From consideration of children's rights in general and equal opportunities for disabled children in particular, it is important to consult children about barriers and supports to learning and participation. Finding appropriate and feasible ways, however, to incorporate this into educational programmes for younger children can present challenges.…

Students' answers to a questionnaire related to their participation in an alternate program at McBride School in Vancouver are summarized. The students (28 girls and 25 boys) represented a class of 144 students in the alternate programs in grades 4 through 7. (For related documents, see TM 002 487, 489.) (DB)

OF 1,100 QUESTIONNAIRES SUBMITTED TO RANDOMLY SELECTED VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE STUDENTS, 394 OR 36 PERCENT WERE RETURNED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM, "PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE," DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE IMAGE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TO EVOKE GREATER STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN…

TO ASSESS STUDENT OPINION TOWARD TELEVISED INSTRUCTION IN A REQUIRED HEALTH EDUCATION COURSE, A 7-ITEM QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED TO 416 STUDENTS AT THE END OF A TELEVISION COURSE AND TO 213 WHO COMPLETED A LIVE LECTURE CLASS. TELEVISION SECTIONS, EACH CONTAINING ABOUT 60 STUDENTS, WERE MONITORED BY MATURE, COMPETENT PERSONS WHO RECORDED…

A summary of responses by 85 students to the Student Questionnaire used in evaluating the City School of Vancouver is provided. The questionnaire contains 24 items, most of which are designed to elicit the students' attitudes about the school's program. (For related documents, see TM 002 482, 484-486.) (DB)

This paper reported the results of the Gottingen questionnaire, in which students from the University of California who had studied at the University of Gottingen, West Germany were asked to evaluate the exchange program they had attended during the 1965-66 academic year. (Editor)

Investigates student and community satisfaction with programs designed and implemented by students for groups of pediatric clients who were identified as at risk or in need of psychological services. Reports that students and the community expressed high levels of satisfaction and that confidence in student ability increased by the end of the…

This 15-item student questionnaire is part of a study conducted in the Springfield, Illinois high schools to evaluate the double shift scheduling program instituted there. Students' reactions and opinions concerning the new scheduling technique are elicited by the forced-choice and open-ended items. See also TM 000 881-882, 884 for information on…

This study presents an evaluation by student teachers of a one-year internship program initiated in 1972 in the Hamburg central school system. The Teacher Education Research Center (TERC) program was field-centered and competency-based, and provided the opportunity to develop teaching competencies in 12 categories. The evaluation instrument was…

The objectives of the program were to provide reading remediation and curriculum enrichment through the use of audiovisual resources and to train teachers in using new instructional media and developing new instructional techniques. The program was coordinated by a full-time teacher with the help of one paraprofessional assistant in each…

The Urban Adult Education Institute (UAEI) directed activities in five major areas: professional and continuing education, adult basic education, systems analysis, employment, and community involvement. Because of a time lapse between activities and evaluation, professional and continuing education objectives and systems analysis objectives could…

Examines the extent to which foreign language use should play a prominent part in a course. The article discusses subject knowledge; factors affecting students' language skills; course objectives, structure and content; student reaction to questions about tutor input and the topics appropriate for teaching in the foreign language; and perceived…

This paper discusses the results of a randomly selected standing poll panel implemented at Saint Mary's College at Notre Dame, Indiana, called PRISM (Prompt Response to Improve Saint Mary's). PRISM is designed to quickly ascertain the attitudes and opinions of a panel of 120 college students. Sample topics of PRISM surveys have included campus…

Senior medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences were surveyed regarding the value of a program providing regression based predictions of their individual Day 1, 2, 3, and Total Federation Licensure Examination (FLEX) scores and the probability of passing the FLEX for subsequent Arkansas licensure. The prediction formulas…

TO EVALUATE THE GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE GENERAL EXTENSION DIVISION AND THE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE INVESTIGATORS ADMINISTERED A SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE TO PARTICIPANTS, THEIR EMPLOYERS, AND THE FACULTY. PARTICIPANTS WERE SURVEYED BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR COURSES,…