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MAHAN, THOMAS W. – 1967
PROJECT CONCERN SEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE LOWER ACHIEVEMENT OF DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IS AN "ARTIFACT" OF A NEGATIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SLUM NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SLUM SCHOOL. TO COUNTERACT THIS EFFECT, THE PROJECT HAS BUSED OVER 250 INNER CITY MINORITY GROUP CHILDREN, FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, TO FIVE MIDDLE CLASS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Black Students, Bus Transportation
Jelden, David L. – 1980
A study was conducted from March 1976 through June 1980 on the application and feasibility of a computer micro-system as an interactive tutorial instructional tool in a self-contained classroom. Literature on computer assisted instruction (CAI), hardware, and software was examined. Individualized CAI materials for industrial arts and technology…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Course Descriptions
Hotchkiss, Lawrence; Chiteji, Lisa – 1980
This report is an exploratory application of a dynamic mathematical model to express a theory of changes in youth's career expectations over time. Main content is divided into two focuses: (1) theoretical interpretations of the differential equations which embody the mathematical model and (2) reporting and discussion of the results of preliminary…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Blacks, Career Counseling, Career Development
Lindsay, Carl A. – 1980
An attempt is made to clarify the language of the Adult Education Act of 1966 to yield operational criteria for identifying its goals within a needs assessment/treatment framework. Criteria for general and special target populations are set forth. Singled out are the group of those with four or less years of formal education and those determined…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Adults
Yoshida, Roland K.; And Others – 1976
Recent federal and state legislation and litigation has changed the information needs for special education pupil planning by implementing multi-sourced evaluation and inter-disciplinary planning teams. These changes have resulted in an increase in the range of information which must be collected for making placement and programing decisions as…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making
Atteberry, Jim W.; And Others – 1977
This final report of a project conducted to design, develop, and test a comprehensive management plan for vocational education in Missouri is divided into three sections. Section I describes the rationale and components of a model based on the general systems approach to planning. An analysis of the planning process introduces several planning…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Building Systems, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1975
Technical and financial assessments were conducted of the Draft EUDISED Program 1976-78, which is to coordinate information exchange activities in educational documentation and information on a European level. Facilities and staff for various technical and organizational alternatives are described, costs of each alternative are estimated, and…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Data Collection
Kennedy, Francis J. – 1973
The manpower survey, conducted in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, determined current and future manpower requirements and related them to the occupational skills needed in the vocational-technical program in the schools. Data were obtained from employer respondents through a mail questionnaire sent to nearly 1,800 firms in the parish with a return of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Demand Occupations, Educational Needs
Hoppe, Sydney A. – 1974
The Community Day Program was adopted at Marcy Open School after strong parental support was demonstrated. A central focus of the program was to integrate community experience into the school curriculum and a large staff of volunteers was considered necessary for this task. Specific goals of the community plan were to provide activities,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Civil Liberties, Class Size
Morehead State Univ., KY. Appalachian Adult Education Center. – 1975
The document is a handbook designed to aid program administrators in planning, managing, and assessing adult educational television (ETV), to assure adult viewers the maximum instructional/learning benefit possible. The handbook includes four types of information; (1) an introduction to the Appalachian Adult Education Center (AAEC) experience, (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Broadcast Television
Molnar, Daniel; Pesut, Robert – 1975
The study attempted to determine the feasibility of performing a cost-effectiveness analysis comparing the cooperative method to methods which do not use work experience in vocational training. Twelve school districts in Minnesota, North Carolina, and Ohio provided data for the study, involving the design of data collection instruments for cost…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
Kerins, C. Thomas; Stenzel, Norman K. – 1976
The role of a program evaluation unit in the Illinois State Educational Agency (SEA) as it attempts to provide meaningful data for a variety of audiences about projects that have extremely short life is investigated. The focus is on two programs--migrant programs and neglected/delinquent programs--funded under Title I, Public Law 89-750. A common…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Delinquency
New York Univ., NY. Reading Consortium. – 1976
This report describes an interactive cable television system to deliver social services to senior citizens in Reading, Pennsylvania. The first section examines the process through which the interactive system was established. The technological components of the system are described in the second section. This is followed by a brief review of the…
Descriptors: Broadcast Reception Equipment, Cable Television, Communications, Community Programs
Association for Educational Data Systems, Washington, DC. – 1976
Fifteen papers on computer centers and data processing management presented at the Association for Educational Data Systems (AEDS) 1976 convention are included in this document. The first two papers review the recent controversy for proposed licensing of data processors, and they are followed by a description of the Institute for Certification of…
Descriptors: Administration, Certification, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education
Karnes, Merle B.; And Others – 1972
Data on two preschool intervention programs for children from low-income families are discussed. The first program, the Karnes Preschool Program for the amelioration of learning deficits, is characterized by a structured format based on psychological theories. Its curriculum is designed to develop the basic language processes and to teach content…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
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