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Brain, Roslynn; Upton, Sally; Tingey, Brett – Journal of Extension, 2015
Sustainability Camps provide an opportunity for Extension educators to be in the forefront of sustainability outreach and to meet the growing demand for sustainability education. This article shares development, implementation, and evaluation of an Extension Sustainability Camp for youth, grades 4-6. Camp impact was measured via daily pre-and…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Extension Education, Program Design, Program Implementation
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Winkleby, Marilyn A.; Ned, Judith; Ahn, David; Koehler, Alana; Fagliano, Kathleen; Crump, Casey – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
Given limited funding for school-based science education, non-school-based programs have been developed at colleges and universities to increase the number of students entering science- and health-related careers and address critical workforce needs. However, few evaluations of such programs have been conducted. We report the design and methods of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Science Education
Jayaraman, Gayatri; Knoche, Lisa; Marvin, Christine; Bainter, Sue – Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, 2014
The Nebraska Early Childhood Coach (ECC) training was a 3 day (8 hours) professional development event sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Education, Office of Child Development in 2009-2010. Sixty-five early childhood teachers and related service providers participated for the purpose of learning the basic principles and behaviors associated…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Coaching (Performance), Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
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Smith, Keith L.; Beckley, William E. – Journal of Extension, 1985
Describes the formation of a mentoring system for new extension agents in Ohio. Examines results of a followup study conducted 15 months after implementation of this system. Survey results indicate that most program results were met. A list of recommendations for similar programs is included. (CT)
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Followup Studies, Mentors, Program Design
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Kapes, Jerome T.; Willson, Victor L. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1982
Longitudinal designs and follow-up studies are characteristic of evaluation of vocational education programs. The most commonly used statistical techniques encountered in such designs are described and examples presented using a design setting typical for vocational education. Assumptions and limitations are discussed and references to relevant…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Followup Studies, Program Design, Program Evaluation
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Richardson, Glenn E. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1981
A three-day workshop in human sexuality for health care professionals was evaluated to determine if desired educational outcomes were obtained by using a systematic development approach. Results indicated that participants' cognitive scores and openness of attitudes increased from pretest to posttest, and many desired behaviors were incorporated…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Followup Studies, Health Personnel, Needs Assessment
Freeman, Donald; And Others – 1980
This study was designed to provide descriptions of employment histories experienced by graduates of five different student teaching programs. These field programs were regular, cluster, overseas, elementary interns, and competency based. Differences between these programs are identified and analyzed. Subjects of the survey were graduates of…
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Followup Studies, Occupational Mobility, Program Design
SILVERMAN, LESLIE J. – 1967
PROJECT UPLIFT'S PURPOSE WAS TO FIND EFFECTIVE WAYS OF REACHING, RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND PLACING DISADVANTAGED RURAL ADULTS LIVING IN A 10-COUNTY SECTION OF NORTHERN FLORIDA. THE FOLLOWUP STUDY HAS THREE GENERAL OBJECTIVES -- (1) TO SHOW THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS WERE SERVED, THAT THEY WERE TRAINABLE AND THAT…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Services, Experimental Programs
Carter, Sara C.; Porter, Patricia B. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1986
The article describes three follow-up assessment models (community setting, residential setting, and check-up clinic) explored by an interdisciplinary augmentative communication team. Services offered and training provided to professionals, parents, and university-based students, as well as costs, advantages, and disadvantages, are summarized.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinics, Communication Disorders
Horwitz, Robert A.; And Others – 1979
This report of a panel discussion focuses on the design, rationale, and evaluation of the Adolescent Crisis Unit for Treatment and Evaluation (ACUTE), a program of crisis intervention for young adolescents. An overview of the structure of ACUTE's clinical program describes the efficiency of the program in seeing referrals at the time of crisis,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Theories, Crisis Intervention, Emotional Adjustment
Michael, Robert O.; And Others – 1987
A concern among those scrutinizing postsecondary programs in educational administration is the relationship among the academic and theoretical components of the programs, field-based experiences, and future on-the-job success. This paper examines the efforts of an educational administration department at Valdosta State College, Valdosta, Georgia,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Evaluation Methods
Delaney, Anne Marie – 1995
This paper demonstrates how teacher education follow-up studies can be designed and used to promote responsive teacher education programs. Using a recently completed study of alumni from an undergraduate teacher education program as a model, the paper presents substantive findings relevant both to the design of future teacher education follow-up…
Descriptors: Alumni, Early Childhood Education, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Hunter, Jean E. – 1989
An assessment is provided of the progress of Maryland's Joint Coordinating Committee for Occupational Education Programs in developing a systematic procedure for the evaluation of the quality of occupational programs in Maryland. After presenting the 1976 resolution which established the joint committee, a project summary for fiscal year 1989 is…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning, Data Analysis
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1982
This manual is intended to assist volunteers and staff of volunteer organizations in the design of projects in various community and social service areas. The first section of the manual is a guidebook that addresses such aspects of the planning, implementation, and evaluation process as situational analysis, needs assessment, task-oriented…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Programs, Community Services, Data Collection