., Ypsilanti. Consumer Education Center. – 1976
Questionnaires were sent to 307 persons, with 135 responses returned (40%), to determine who had used the Michigan Consumer Education Center services and to determine attitudes toward Center services. Five categories of persons were contacted: Those local representatives who had coordinated inservice training sessions provided by the Center; 1973…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Educational Needs, Higher Education, Learning Resources Centers
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
This report focuses on the Bilingual Reinforcement and Enrichment Learning Program Component and the Parent Involvement Component of the Chicago, Illinois public schools' bilingual education program of 1979. A description of the project provides information on student and staff characteristics, program structure, and the instructional needs of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Baker, Meryl S.; Huff, Kent H. – 1981
The Job-Oriented Basic Skills (JOBS) program was evaluated to determine whether it could compensate for skill deficiencies of lower aptitude personnel so that they could successfully complete Navy technical schools and perform to standard in the fleet. JOBS curricula were developed for four content strands (aggregations of 12 Class "A"…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Dropouts, Educationally Disadvantaged
Sloan, L. V. – 1980
Semi-structured telephone interviews were used to gather follow-up data on students who completed the 1977-1979 Morning Star cycle two program, a community-based Native teacher education program at the Blue Quills Native Education Centre leading to a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Alberta. Of the 24 students who completed…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives, Followup Studies
LaGana, Christine M.; And Others – 1981
This report focuses on the development of a behavior modification program to help institutionalized patients prepare for situations they may encounter after discharge from the hospital. The rationale for this program is explained in terms of the severe differences that exist between life in a mental institution and community life. A daily program…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Coping, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Homemaking Skills
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1981
This report is a response to a congressional mandate to study racial and ethnic discrimination in federally-assisted programs for older persons. The two-phase study includes a case study analysis of selected cities to assess whether minorities are employed in federal programs for older persons and the extent to which older minorities receive…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, Case Studies, Civil Rights
Bossone, Richard M., Ed. – 1982
These proceedings contain three reports of improvement programs designed to help students to succeed in large urban school systems. In the first report, the "Achievement Goals Program" (AGP) is described as a highly structured, objective based instructional program in reading and mathematics carried out for the purpose of reducing racial…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs
Mann, David W.; Gold, Martin – 1980
Some research has theorized that the student role is a central part of adolescence, and that failure in this role threatens adolescents' self-esteem. Derogative self-esteem may provoke delinquency as a defensive response. To test this theory a longitudinal study was designed to compare the effectiveness of three alternative school programs that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cohort Analysis, Delinquent Behavior, Discipline Problems
Pellino, Glenn R.; And Others – 1981
Based on the evaluation of 24 faculty development programs in the United States and other scholarly activities, the benefits of systematic planning and evaluation of faculty development programs are considered. In addition, a set of field tested instruments for planning and evaluation and case studies of institutional programs are presented, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods
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