An evaluation of a school-based drug education program was employed to examine the effect of administration of a preteaching questionnaire on responses. Found pretesting increased the amounts of alcohol reported consumed and reports of drunkenness and marijuana use. (Author)

Uses the fantasy genre as a vehicle of generating discussion about gender issues in a seventh-grade classroom. Uses 4 fantasy titles and describes how 10 class days were organized. Gives students' reactions to the book and assesses the impact of the unit. (SG)

This report describes the results of a field test of "Federalism", a program from "The U.S. Constitution", an instructional video program series for secondary school students developed by the Agency for Instructional Technology (AIT) in association with Project '87. The participants of the preview are teachers and students in…

To determine the effectiveness of counseling activities in working with high school students, the Phoenix Union High School District conducted a five-step evaluation of their Guidance and Counseling Program Description Booklet. A report about the evaluation was prepared to compare student and counselor responses and to identify areas of particular…

An evaluation of group project activities in terms of participant acquisition of vocational skills and competencies was undertaken in secondary vocational and postsecondary vocational schools within Wisconsin and Minnesota. Questionnaires dealing with study objectives were administered to 234 students and 17 teachers involved in the activities,…

The first part of a larger study of Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE), this report deals with the implementation of EBCE during its first operational year and identifies six major themes which emerged from visits to the four laboratories which developed EBCE and to 10 EBCE pilot sites. The themes, each presented in a different chapter,…