A study identified continuing education needs of the adult community in Vermont, particularly those who are employed and those who are listed as unemployed. The sample of 3000 persons (945 responded) at 27 sites was surveyed using a 34 item instrument, Continuing Education Needs Assessment Survey, designed by the study. Most respondents indicating…

The first of three volumes included in a secondary agricultural supplies and services curriculum guide, this volume contains units of instruction in two major areas: (1) plant and soil science and (2) leadership (Future Farmers of America). Typical of the nineteen units included in the first section are the following: Plant Insect Control, Plant…

This is the second of three annual evaluation reports of the Georgia Life Skills for Mental Health program, a primary prevention program for alcohol and drug abuse which utilizes community mental health agencies as the link between program sponsors and public schools. This report is designed to document the program evaluation progress, inform the…

The objectives of this workshop module are to help teachers recognize the power of their expectations to influence the behavior and perception of students, to identify commonly held expectations for the sexes and the self-fulfilling consequences of these expectations, and to examine the inappropriateness of differential expectations based on sex.…

An educational training needs assessment for nursing and hospital support staff was undertaken at a country hospital to collect data for use in designing a staff development program for the institution. After gathering the perceptions of key hospital staff concerning the hospital's mission, future, strengths, weaknesses, and problems to establish…

The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects were designed to test whether guaranteed part-time jobs during the school year and full-time jobs in the summer would induce economically disadvantaged youths to remain in or return to school. The General Accounting Office (GAO) found that most worksites provided adequate experiences. Others, however,…

Important steps in building a multicultural curriculum are the development of specific criteria for cultural inclusion, use of different methods of instruction in the classroom, and implementation of in-service programs for the continual retraining of teachers. Various state departments have developed criteria for inclusion, and these can be used…

Designed to be presented in a workshop format, by trainers, to an audience of caregivers of young children, these materials provide six modules for workshops in the areas of helping children grow emotionally and socially. Contents of the workshop modules focus on adult behavior and children's self-esteem, feelings and sexuality, activities for…

This document reports on the Health Advocacy Training (HAT) Project which was a 3-year demonstration program of evaluation, training, and technical assistance to improve health aspects of day care programs operating in the Southeastern Region of Pennsylvania. Section I presents an introduction to the project. Section II presents a comprehensive…

The Racial Attitudes and Perceptions Survey (RAPS) consists of four scales: perceived discrimination against blacks; attitude toward racial interaction; feelings of reverse racism; and racial climate. This instrument was administered to approximately 10,000 military personnel in a variety of research designs to determine the impact of race…

This paper presents a number of hypotheses concerned with individual learning strategies based on a pre-experimental, observational case study. Three children (two seven-year-olds and one eleven-year-old) native speakers of Hebrew were the subjects of the study. The language data collected from them consisted of spontaneous speech about their…

This sourcebook contains ASSIST training materials designed to prepare paraprofessionals for their role as teacher aides in classes for handicapped preschool children. The preservice portion of the training program focuses on the special relationships the instructional associate has with the teacher, the preschool, and the child. Chapter I…

A test development plan is described to evaluate police enrolled in the law enforcement basic training course developed by California's Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). Some general test methodologies are discussed: performance tests, knowledge tests, and situational tests, including role playing simulations and…

Designed as a guide for participants in a training workshop, this four-part handbook also provides a reference for supervisors regarding the utilization of handicapped persons as employees. Section 1 contains information about handicapped persons and the selective placement program. Job analysis, job modification, and architectural and…

The Northeast Academic Science Information Center (NASIC) program, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation to the New England Board of Higher Education, experimented in using a regional organization to develop an intermediary role in the process of providing machine-readable bibliographic search services to the academic research…