A questionnaire designed to discover the effectiveness of a reading program model for secondary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School system was submitted to the junior and senior high school principals and 24 coordinators. Answers indicated that most schools considered most of the steps in the model, but that they varied the emphasis on…

This study was conducted to develop a set of guidelines for making community occupational surveys and to examine the extent to which recent surveys conformed to these guidelines. A total of 42 guidelines were developed from literature pertaining to purposes, objectives, procedures, and techniques for planning, conducting, and reporting surveys. Of…

This study was conducted to develop and evaluate a licensing program for operators of two-wheeled motor vehicles. Materials specifically developed for the study were: (1) a driver's handbook, (2) two forms of a written test, (3) an off-street driving test, and (4) a driving range. Once developed, these materials were the basis of the separate…

A General Semantics Language Arts program was developed to improve the self-confidence of third-grade pupils. The effectiveness of the program was tested in an experiment involving 165 students. Four treatment group teachers used the program three times a week for ten weeks; control group teachers were not introduced to the program and continued…

This dissertation examines the basis for adoption and development of elective English programs in the school district of Philadelphia's 21 comprehensive senior high schools. Personal, structured, executive interviews conducted in the work setting with English department heads were the source of data for the study. It was hypothesized that elective…

This study focused on determining the levels of objectivity of procedures used by agents of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service to evaluate accomplishment of selected educational objectives. The population included 247 county agents who had developed and executed an educational program during 1965 and 16 selected administrative and…

Process guidelines for adult education program development were identified by means of a detailed search of selected literature. Definition of the program development process includes (1) selection of educational objectives, (2) selecting and organizing learning experiences to achieve objectives, and (3) evaluation. Publications since 1950 were…

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a structured listening program on 220 first-, second-, and third-grade students enrolled in Title I schools in the ALbuquerque, New Mexico, public school system. All of the students were given the Educational Testing Service's Cooperative Primary Tests: Listening, and the author's own…

To survey and analyze nursing resources and nursing education in Florida in order to make recommendations for future educational planning, data were gathered from the literature, state agencies, and a stratified random sampling by questionnaire of 1,921 licensed nurses within the State. The findings indicated that unmet needs for nursing services…

This study was designed to develop and evaluate new methods of helping college students increase their academic reading efficiency. Three new one-unit courses--identical in reading content, tasks, and skills development, but differing in format, amount of structure, and delivery mode--were developed. The teaching methods in these courses were…

The purpose of this study was to analyze and evaluate selected aspects of federal guidelines and state plans established for the organization and administration of vocational education. Criteria for good state plans for vocational education were perfected through a review of federal legislation, state plans, related literature, and through a…

This study was undertaken to compare the judgments of leaders in adult education regarding the importance of certain guidelines for planning and executing programs of university continuing education centers with the degree to which these guidelines were followed by selected university continuing education centers during the first six months of…

The purpose of this practicum was to develop, implement, and evaluate an educational program to combat venereal disease. The objectives of the program were: (1) to increase public awareness of the problem of venereal disease, (2) to alert parents and students to the dangers of venereal disease, (3) to enable students to make rational judgments…

The Maslow Hierarchy of Needs was reviewed and implications were sought for adult education theory, program planning and operation, promotional activities, and program evaluation. Maslow's work suggested self-actualization as an ultimate goal, meaning that adult education programs should be structured to foster both the acquisition of facts,…

To ascertain the effects of the 1963 Vocational Education Act on program development in public 2-year colleges in New York State, data were collected from the 10 colleges which had received the most funds under the Act through January 1967. The approved proposals from these colleges were analyzed and divided into categories by occupational…