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Download full textGeteles, Frances; And Others
This project was established to experiment with a work-study program for mentally retarded youth in the hope that it would improve the vocational functioning of these adolescents. The 300 male students, aged 14 to 18 with IQs ranging from 43 to 83, were divided into an experimental group and a control group for the purpose of the project. The…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Cooperative Education, Experimental Groups, Experimental Programs
Hornbostel, Victor O.; And Others
The primary research objectives of the 44-month project were to determine the extent to which members of experimental and control groups would differ, after training in academic achievement, vocational achievement, personal-social characteristics, and job placement and job success. The subjects were unemployed or underemployed school dropouts,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Achievement, Comparative Analysis
Kahler, Alan A. – 1970
The study was designed to test new instructional techniques in vocational agriculture, determine their effectiveness on student achievement, and compare individual and group instructional techniques. Forty-eight randomly selected Iowa high school vocational agriculture programs with enrollments of 35 students or more, were selected for testing the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Control Groups, Conventional Instruction, Educational Media
KLAPPER, MORRIS; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING COORDINATED VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, EDUCATIONAL, AND GUIDANCE SERVICES TO SEVERELY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN BETWEEN 14 AND 16 ON THE PREMISE THAT THESE STUDENTS MIGHT BE UNABLE TO TAKE MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE OF SERVICES INITIATED AT A LATER AGE. FIFTY-FIVE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, 35…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Career Guidance, Comparative Analysis
Binkley, Harold – 1967
The joint supervisory and teacher education staffs developed criteria and surveyed needed agricultural competencies as a basis for course building. Teacher educators developed unit outlines for pilot programs in off-farm agricultural occupations conducted in Lafayette, Shelby County, Daviess County, and Reidland high schools. A quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Supply Occupations, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
MANDELL, WALLACE; SULLIVAN, CLYDE E. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR A SAMPLE OF YOUNG JAIL INMATES ON RIKERS ISLAND IN NEW YORK CITY AND TO EVALUATE THEIR SUBSEQUENT PERFORMANCE AND ADJUSTMENT UPON RELEASE. OF 264 INMATES SELECTED UPON THE BASIS OF TESTING AND OTHER CRITERIA, 137 WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO AN EXPERIMENTAL AND 127 TO A CONTROL GROUP.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
