On the assumption that agricultural extension professionals can do a better job when they know how people feel about their programs, an attitude scale with statements selected to represent degrees of attitude from favorable to unfavorable was administered to 60 farmers in Clinton County, Missouri. Findings indicated an overall positive image…

The Paideia Seminar was first defined as part of philosopher Mortimer Adler's Paideia Program in "The Paideia Proposal" (1982) and two other books that followed ("Paideia Problems and Possibilities," 1983, and "The Paideia Program," 1984) shortly thereafter. From the beginning, this teaching and learning strategy was intended to be used as part of…

This study sought to review the extent of hazing at the three Department of Defense (DOD) service academies, the actions taken by the academies to control and eliminate hazing, and the impact of hazing on cadets and midshipmen. The three academies studied were the Naval Academy (Annapolis, Maryland), the Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs,…

The major concern of this study was the effect on evaluation data of anonymity and differing time spans between completion of specific programs by students and their responses to anonymous questionnaires. (Author)

A 3-year project was undertaken to develop, implement, and evaluate a program to reduce computerphobic reactions among postsecondary education students. The Model Computerphobia Reduction Program was designed to screen potential computerphobic students in their computer courses at the beginning of a semester and invite them to participate in brief…

The Model Computerphobia Reduction Program involved assigning clients to individualized treatment programs on the basis of computer anxiety level. In order to evaluate the personalized treatment programs, pre- and post-treatment attitude scales (including the Attitudes Toward Computers Scale, the Computer Anxiety Rating Scale, and the Computer…

This study evaluated the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Word Processing Center by surveying faculty and administrative use of word processing and personal computers. Questionnaires were sent to all faculty and academic and administrative departments, and 130 responses were received from faculty, 33 from academic departments, and 47 from…

The Reflective Appraisal of Programs (RAP) approach allows county extension staff (in cooperation with volunteer leaders, specialists, and district staff) to obtain systematic evidence on results that participants perceive to have occurred in the months or years following their involvement in an extension program. Simpler than a…

An evaluation of the Wright State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) educational program is presented. The major objectives of the medical school's program are the graduation of physicians who (1) perform competently in their residencies, (2) practice humanistic medicine, (3) are skilled in self-directed learning, and (4) are interested in…

As part of an on-going evaluation study of the bilingual program at St. Joseph Elementary School in Quebec, Canada, this document reports on its operation during the 1980-81 school year. During this year, pupils in grade one followed a modified social studies program through French, while pupils in kindergarten followed a revised edition of the…

The attitudes of inservice workshop participants toward the workshop topics may affect their perceptions of workshop effectiveness. As a result, opinionaires could provide an inadequate means of evaluating inservice programs. At four workshops designed to enhance educational leaders' capacity to increase sex equity in their organizations, 67…

A follow-up study of recent graduates of the College of Education at the University of New Orleans was developed to continue the organized assessment program of the College. Information gathered by the investigation is intended to provide the basis for revision of the undergraduate teacher education program and the development of effective…

This study was the second year of a project that attempted to formulate criteria for project evaluation and funding decisions. Activities were designed to produce measures of project impact for vocational education projects. The second year's work focused on refinement of impact variables, and a survey of directors of vocational education…

METHODOLOGY OF THIS STUDY WAS TO SEND A QUESTIONNAIRE TO STAFF MEMBERS OF SEVEN STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION WHO WERE IN SOME WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EDUCATION OF MIGRATORY CHILDREN WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES--CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, OREGON, AND PENNSYLVANIA. FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY WERE AS FOLLOWS--MIGRATORY…