NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 28,066 to 28,080 of 31,538 results Save | Export
Thompson, Lois J.; Jacques, Ronald W. – 1980
This description of the Partners in Encouragement (PIE) program and the methods used to implement the program provide a model for school counselors to combat teacher burnout and improve morale. A discussion of the preliminary planning needs focuses on ways to inform prospective participants of the program, and outlines the introduction to be…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Coping, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Felker, Roberta M. – 1979
This study examined the relationship between individual elementary school teachers' implementation of an innovation and their participation in school decisions. Specifically, the research defined the innovation as the Instructional Programming Model (IPM), one of seven major components of the broader innovation known as Individually Guided…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Agents, Decision Making, Educational Innovation
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
Stearns, Marian S.; And Others – 1977
Project Information Packages (PIPs), kits distributed by the U.S. Office of Education to facilitate the replication of programs, were developed for 6 exemplary supplemental educational programs and tried out in 17 different schools. The PIP field tests determined whether the PIP model in general, and each of the six original PIPs in particular,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Diffusion, Elementary Secondary Education
Doty, Charles R. – 1979
Criteria for the evaluation of quality technical educational programs must be identified if follow-up studies are to be effective. Current research shows that problems in the development of such criteria include the tendency to evaluate programs on the basis of organizational structure rather than on the quality of the instructional program…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Research
Ray, Barbara H. – 1977
The in-service training needs of first-level employees of the state health and rehabilitative clerical staff and the development and evaluation of an in-service training model workshop were investigated. Interviews were conducted with the first- and second-level supervisors to determine the needs of the clerical staff for in-service training, to…
Descriptors: Clerical Workers, Individual Characteristics, Inservice Education, Job Satisfaction
Crooks, R. E. – 1974
Various models that have been devised to evaluate the performance of information retrieval systems are reviewed. Such models fall into three categories: (1) evaluation from the viewpoint of the user, who is primarily concerned with how well the system responds to his query; (2) evaluation from the system operator's standpoint, which focuses on the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness, Flow Charts, Information Retrieval
Betts, Francis M., III – 1979
Levels of student satisfaction with the Great Lakes Colleges Association - Philadelphia Urban Semester, a 16-week multidisciplinary urban field study program, were investigated. Several aspects of the program, including the four day per week field placement, weekly "city" seminar, elective seminar, and minimally structured living…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Environmental Influences
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1968
TWO CHIEF AIMS OF THIS CHAPTER ARE TO TAKE A BROAD NEW LOOK AT THE MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS OF CONCERN TO MANPOWER POLICY AND TO POINT THE WAY TOWARD MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND SENSITIVE MEASURES OF PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE REDUCTION OF JOBLESSNESS AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT, SOME OF THE IMPROTANT AREAS OF MANPOWER CONCERN WHICH…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Employment Statistics, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Kearney, Patricia Ann – 1966
A study was made of the effects of programed instruction versus the use of course objectives and reference materials on learning, transfer, and attitudes in two adult experimental groups. The subject was mathematical concepts basic to introductory statistics. Mathematical tests and attitude scales were administered before and after the experiment.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes, Correlation
Saint Petersburg Junior Coll., FL. Florida Inst. for Law Enforcement. – 1968
An experimental course was devised for 36 law enforcement administrators which provided for contact periods spread over eight months and a final retraining session in the 12th month. The course integrated study of the behavioral sciences and communications, executive and professional skills, speeches and informal discussion for professional…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, City Officials, Experimental Programs, Group Discussion
Bounds, Stuart M. – 1977
A survey was administered to all day, evening, and off-campus students enrolled at Thomas Nelson Community College during the spring quarter of 1977 in order to assess students' attitudes toward their learning environment. The instrument employed was the Assessment of Student Attitudes Scale, which measures attitudes on four subscales: education…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Environment, Community Colleges, Counseling Services
Seegmiller, Jesse F. – 1977
Faculty and staff at the College of Eastern Utah were surveyed in order to ascertain the level of job satisfaction of the college's personnel. Over 90% of the faculty completed a 94-item job satisfaction questionnaire which was based on Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene theory of motivation. College staff completed a slightly modified form of the…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Employee Attitudes
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Dept. of Occupational Education and Technology. – 1977
The Tex-SIS Follow-up system First Year Graduate Survey involved 37 Texas community colleges and resulted in a total of 6,560 questionnaires processed from institutional surveys conducted during fall semester 1976. The average response rate was 59%. Following a section presenting the study highlights in graphic form, the monograph presents…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns, Followup Studies
Charles, Richard F.; Perkins, Marthalou – 1978
In spring 1978, a survey questionnaire designed to elicit demographic information on the student population as well as subjective data to form a clear picture of the typical student and identification of student needs, was administered throughout the De Anza College extended campus operation. College administrators were particularly interested in…
Descriptors: Age, Community Colleges, Community Education, Developmental Programs
Romoser, Richard C. – 1978
As the second assessment study of developmental education programs at state-assisted higher education institutions, this 1978 study reviews reports from 27 of 57 programs receiving funds from the Ohio legislature. Reports dealing with attitudes and opinions of the programs indicated that the responses of the majority of students were strongly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  1868  |  1869  |  1870  |  1871  |  1872  |  1873  |  1874  |  1875  |  1876  |  ...  |  2103