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Siller, Michael; Morgan, Lindee; Turner-Brown, Lauren; Baggett, Kathleen M.; Baranek, Grace T.; Brian, Jessica; Bryson, Susan E.; Carter, Alice S.; Crais, Elizabeth R.; Estes, Annette; Kasari, Connie; Landa, Rebecca J.; Lord, Catherine; Messinger, Daniel S.; Mundy, Peter; Odom, Samuel L.; Reznick, J. Steven; Roberts, Wendy; Rogers, Sally J.; Schertz, Hannah H.; Smith, Isabel M.; Stone, Wendy L.; Watson, Linda R.; Wetherby, Amy M.; Yoder, Paul J.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie – Journal of Early Intervention, 2013
Given recent advances in science, policy, and practice of early identification in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), questions about the effectiveness of early intervention have far-reaching service and policy implications. However, rigorous research evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of intervention programs for toddlers with ASD faces a…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
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Wong, Kenneth K.; Socha, Ted – Peabody Journal of Education, 2008
This pilot study proposes a set of analytical steps for comparing schools that participate in the National Science Foundation's Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Program and their nonparticipating peers in the same state. This pilot is part of a larger effort to evaluate the MSP Program's role in student achievement, with two companion analyses.…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Pilot Projects, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Research
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Wang, Charles Xiaoxue; Song, Hongbo; Stone, David E.; Yan, Qiaoqiao – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
Educational researchers and practitioners have paid considerable attention to the use of multiuser virtual environments (MUVEs) in recent years in order to support learning across curricula. Among MUVEs, Second Life (SL) is one of the most popular environments, with over 18 million account-registered users as of May 2008. This paper reports a…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Researchers
Brown, Walter E. – 1970
The Vocational Education Act of 1963 (P.L. 88-210) specified that funded programs undergo periodic and regular evaluation to determine if participants are being adequately prepared for employment. A quasi-experimental method for objectively evaluating pilot programs is to use appropriate reference groups in lieu of the traditional experimental…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Food Service, Models, Pilot Projects
Putnam, A. R. – 1993
A pilot project attempted to measure reactions of participants to the Technology Education Division program at the national convention of the American Vocational Association in St. Louis (December 1992). After a review of the literature, a Conference Reaction Model was developed and subjected to peer review. After several revisions, a pilot…
Descriptors: Conferences, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Models
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Probst, Heidi; Eddy, David; Doughty, Jo; Hodgson, Denyse – E-Learning, 2009
Training health professionals within university environments has traditionally focused on face-to-face methods. Practitioners working within the UK National Health Service (NHS) have found it difficult to gain leave from work to attend for study due to the demands of the NHS and staff shortages. In response, the authors developed a distance…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Health Services, Student Attitudes
Hilliard, Thomas O.; And Others – 1979
This report describes the first year (Phase I) of the 3-year evaluation of the Child and Family Mental Health (CFMH) Project. Phase I was designed to provide a descriptive analysis of the CFMH Project in terms of the number and characteristics of recipients of the services, the nature and extent of the specific primary prevention approaches used,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Family Programs, Longitudinal Studies, Mental Health Programs
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1969
A seminar on direct teaching by television, held in Rome in December of 1966, created such interest that it was decided to call a second seminar, restricted to adult education, which was held at Scheveningen, July 1-5, 1968. The subject was the assessment of needs and evaluation of results. The purpose was to compare, at a European level, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Needs, Educational Television
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Bebell, Damian; Kay, Rachel – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2010
This paper examines the educational impacts of the Berkshire Wireless Learning Initiative (BWLI), a pilot program that provided 1:1 technology access to all students and teachers across five public and private middle schools in western Massachusetts. Using a pre/post comparative study design, the current study explores a wide range of program…
Descriptors: Research Design, Middle Schools, Pilot Projects, Research Methodology
Hahn, Andrew – 1992
This paper explores how youth programs, particularly programs that try to prepare young people for the world of work and higher education, are organized and implemented in the field. It is argued that, in many cases, the needs of program practitioners are overlooked by the research community. The focus is on the field of "second-chance"…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Pilot Projects
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2001
This report summarizes the findings of the pilot administration of the Colorado Survey of first- and third-year teachers and their administrators. These surveys reflect the opinions of the teachers and administrators regarding the effectiveness of Colorado teacher preparation institutions in preparing teachers to meet performance-based standards.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Pilot Projects
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1994
The Chapter 1 Successful Schools project is the product of collaborative development efforts by the Florida Department of Education, the state's Chapter 1 Evaluation Advisory Panel, and Technical Assistance Centers contracted through the Educational Testing Service. This report covers the initial pilot phase of the Successful Schools project. It…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cooperation, Educational Research
David, Jane L. – 1981
After a brief introduction indicating the value of the first Follow Through evaluation, this document offers ideas about how a new wave of Follow Through approaches should be evaluated. The discussion is based on the premise that the form of an evaluation must be derived from the questions for which answers are sought, the audience(s) to whom the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Context Effect, Data Analysis, Data Collection
ROGERS, CHARLES H.; SCARBOROUGH, C. CAYCE – 1966
TWENTY-FIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION ATTENDED A SEMINAR WHERE THE OBJECTIVES WERE -- (1) TO STIMULATE THE INITIATION OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS IN OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION AT THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, (2) TO ASSIST LOCAL OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION PERSONNEL IN PLANNING SUCH…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs, Educational Resources, Experimental Programs
Melaragno, Ralph J.; Newmark, Gerald – 1968
In order to bridge the gap between educational research and practice, a study was concluded to identify specific reading skills which posed particularly difficult problems for Mexican American first grade children, but apparently caused little difficulty for their Anglo counterparts. Seventeen words emerged as being particularly difficult for the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, English (Second Language), Grade 1, Individualized Reading
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