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Kaplan, Jay Bernard – 1974
Fifth and sixth grade students from the State College Area School District (Pennsylvania) participated in a 5-day resident outdoor education program to investigate the effectiveness of such a program on the development of cognitive learning processes. Students were divided into experimental and control groups of one fifth and one sixth grade class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Data Analysis
Brod, Rodney L.; McQuiston, John M. – 1981
The first national study to identify and describe the extent of illiteracy problems and lack of high school completions among adult American Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos was conducted from 1977 to 1980, to provide decision makers with an accurate assessment of overall adult Indian education needs. The United States population was surveyed by using…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adults, Alaska Natives
Anderson, John; North, Joan – 1978
Ideas for putting the principles of faculty development into program form are discussed. The pitfalls of faculty development efforts are examined: the frustration of false expectations, the problem of fully integrating the program into the college community, the challenge of maintaining program momentum over time, and the inability to secure or…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bibliographies, College Administration, College Faculty
Lutz, John E.; And Others – 1978
The degree of success of the computerized Child-Based Information System (CBIS) was analyzed in two areas--presenting, delivering, and managing a developmental curriculum; and recording, filing, and monitoring child tracking data, including requirements for Individualized Education Plans (IEP's). Preschool handicapped and high-risk children and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Managed Instruction, Data Collection, Educational Objectives
University Research Corp., Bethesda, MD. – 1978
This workshop manual provides information and practice exercises in areas designed to train Child Development Associate (CDA) field supervisors. The manual includes: (1) a list of roles and related responsibilities of the CDA supervisor; (2) information on self-concept theory and its application to field supervision; (3) descriptions of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Child Caregivers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Competency Based Teacher Education
Copa, George H.; Irvin, Donald E., Jr. – 1974
In the first half of this report a format or framework is outlined for displaying occupational supply and demand information for use in planning education for work programs. In the second half, the use of the procedure is demonstrated by filling in the format with Minnesota supply and demand information (1970-71) and drawing from it illustrative…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demography, Economic Research
Granville, Arthur; And Others – 1977
This interim report re-examines data on instrument suitability, comparability of groups, and adequacy of sample size in Year III of the process evaluation of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC) and offers preliminary recommendations concerning the feasibility of continuing the impact study. PDC is a Head Start demonstration program aimed at…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Byrn, Darcie; And Others – 1967
The authors have written this manual to aid workers in the Cooperative Extension Service of the United States to be better able to understand and apply the principles and methods of evaluation. The manual contains three sections which cover the nature and place of evaluation in extension work, the evaluation process, and the uses of evaluation…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Educational Assessment
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Continuing Education. – 1980
This packet is designed to aid teachers of Adult Basic Education Programs conduct census education/participation programs. The objective is to rectify the census undercount problem, especially among minorities. The document is presented in five chapters. Chapter I focuses on the census in perspective. Chapter II discusses the 1980 census and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Census Figures, Data Analysis
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1977
Information on institutional research, planning, and evaluation is provided in 15 conference presentations. The papers included in the collection are: (1) "The Nature of Institutional Research in the Community College (CC)" by James L. Wattenbarger; (2) "The Range and Organization of Data for Research" by Richard L. Alfred; (3) "Research Methods…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Data Analysis
Mediax Associates, Inc., Westport, CT. – 1980
This technical report discusses the development of a framework for identifying a battery of measures to be used in evaluating Head Start program effects on children 3 to 7 years of age. The report consists of an overview and five chapters, and provides eight appendices (in two additional volumes). Among the topics addressed are background…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Collection, Developmental Tasks, Individual Characteristics
HENLE, R.J. – 1967
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DEVISE AND TEST SYSTEMS OF MEASURING AND REPORTING ACTIVITIES IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SO THAT SUCH INSTITUTIONS COULD MAINTAIN RECORDS ADEQUATE BOTH FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES AND FOR REPORTING TO INTERESTED AGENCIES. DATA CONCERNING MANPOWER, STUDENTS, FACILITIES, AND FINANCES COVER ALL FIELDS OF UNIVERSITY ACTIVITY…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Colleges, Costs, Data Collection
HARRISON, ROGER – 1967
THIS REVIEW OF THE PROBLEMS IN DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION OF RESEARCH ON HUMAN RELATIONS TRAINING, PARTICULARLY THAT USING T GROUPS AND SENSITIVITY TRAINING, REFERS TO STUDIES IN THE FIELD. PROBLEMS CONSIDERED ARE--THE PROBLEM OF CONTROLS (VOLUNTEER PARTICIPANTS, PREDICTION OF OUTCOMES), TEMPORAL CHANGE IN TRAINING OUTCOMES (RELATIONSHIP OF CHANGE…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classification, Control Groups, Data Collection
Smey, Barbara A. – 1981
This manual is designed to train local planning team members and school supervisors/administrators to conduct surveys of local opinions regarding career education. These materials, representing a one-day workshop, consist of eight activities. Topics covered in the activities are an overview of the workshop, an introduction to survey research,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Dunn, James A. – 1980
The Instructional Support System for Occupational Education (ISSOE) project, conducted in New York, focused on (1) review of individualized education systems, (2) selection of appropriate occupational clusters, and (3) development and field testing of a system and materials. A product of the Managing Student Progress series of the ISSOE program,…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Competency Based Education
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