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Download full textJacoby, Liva – 1973
This report describes and evaluates the Clarifying Environments Program (CEP), an innovative attempt by the University of Pittsburgh to improve educational environments in the community through university-community interface. The first part of the paper presents the goals, theory, and history behind CEP. Implementation of CEP learning labs for…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Blacks, Community Involvement
Wilson, Milton P. – 1973
The purpose of the demonstration programs in intensive instruction for low-achieving students was essentially to enable school districts to establish and operate exemplary and innovative projects to improve the competence of junior high school students in reading and mathematics. Thirteen original projects moved into their third year of operation…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Individualized Instruction
Klinzing, Hans Gerhard – 2000
This paper examines four studies, integrated into regular courses for the preparation of secondary school teachers at the University of Tuebingen (Germany), that assessed the effectiveness of an interaction laboratory to enhance social competence, as well as lecturing skills. The program involved formal instruction; symbolic modeling and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Platt, Gail M. – 1992
An assessment of the activities of the Learning Center (LC) at South Plains College is provided in this 1991-92 annual report. Introductory material describes the scope of the LC's operations, including reading and study skills remediation, developmental communications instruction, collegiate instruction in reading and human development, peer…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Learning Laboratories, Learning Resources Centers
PDF pending restorationTatham, Elaine L.; And Others – 1975
This study evaluates the success of Johnson County Community College's College Learning Center (CLC) in helping students to improve specific skills in six areas: spelling, vocabulary, English, mathematics, reading comprehension, and reading rate. The CLC offers individualized programs which employ a combination of self-instructional materials and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, English Instruction, Individualized Instruction
Hale, Charles E. – 1975
The U.S. Office of Education funded a 1973-74 institute at Indiana University (Bloomington) Library School in which 18 students participated in a master's degree program for community college librarians/learning resource center directors. The program is both described and evaluated in this report. Information is provided on program goals,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Course Content, Employment, Institutes (Training Programs)
Cincinnati Public Schools, OH. – 1970
Supported by a grant under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a field project was developed to compare achievement at three levels of instruction (grades 0-3, 4-6, 7-8) in an adult learning laboratory and a sample of traditional adult basic education (ABE) classes during 1968-69. Classes, stressing prevocational readiness and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Audiovisual Aids
Gibboney (Richard A.) Associates, Inc., Kensington, MD. – 1976
The purpose of this report is to provide conclusions and evidence relating to the implementation of certain grant terms and conditions negotiated between the National Institute of Education and the Response to Educational Needs Project (RENP), which were finalized on February 13, 1976. The conclusions and evidence delineated in this document focus…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Needs, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Criteria
Benett, Yves – 1998
A study surveyed 44 skills centers in The Gambia through a questionnaire, evaluated them regarding vocational training, and conducted on-site research of 17 targeted centers. Findings were as follows: most operated as private organizations; the retention rate was an average of 84%; centers operated with an average student/staff ratio of about 12:1…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries
Chapel, Edward V. – 1994
This report describes the development of the Brooklyn (New York) College Learning Center (BCLC), which provides direct academic support services to students, staff development services, and new technologies for instruction and support services. The report used information available from institutional databases and information from research efforts…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Compensatory Education, Educational Technology
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of the Superintendent. – 1988
This evaluation summary is a synopsis of information on the school year (SY) 1987-1988 Learning Center program in Hawaii contained in 20 different evaluation reports, one on each Learning Center. Each Learning Center served elementary, intermediate, or high school students, and the program of each was designed to equalize educational opportunities…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning
Oglesby, Cynthia Hall – 1986
This proposal for the creation of a computer-assisted instructional (CAI) laboratory in a middle school in Oklahoma City emphasizes the need for such facilities to provide remedial instruction and improve student motivation as a means of reducing the number of students in the district dropping out of school before graduation. Intended for use by…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software
Tompkins, John F. – 1983
Over 600 students were served by the Reading/Mathematics Lab Program of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District. Students enrolled in the mathematics lab at all grade levels attained an increase in mean percentile rank from pre- to post-testing as measured by the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills administered in October 1982 and again…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Block Grants, Budgets
Rosenblatt, Richard D. – 1979
The effectiveness of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I reading and mathematics laboratories were evaluated to assess the improvement of underachieving elementary school students' academic skills. Laboratory students were selected on the basis of academic (rather than socioeconomic) criteria in grades 2 through 5; the control…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Compensatory Education
PDF pending restorationHoliman, Marjorie A., Ed.; And Others
The Career Information Center (CIC) handbook is designed to serve as a reference work or blueprint containing a rationale and specific how-to suggestions to support and guide the user's development of a CIC that fits local needs. The format of the handbook is intended to indicate the major steps in the planning, development, and operation of a…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Advisory Committees, Career Education, Information Centers
