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Download full textOffice of Vocational and Adult Education, Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education. – 1988
This document provides information about five adult basic education (ABE) staff development programs that illustrate the use of the principles identified in a research report. (The 70 principles and 39 corresponding techniques relate to planning and conducting training for ABE teachers and other staff.) Each of these staff development projects…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Demonstration Programs, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
Wang, Margaret C.; Walberg, Herbert J. – 1990
The National Follow Through Program is a federally funded initiative to improve the quality of educational services for students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. This report discusses the implementation and outcomes of the program. In the first part of the paper, a history of the program is provided and the diversity of educational…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement, Holistic Approach
National Center on Effective Secondary Schools, Madison, WI. – 1988
This bibliography provides a recommended list of research and theoretical literature in the field of secondary education. It contains approximately 350 references which are organized into three main topics: (1) references for general interest; (2) references for reform strategies designed to promote academic achievement; and (3) literature…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
Childress, Dorothy, Comp. – 1970
Described in a 5-year summary report is a demonstration project for training institution personnel to teach community adjustment behaviors to 71 moderately retarded institutionalized girls (IQ 25-55), ages 6- to 21-years-old. Discussed are training procedures (systematic application of positive and negative consequences, fading, and imitation) in…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
Jones, Edward V., Ed.; Van Valkenburgh, Nancy B., Ed. – 1987
The papers in this document were prepared by representatives of seven innovative teacher staff development projects in Northern Virginia. They describe networks of inservice and staff development activities which were originally designed and implemented in the schools. The following papers are included: (1) "TESA: Teacher Expectations and Student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Demonstration Programs
Banks, John – 1986
This report is one in a series on the work of the 30 pilot projects that form the European Community's second Programme on the Transition from Education to Adult and Working Life. The report analyzes the work of the pilot projects in the field of inservice teacher training. It lists the new demands on teachers, as the pilot projects identified…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Chapel Hill Training-Outreach Project, NC. – 1982
The Chapel Hill Training-Outreach Project, which provides direct services to handicapped kindergarten children and their families at replication classrooms, is outlined in terms of activities, methods, and outcomes. In addition, assessment measures and newsletter issues are presented. Information is presented on the following program activities:…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Handicap Identification
Forlizzi, Lori A.; And Others – 1993
Project Lifelong Learning identified strategies that could move the United States toward adult literacy by the year 2000, Goal 5 of the National Education Goals. It developed video and print materials to disseminate information about the strategies. Information in the literature fell into categories that suggested five strategies, with several…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Diffusion (Communication), Documentaries
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1977
The collection of California's exemplary practices in career education included in this document was chosen because each one illustrates an exemplary practice in a specific aspect of career education. It is also noted that each practice has demonstrated effectiveness and each can be replicated without unusual additional resources. Following the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
McAlister, Annette, Comp. – 1990
This document contains descriptions of 55 adult education experimental demonstration projects and 18 adult education staff development projects conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1991. The projects are funded through Section 353 of the Adult Education Act of 1988. Each description includes a project number, project costs, contact person with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Counseling
Werner, Evelyn, Comp. – 1991
This document contains descriptions of 66 adult education experimental demonstration projects and 18 adult education staff development projects conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1992. The projects are funded through Section 353 of the Adult Education Act of 1988. Each description includes a project number, project costs, contact person with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Counseling
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1985
This catalog lists exemplary field-based program improvement products identified by the Dissemination and Utilization Products and Services Program (D&U) at the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. It is designed to increase awareness among vocational educators of these products and to provide information about them that…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Guides, Demonstration Programs
Werner, Evelyn C., Comp.; Harmon, Cheryl M., Comp. – 1993
This book contains more than 100 abstracts of projects conducted in Pennsylvania during fiscal year 1992-93 funded through Section 353 of the federal Adult Education Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-297). The projects were developed to strengthen the Adult Basic Education (ABE) program through experimentation with new methods, programs, and techniques. In…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills
