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Spencer, Gregory J.; Louis, Karen Seashore – 1980
In the National Institute of Education's Research and Development Utilization (RDU) program, individual linking agents assisted the schools participating in RDU projects to locate or generate information that would help improve their educational practices. To assess the training and support provided these field agents by the seven RDU projects,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Job Training, Linking Agents
Connecticut Univ., Storrs. Educational Resources and Development Center. – 1975
The Educational Resources and Development Center at the University of Connectiicut conducted an evaluation of the Parent-Child Toy Lending Library Program for the towns of East Hartford and Manchester. Because both towns participated in the training program at the same time and a summation of the training program data provides more accurate…
Descriptors: Child Development, Home Visits, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Education
Connecticut Univ., Storrs. Educational Resources and Development Center. – 1975
The Educational Resources and Development Center at the University of Connecticut conducted an evaluation of the Parent-Child Toy Lending Library Program for the towns of East Hartford and Manchester. Because both towns participated in the training program at the same time and a summation of the training program data provides more accurate…
Descriptors: Child Development, Home Visits, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Education
Ohio Library Foundation, Columbus. – 1973
With Project Aurora, the Elyria, Ohio, Public Library tested an alternative form of library extension, as possibly more effective and economical than a branch or bookmobile. Between July 1970 and June 1972, four nonprofessional library representatives made monthly visits to homes, to provide books, to stimulate interest in the library, and to…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Home Visits, Information Needs, Library Extension
Hordman, William E.; And Others – 1973
The problem of time-shortening the first year of the apprenticeship training program now on-going in the tool, die and precision machining industry is addressed. A research study was carried out comparing apprentices in on-going programs with apprentices in a newly designed programed course of instruction. The results, which are discussed in…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Industrial Training, Job Analysis, Machinists
Fry, John P.; Cliborn, Robert E. – 1975
The report describes the development and evaluation of an in-unit, leadership/management training program (based on experimental training methodology for providing Army leaders with behavioral skills and techniques) implemented within three battalion-sized combat units at Fort Bliss, Texas, in 1974. The program was organized around workshops…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Armed Forces, Behavioral Science Research, Leadership Training
Kern, Richard P. – 1972
Data were collected from a total of 110 WIN (Work Incentive Programs) Employability Development Teams to obtain information regarding the staffing composition of WIN teams, the extent to which distribution of job effort among team members emphasizes duty area specialization by job position title, the style of functioning in making client-oriented…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Counseling Services, Counselor Role
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 2000
This document contains the eight appendixes from the National Center for Education Statistics's (NCES's) final report on lifelong learning in the United States. Appendix A discusses the considerations that entered into the formulation of the definition of lifelong learning adopted for the NCES study. Appendix B, "Literature Review on Lifelong…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Change Strategies