The career orientation phase attempts to link the elementary program of attitudes and awareness of work to the senior high program of individual exploration of selected careers. This six-week unit, part of the eighth grade social studies curriculum, is designed to familiarize the students with various occupations, to prepare them for high school…

By 1971, Texas had attained the largest enrollment of adults in adult basic education (ABE) of all States. This report provides a descriptive profile of ABE teachers and students and analyzes factors determining student enrollment, attendance, and program completion. An exploratory search, the study assesses the relationship of situational,…

This report evaluates the operation and effects of a work-study program among high school juniors and seniors following its extension to municipal agencies of the city of New York. The evaluation forms part of a five year program, and constitutes an internal self-examination of the administrative and operational aspects of the institutions. The…

An evaluation of the fifth year of the More Effective Schools Program, this study utilized observations, interviews, central office and school records, and questionnaires administered to parents, teachers, specialists, students, and paraprofessionals for evaluation purposes. In this 1968-69 program, 1,422 teachers supplemented by 485 special…

This report describes the measurable impact of the course, Human Relations, on student attitudes and a synthesis of views from extensive teacher interviews. (Technical aspects of the evaluation design, instrumentation, and tables are appended.) Experimental subjects were 811 students, grades 9-12, who were completing the semester course. 14…

The purpose of the study was to identify personal and social characteristics that were correlated with extent of educative activity by non-college bound young adults. One hundred interviews of seven hours each, were held in a Northeastern metropolitan area and 500 interviews were held in one of three geographic areas, a large Northeastern…

The study assesses expectations by the general public of a specific 2-year, post-high school institution of higher education, identified as a university branch, and sought to determine, insofar as they affected the role and mission of the university branch, (1) the public image of the university branch under study, (2) broad purposes and needs,…

This document reports the results of an evaluation of the initial year of the modified 45-15 year-round program. The assessment attempted to estimate the acceptance of the plan by parents, pupils, and school staffs; describe the adjustments necessitated by the new school calendar; compare the programs of the year-round schools with those of…

A citizen's Drug Abuse Evaluation Committee was formed in Utah to evaluate past research and gather new data on basic questions concerning the drug problem. This booklet provides information based on the Committee's research, hearings, and an investigation of the current drug abuse problem in Utah. Data was also obtained from recorded testimony of…

This document presents a comparative study of two approaches to English as a second language and cultural education for immigrant children recently arrived in Canada. Both approaches have the same basic philosophy that the child should learn language and culture together, at his own pace, stimulated by his curiosity and his growing awareness of…

This study inquired into the relationships between (1) the role school plays in preparing children for adult life and the attitudes of children, teachers, and parents toward schooling; (2) the school curriculum and children's out-of-school experiences; and (3) curriculum content and Western influences on teaching styles. This study is a followup…

This study was designed to provide descriptive data on several samples of drug users and to compare these with non-drug users. The study focused on the characteristics of four groups: hippies, weekend hippies ("weekenders"), non-hippie drug users, and non-hippie non-users. Information was collected from study participants to provide…

This study constitutes the promised product of an institute on "Puerto Rican Pupils in Mainland Schools," sponsored by the Educational Leadership Institute and the University of Hartford during the Summer of 1971. The stated purposes of the Institute were: (1) to stimulate communications and understanding between school and community…

An announced aim of the research group for the Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM) is to gather landscape information related to mathematics teaching and learning in rural Appalachian high schools. Does context (i.e., rural and Appalachian) have meaningful impacts upon the math…

The Educational Training Academy (EdTrAc) is an NSF-funded project of Normandale Community College to increase the number, diversity, and skills of students preparing to be elementary and middle school teachers with a specialty in math and science. Overall, this evaluation indicates that the EdTrAc implementation is on track after its first year…