This is an interim report for the period January 1, 1972 through December 31, 1972 of a project designed to develop a comprehensive program of vocational education in a rural school system located in an economically depressed area. The exemplary project design provided for four major areas: (1) career awareness in grades 1-6, (2) career…

The second year report of this exemplary project describes the problems, objectives, and programs for the development of a comprehensive and sequentially planned effort for career education. Most of the document consists of the project evaluation and the appendixes of materials relating to the project. Evaluation outlined the need for more…

The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of the 1971 summer training program conducted for 19 vocational instructors beginning their first year in teaching without previous teaching experience and training in teacher education. Hired from business and industry because of their technical competence in their field, the program…

This report covers the materials used in and resulting from the second year of a three-year Rural Family Development (RFD) project in Wisconsin. The materials are presented in several parts. The areas covered are (1) the use of television, (2) methods, (3) field services, (4) project evaluation, (5) the RFD in the context of a mediated delivery…

Identifies ways in which remedial/developmental programs are like and unlike other academic programs for evaluation purposes. Offers a four-stage evaluation model representing four different levels of activity and points at which evaluation can be conducted. (DMM)

Provides information and examples to help in the development of effective computer-generated evaluations of developmental programs. Offers a line-by-line description of six possible sections of a computer-generated evaluation report. Reviews the procedures involved in cost-benefit analyses. (DMM)

To compare the effects of two different comprehension treatments on the reading of university students enrolled in a developmental reading laboratory, 74 students were administered pretests measuring reading achievement and reading attitudes and were given five weeks of instruction in text organizing strategies and vocabulary development. After…

The Responsive Model program assumes that the school environment should be designed to respond to the learner, and that school activities should be autotelic, or self-rewarding, not dependent upon rewards or punishment unrelated to the activity. Developmental theory, certain ideas of operant conditioning, and flexible learning sequences are used…

This guide presents an overview of a federally funded career education program for implementation at the elementary level. As part of a comprehensive exemplary program with integrated activities, outlines of the following program considerations are included: (1) overall goals and concepts in career education, (2) specific objectives involving…

The intent of this exemplary program in prevocational education was to enhance the vocational awareness and aspirations of 238 disadvantaged seventh and eighth grade students of Puerto Rican background through an extensive career orientation program consisting of curriculum reform and co-curricular activities. The program's activities and…

Based on information gathered from a statewide survey and a study of six college programs, this series of monographs presents findings and suggested applications for postsecondary development programs for occupational education students. The first of nine monographs contains an overview of research results. The results are based on an examination…

Five programs in developmental reading at Leeward Community College (Hawaii) were studied to determine their effectiveness. The programs were: (1) general reading using individualized exercises; (2) an integrated skills approach combining reading and basic English skills; (3) a curriculum designed for each student from diagnostic testing; (4) a…

A study of 159 students assigned to remedial algebra courses was initiated at Queensborough Community College to determine levels of improvement in algebraic skills and the effects of regular, programmed, and modular teaching methods. All students studied the same material with the following differences: (1) regular instruction used no programmed…

The success of the Developmental Skills Program offered at Los Angeles Southwest College, a 96% black institution, is indicated by an average student grade equivalent gain of 2.3 years in one semester; a 5 year average accelerated academic growth rate that is 5.9 times the rate of academic growth black inner-city students have experienced in the…

This report summarizes the activities accomplished during fiscal year 1972 by an exemplary career development project serving 2,424 elementary and secondary students, 108 teachers, and 180 parents. The activities are listed and described according to whether they were primarily project, elementary, middle, or secondary school activities. Some of…