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Ladewig, Howard; Thomas, John K. – 1987
A 1985 national study compared 710 former 4-H members, 743 former members of other youth organization, and 309 nonparticipants in youth organizations to determine impact of 4-H on youth development. The study measured 4-H program effectiveness in developing knowledge/skills, self-expression, and skills for helping others. The study found 4-H…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Development, Citizen Participation, Communication Skills
Kerstiens, Gene – 1983
A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of El Camino College's Cooperative Career Education (CCE) program, which awards credit for on-the-job experiential learning related to a student's course of study. Surveys designed to obtain demographic data, information on course withdrawals, and perceptions of the program were distributed to 735…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Counselor Attitudes
Houston Community Coll. System, TX. – 1986
A study was conducted to determine the relative effectiveness of the traditional and infused (computer-assisted instruction or CAI) approach to basic skills instruction for students in a vocational education program. The sample for the study consisted of 41 male students in the air conditioning/refrigeration program at the Houston Community…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Young, Eileen, Ed. – 1987
Recent activities provided in Ohio through Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and its predecessor, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are summarized in this annual report. Specific information contained in the report includes statistics for fiscal 1986 (the 1985-86 school year and the summer that…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Branch, Alvia Y.; Freedman, Marc – 1986
The New York City Volunteer Corps (CVC), which began operation in 1984, is the nation's largest urban youth service corps. Though it has the same dual goals as many youth corps--community service and youth development--the CVC is distinctive among youth corps in many respects. The CVC had pioneered the large-scale use of corpsmembers in delivering…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Demonstration Programs
Larson, John C.; Raber, Suzanne M. – 1986
This two-volume report on the progress of the Instructional Program in Reading/Language Arts (IPR/LA) in the Montgomery County, Maryland schools presents a brief overview of the study design, methodology, findings, recommendations, background data, and statistical analysis tables. Volume I of the report begins with an Executive Summary of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Analysis
Anderson, Betty N.; Bower, JoAnn C. – 1986
This final report documents the findings of a study designed to evaluate the quality and efficiency of early education programs for handicapped children in Louisiana during 1985-86. More than 400 classes in 65 formal programs (residential, home-based, and center-based) serving approximately 5,000 handicapped children ages 3-5 were studied. The…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Home Programs
Freed, Barbara F. – 1983
The University of Pennsylvania's foreign language requirement self-study resulted in re-evaluation of the existing language program. It revealed that most freshmen were not exempted from college second language study by standardized test scores and that the university's required courses were not producing the desired results. These findings…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Faculty Development
Bengis, Laraine – 1986
The Prefreshman Summer Program for academically and economically handicapped students at the City University of New York (CUNY) was evaluated in 1985 and compared to previous evaluations. The voluntary, 6-week transitional program provides intensive basic skills instruction, tutoring, counseling, and financial aid to incoming students who fail to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Freshmen, College Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs
1986
This executive summary briefly presents the results of an evaluation of the Centers for Independent Living Program, required by the 1984 amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Part B. The evaluation, which assessed the impact of the centers in increasing opportunities for disabled individuals, was based upon data acquired through: mail…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Daily Living Skills, Delivery Systems
Johns, Jennifer S. – 1984
The third year of Title IV-A Indian Education programs in Albuquerque, New Mexico, public schools saw fulfillment of some program objectives despite funding decreases, personnel cuts, and increased requests for remedial tutoring. Two tutors and a counselor tutored 15 middle school and 26 high school students from the Navajo community of Canoncito…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Cognitive Processes
Johns, Jennifer S. – 1985
The Title IV-A Indian Education Program in Albuquerque, New Mexico, public schools met program objectives despite funding decreases, personnel cuts, and increased requests for remedial tutoring. Two tutors, a volunteer, and a counselor tutored 35 middle and high school students from the Navajo community of Canoncito to improve/maintain academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Cognitive Processes
Richards, William – 1986
In fall 1985, a study was conducted by the Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education to analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of community college assessment programs throughout the state. Each community college in the state randomly selected 100 students whose basic skills had been assessed and who had enrolled in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills
Joseph, Carole Berotte; Blot, Richard K. – 1984
The third and final year of Project HAPTT (Haitian Parent and Teacher Training), 1983-84, is evaluated in this report. Project HAPTT is a program of training for educators and New York City community members who work with limited English proficient Haitian students in Haitian Creole/French-English bilingual programs. The first part of the paper…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Bilingual Teachers
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1985
Project TRIUNFE is a bilingual instructional program that served approximately 260 students of Hispanic, Asian, and Haitian backgrounds during the 1983-84 school year at John Jay High School in New York City. It is a transitional program whose major goal is to mainstream students in less than two years. Most significant is its pioneering effort to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
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