The one group posttest only evaluation model has been identified as a relatively inexpensive and useful model that can identify program components that are not being successful. The use of the model is discussed and illustrated through a hypothetical evaluation of a compensatory (Chapter 1) program. The one group posttest only evaluation model…

AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF THE BALTIMORE HEAD START PROGRAM ON COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM WERE GIVEN THE PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST (PPVT) AND THE DRAW-A-PERSON (DAP) TEST AT THE START OF THE PROGRAM, AT ITS TERMINATION, AND WHEN THEY ENROLLED IN KINDERGARTEN. A CONTROL GROUP, DRAWN FROM THE…

The experiment studied the "relative effectiveness of tangible and social rewards upon the performance of a simple discrimination learning task by culturally disadvantaged children." Also assessed were the effects of the sex of the subjects (Ss) and the examiner. Ss were 144 five- and six-year old youngsters in a Georgia Head Start…

Many people take for granted the use of language as a tool for coping with everyday occupational and social problems. However, there are those, such as prison inmates, who have difficulty using language in this manner. Realizing that prison inmates are not always able to communicate effectively through standard patterns of speech and thus are…

The historical, political and economic climate in the mid-1960's was ripe for a head-on collision between two conflicting ideologies. On the one hand, there was President Johnson's War on Poverty. The Head Start summer programs were begun in late 1964 as the archetype of the hope to improve the lives of the poor. On the other hand, was the…

Research concerned with the compensatory education of disadvantaged children points to language deprivation as a primary causative factor in the "cumulative deficit" in education and school failure of these children. From a psycholinguistic framework, a method was devised to teach some of the essential linguistic skills in a short intensive…

The Cooperative Extension faculty in Ohio established a correspondence course for new 4-H leaders. The course included topics designed to meet the most significant needs of the leaders. This study had as its objectives: (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of the course by determining whether knowledge about 4-H and desirable practices performed in…

The feasibility of offering, on a voluntary, no credit basis, a programmed audio-tutorial instruction approach to the listening skills was investigated; and the extent to which these materials meet the listening needs of students was studied. Two groups of 22 and 20 students at a state university were chosen randomly from volunteers. The…

The purpose of this study was to determine what effect peer learning among American Indian children had with regard to: learning mathematical skills; developing student attitudes toward mathematics; and developing satisfaction reactions or attitudes with the process of peer learning. Results indicated significant improvement among 6th grade…

The ethical dilemma of (a) desiring a control group for validity purposes in program evaluation strategies and (b) withholding needed services from eligible clients to achieve such control has limited the credibility of many evaluation efforts. A potential solution is suggested by the use of time-series, single-subject designs. (Author)

Using data from a sales campaign for the Arizona State lottery, a multiplist strategy of program evaluation is analyzed. Several complementary designs are used within the strategy to help remove threats to internal validity associated with the nonequivalent control group design. (SLD)

The results of this study of two groups of nursing students, one administered desensitization sessions, the other not, agree with earlier studies which indicate that massed group desensitization is an efficient and efficacious procedure for the reduction of anxiety-based disorders. (Author/KM)

A discussion of some of the causes of deficiencies in evaluation and the contention that the administrator can help improve its quality by being other than a passive participant in the evaluation process. (Author/RY)

The Babkin reflex is a reaction to the simultaneous pressing of the palms of the hands of the infant. (Authors)

Lack of spontaneous" development in the control group children is a matter of practical educational concern because it indicates the extent to which ESN children depend on explicit teaching for their mental advancement. (Author/SP)