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Grandin, John M. – 1988
The development of the University of Rhode Island's International Engineering Program, particularly the German language instruction component, is described. A committee addressed four questions: (1) whether there is tangible evidence that it is desirable for technologists to learn a second language; (2) why engineers avoid foreign language study;…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Engineering Education, German, Higher Education
O'Brien, George E., Ed. – 1988
This final report on the inservice education of secondary science teachers for the teaching of science via Science Technology Society (STS) materials lists the major objectives of the project as: (1) write four instructional modules with a science, society and technology focus which address special concerns and needs of the underserved and…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economics Education, Graphs, Inservice Teacher Education
Bjerstedt, Ake – Didakometry and Sociometry, 1988
In the news media and elsewhere, children and young adults are being confronted with dramatic details about a possible nuclear war and its horrendous consequences, resulting in feelings of unease and anxiety. The Malmo School of Education (Sweden) has launched a number of studies concerning educational and psychological research in the peace…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Hawkins, Jan – 1985
Designed to help understand the cognitive and social effects of children's classroom experiences with LOGO and computers, this study presents an account of the ways in which two elementary school teachers thought about, grappled with, and practiced LOGO in their classrooms over a 2-year period. The account is organized chronologically, first…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Development, Elementary Education
Dyste, Ron; Miner, Judy – 1987
Background information and a status report are provided on the second-year activities of the Transfer Center Pilot Program (TCPP). The TCPP was initiated in 1985 to further intersegmental efforts to stimulate the number and percent of community college students who transfer to four-year institutions. The TCCP operates through highly visible…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV. – 1981
Presented here is a collection of assessment and evaluation abstracts of local, State and Federal programs in the Clark County School District in Nevada. In the first section, the district-wide aptitude and achievement testing measures are described, and the results of testing are presented. Section two provides information on program evaluations…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, American Indian Education, Bilingual Education
Fairfax County Public Schools, VA. Dept. of Instructional Services. – 1982
Project MET (Management for Effective Teaching) is a pilot project that provides effective, practical ways of managing the Fairfax County (Virginia) Public School system's instructional Program of Studies (POS) for elementary school students. This planning booklet is a part of the support kit that is used by teachers as an aid to implementing…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Techniques, County School Districts, Developmental Stages
Angus, Beatrice E. – 1980
This study evaluates the programs which have been undertaken by five school systems (the Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), the Otsego County BOCES, the Syracuse City School District, the Broome-Tioga BOCES, and the Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Oswego County BOCES) to provide a basis for cooperation and…
Descriptors: Coordination, Elementary Secondary Education, Interlibrary Loans, Learning Resources Centers
Jefferson County Board of Education, Louisville, KY. – 1983
The Shawnee High School/Detrick Vocational Center and Fairdale High School/Fairdale Vocational Center Academic/Vocational Projects are pilot programs designed to integrate academic and vocational studies in two Kentucky schools. In this project, students take their basic subjects at their high school and explore the vocational programs at the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Wessitsh, Alexander – 1976
Described is an evaluation report, the Habilitation Personnel Training Project, designed to develop a model and materials for training secondary special education personnel such as classroom teachers and work study coordinators. The objectives of the project, which were carried out by the University of Kansas, are given in the introductory section…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Objectives, Exceptional Child Research, Federal Government
Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto. – 1978
This annotated bibliography lists published and unpublished elementary and secondary school materials developed in connection with projects of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) from 1970 through 1978. The major portion of the document lists teaching materials. This section first lists documents produced by the Major Thrust in…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development
Kimple, James, Jr.; And Others – 1979
The overall goal of the Jobs for Youth/Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education (JFY/FIPSE) project was the testing of JFY Educational Services (ES) as a model work-related literacy program capable of being replicated in situations other than New York City. First-year activities (1977-78) focused on replication of the ES Replication…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Diffusion, Education Work Relationship
WILSON, O.J. – 1967
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY INITIATED A PROJECT TO DETERMINE THE CULTURAL NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF THE AREA IT SERVES. IN PHASE ONE, CITY AND COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDED A SYMPOSIUM ON ART, MUSIC, LIBRARY, LECTURE, AND THEATER RESOURCES AND FORMED A REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT. PHASE TWO WAS A WORKSHOP TO HELP COUNCIL…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Budgets, Community Action, Community Programs
HAND, SAM E., ED. – 1965
A TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR ADULT BASIC EDUCATION LEADERS COVERED CONTENT, PURPOSES, AND OBJECTIVES OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION, CHARACTERISTICS OF UNDEREDUCATED ADULTS, AND WAYS OF IDENTIFYING, REACHING, AND INVOLVING POTENTIAL STUDENTS. SOCIAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND CIVIC COMPETENCE, AND INCULCATION OF DESIRABLE HEALTH PRACTICES AND ETHICAL VALUES WERE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Agency Cooperation
Lynn, James J.; Woltz, Dan – 1979
The Portable Assisted Study Sequence (PASS) Program, a pilot correspondence course program specifically designed to assist the Statewide School Dropout Prevention Program by enabling migrant students throughout California to accumulate high school graduation credits more easily, was effective and worthwhile in 1978. Sixty-three curriculum units in…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Correspondence Study
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