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Direct linkPadgett, Ryan D.; Keup, Jennifer R. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2011
Findings from the ninth triennial administration of the National Survey of First-Year Seminars, describing the nature and extent of first-year seminars on American college campuses. Drawn from a broad sample of colleges and universities from every institutional type, control, and size, the survey addresses topics including seminar characteristics…
Descriptors: National Surveys, First Year Seminars, Research Reports, School Support
Download full textSulzen, Robert H.; Thomas, Donald L. – 1975
Adjunct instructional materials are questions and answers keyed to a text. The adjuncts for the study were prepared for textbooks used with two Air Force ROTC courses. Over 400 students at two universities served as subjects. Four experiments were conducted using a counterbalanced repeated measures design. Students used adjunct materials for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Learning, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedHsiao, J. C. – Education, 1975
This paper reported on investigation in which a simulation, experimental class of student learning was compared with a control class where the simulation is not used. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Economics Education, Experimental Groups, Program Evaluation, Simulation
Jones, W. Paul; Townsend, David H. – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1974
This study was designed to investigate an alternative approach for teaching the beginning level Western Civilization course on a two-year college campus. Specifically, this study compared the effectiveness of the traditional lecture method and an experimental approach designed around small discussion groups. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Experimental Teaching
Peer reviewedHaas, Virginia J.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1972
Study designed to determine the effectiveness of intensive in-class guidance of daily writing practice in freshman English composition courses as opposed to the presently practiced procedures. (Authors)
Descriptors: Achievement, College Freshmen, Course Content, Educational Research
Peer reviewedBennett, S. N. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Article focused on a report of a 10-year evaluation study of the experimental introduction of French into the primary school curriculum. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Problems, Educational Psychology, French, Language Instruction
Diercks, Caroll J. – Colorado Journal of Education, 1977
Examines an alternative method for teaching typewriting skills--the Automated Instruction Touch Typing System, an individualized self-paced instructional method using the principles of response conditioning. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Business Skills, Educational Research, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedKershner, Keith M.; Blair, Mark W. – Journal of Career Education, 1976
The Research for Better Schools (RBS) Career Education Program in Philadelphia focuses on experience-based instruction and includes career exploration and specialization, career guidance, and basic skills. An evaluation of the program's effectiveness is presented based on an analysis of t-test results of two experimental groups and a control…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Gilbaugh, John W. – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1977
In terms of group averages, growth in achievement by an experimental class was 8.56 (856 percent) greater than the growth generated by the control group in a teaching strategy experiment conducted at San Jose State University. Details of the ORPA (Organization, Research, Presentation, Accountability) Teaching Strategy versus the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Experimental Teaching, Learning Processes, Lecture Method
Groves, David L.; And Others – Career Education Digest, 1975
The general conclusion of the study is that a lecture-demonstration in a minicourse format can be used with a group that has been pre-selected with regard to occupational interest. This combination of methods provides information concisely and allows "hands-on" learning reinforcement as well. (MW)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Demonstrations (Educational), Evaluation Methods
Akers, Lester O. – 1968
Investigating the nature, scope, and significance of 4-H Club camping experiences and the development of extension education in 17 Southeast Missouri counties, an evaluative analysis was made of data derived from questionnaires directed to: 1967 4-H campers (N=231); camper parents (N=36); 4-H non-campers and their parents (N=29); randomly selected…
Descriptors: Camping, Costs, Extension Agents, Extension Education
Goodwin, Judy – 1981
Results from the 1979-80 evaluation of Philadelphia's Follow Through program--part of a nationwide attempt to provide unique educational settings for low-income students in kindergarten through grade 3--are reported. The evaluation dealth with five components of the program: education, staff development, parent involvement, health and social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Health Services, Low Income Groups, Mathematics
Coast Community Coll. District, Costa Mesa, CA. – 1974
To assess the effectiveness of television courses offered by the Coast Community College District and to determine the characteristics of the television students, data from 1,126 students during three semesters were obtained. Sources by which the data were collected were a post-course evaluation questionnaire, weekly course diaries that rated 10…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Educational Television
Social Science Education Consortium, Inc., Boulder, CO. – 1984
Results of a 3-year evaluation of a national law-related education (LRE) project involving five organizations (the American Bar Association, the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Law in a Free Society, the National Institute for Citizen Education in the Law, and the Phi Alpha Delta Public Service Center) are presented. Beginning in 1981,…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Delinquency Prevention
Syropoulos, Mike – 1997
The Ninth Grade Restructuring Program of the Detroit (Michigan) public schools was designed to restructure the ninth grade in ways that improve academic performance, develop positive attitudes toward learning, improve the school environment, reduce the dropout rate, and increase the graduation rate of students. Features of the program were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Dropout Prevention, Grade 9
