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Oinonen, Charlotte – 1980
This study considered the relationships among five variables of school-community relations (access, communication, involvement, participation, and conflict resolution); measured the general relationship between parents' perceptions of school-community relations and their children's academic achievement; measured the contribution of each of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Cross, K. Patricia – 1981
The literature on adult learners is reviewed, and two models of adult learning are developed. Demographic, social, and technological trends that stimulate the increasing demand for learning opportunities are examined, and the views of those who see dangers in new pressures on adults to participate in organized learning activities are considered.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Bechtol, William; Longnion, Bonnie – 1980
This report describes a project to provide Texas with a training model for reading consultant use in training adult basic education teachers. The first section lists three project purposes: to provide a training model, to develop teacher resources for staff development, and to provide teachers with information about the reading process and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Programs
Spellman, Charles R.; And Others – 1980
Project PRIDE, a regional model for providing educational services to severely/profoundly handicapped school-aged individuals in rural southeastern Kansas, was designed to develop exemplary services in multiple special education cooperatives using a regional resource team approach. Resource team members served as consultants to classroom personnel…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Education Service Centers
Development Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1979
This report focuses on the areas of difficulty encountered by states in developing their three-year Adult Education State Plan required by the Adult Education legislation of 1978. It highlights those areas when technical assistance from the United States Office of Education is warranted. Findings and recommendations are based on the Division of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Consultants
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
Chapman, David W., Ed. – 1980
A guide for colleges interested in improving the printed information it provides to prospective students is presented, based on the experience of institutions that participated in a three-year effort to improve their informational literature as part of Project CHOICE. CHOICE, the Center for Helping Organizations Improve Choice in Education, was…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Check Lists, College Applicants, College Bound Students
Johnson, Sylvia T. – 1976
A model of self concept in children was examined by conducting a construct validation of a self concept instrument, the Self-Appraisal Inventory (SAI). The SAI was an 80-item instrument with four subscales: General, Family, Peer and Scholastic, all of which were based on behavioral objectives. The model was made more useful for a school setting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education
Efird, L. Julian – 1978
This document provides a description of the Model United Nations (MUN) program, its educational benefits, an overview of its practice within the United States, and outlines methods for using the MUN as a teaching tool. A total of 72 MUNs involving high school and college students was reported in 1977-78. As a simulation, the MUN provides…
Descriptors: Debate, Decision Making Skills, Educational Programs, Experiential Learning
Coloma Community Schools, MI. – 1977
This report presents an overview of Project CDCC (Career Development Centered Curriculum), a curriculum-based career development program for students in grades K-6. The program's purpose, approach, definitions, and model are described. The approach stresses integrating career awareness with existing subject matter as well as building into the…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Dreier, William H.; Eastman, Robert D. – 1979
A two-day exchange between staff of the University of Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls and the Burt Community School proved successful for all participants. The university team (professors, graduate students, and senior students who had completed student teaching) became responsible for the education of the Burt students while the Burt teachers and…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Educational Experiments, Experiential Learning, Extension Education
Cohen, Allan S., Comp. – 1979
This partially annotated bibliography of journal articles, dissertations, convention papers, research reports, and a few books and unpublished manuscripts provides a comprehensive coverage of work on latent trait theory and practice. Documents are arranged alphabetically by author. The period covered ranges from the early 1950's to the present.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Development, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Programs
Ruopp, Richard; And Others – 1979
This volume presents a summary of the methods, findings and recommendations for federal policy of the National Day Care Study (NDCS), a 4-year study of the effects of regulatable day care center characteristics on the quality and cost of day care for preschoolers. Chapter I describes current day care services and the history of federal involvement…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Hellweg, Susan A.; Churchman, David A. – 1979
A model for an interdisciplinary graduate degree program based on the Behavioral Science Graduate degree program at California State University at Dominguez Hills is described. In light of the declining resources available to higher education institutions it is recommended that curricular programs be accountable and responsive to the needs of the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Conference Reports
Faddis, Bonnie J.; And Others – 1979
Ninth grade Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I evaluation results in reading and English-writing projects were compared, using the RMC Model A with local empirical norms, Model A with national interpolated norms, and Model B. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS)--Total Reading and Total Language subtests--were administered…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Control Groups
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