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Hogan, Robert T.; Horsfall, Robert B. – 1970
This study is an evaluation of a summer tutorial program designed to encourage inner city secondary school students to complete high school in a manner such that their chances of entering college would be maximized. The subjects in the tutorial group were forty 16 year-old boys. The control group comprised 28 high school boys closely resembling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, College Admission, Control Groups
Oklahoma Univ., Norman. Dept. of Geography. – 1969
The report of the independent evaluation of this EPDA Institute by the Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory composed the body of this document. Several evaluation instruments were developed for pre-institute and post-institute administration: EPDA Geography Questionnaire, The Geography Content Test, and a History of Geography Test. A…
Descriptors: American Indians, Area Studies, Educational Needs, Environmental Education
Williams, E. Belvin; Tannenbaum, Robert S. – 1967
A 1967 evaluation of New York City's Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) educational enrichment program presents the objectives and the methods of implementation of the Board of Education and the local community agencies which administered the project. Criticized are the diversity of the program objectives, the lack of provision for a specified…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Community Organizations
Prince George's County Board of Education, Upper Marlboro, MD. Dept. of Special Education. – 1969
A 6-week experimental demonstration program was provided for 90 neurologically impaired children with severe learning problems to bridge the gap between school terms and to provide learning experiences for teachers, teacher-trainees, and parents. The staff at each of three host schools consisted of five master teachers, five college students, plus…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Exceptional Child Research, Experimental Programs, Family Counseling
Freeman, Stephen A. – 1960
This report on the 1960 National Defense Education Act Summer Language Institutes for elementary and secondary school teachers is the second such evaluation prepared under the direction of Dr. Stephen A. Freeman. Descriptions and general objectives of the Language Development Program in the 37 NDEA Institutes for some 2,000 teachers are reviewed…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies
Freeman, Stephen A. – 1959
This independent evaluation, prepared for the United States Office of Education, of the first National Defense Education Act Summer Institutes for elementary and secondary school teachers of foreign languages describes general objectives of National Defense Education Act Institutes and procedures for evaluation. Mention is made of experimentation…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies
South Dakota Univ., Springfield. – 1972
The Springfield Trajectory Occupational Program (STOP), designed to provide a 23-day residential occupational exploration program for 90 11th grade students from small South Dakota high schools, utilizes industrial field trips, self-evaluation, group and individual counseling, laboratory projects and dormitory activities in a multi-media approach…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
Gray, Donald J. – 1970
This report provides a broad overview of previous NDEA institute evaluation reports on summer institutes two or more summers ago. Emphasis is on how to make the institutes more effective. Primary purposes of the summer institutes are to: 1) change what and how students learn in elementary and secondary school classrooms; and, 2) change college and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Humanities
Person, William A.; And Others – 1992
A critical challenge facing educators today is meeting the needs of culturally diverse school populations. Since 1989, Mississippi State University has provided a summer institute, Strategies for Instructing Culturally Diverse Students, in which selected Mississippi elementary and secondary teachers have identified strategies for addressing the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Student), Educational Practices
Connors, Lori J. – 1993
This report describes an evaluation of Project SELF HELP, a school-based family literacy program serving parents and other caretakers, elementary school age children, and preschool children 2 days per week during the school year. A summer reading program was also available to families. The evaluation was conducted in 1992-1993 to inform program…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Basic Skills
Williams, Jessica – 1990
A study evaluated the relative pedagogical and cost effectiveness of training programs for international teaching assistants (ITAs) that are conducted before and within the academic year. Both program types were established at the University of Illinois during the academic year 1989-90, with similar content, the same number of contact hours, the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Chinese, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
Mertens, Donna M. – 1990
This evaluation study examined the implementation of the Marine Science Young Scholars Program, which provided 32 gifted deaf and hearing-impaired adolescents with a 4-week summer enrichment program in 1988 and 1989. The instructional program: used a cognitively based curriculum; included labs, lectures, and field experiences; promoted one-to-one…
Descriptors: Administration, Deafness, Educational Facilities, Emotional Development
Jarvis, Carolyn H.; And Others – 1989
An evaluation of the 1988 implementation of New York City's 29-day-long Summer Kindergarten program for children entering first grade with little or no kindergarten experience is presented. A total of 9,444 children were enrolled in 436 classes in 171 schools located in 32 community school districts. The program ran from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM, Monday…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Check Lists, Classroom Environment, Community Characteristics
Foster, Carl; Beeman, Sandi – 1986
In response to regular faculty complaints about mainstreamed students, a 5-week Summer Special Education Program was implemented in 1986 at the Western Navajo Agency's Tuba City Boarding School. The program's purpose was to train regular teachers and support personnel in special education procedures and practices and to provide the exceptional…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Albuquerque Public Schools, NM. Planning, Research and Accountability. – 1986
Public schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico, used a Title IV Part A grant to assist American Indian elementary and secondary school students in receiving passing grades and improving school-related behaviors. Canoncito Navajo Reservation, the Isleta Pueblo, and urban Indian students in Albuquerque participated in the program. Personnel consisted of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Elementary Secondary Education
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