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SCHARLES, HENRY G., JR. – 1966
TO RELATE PERSONALITY NEEDS TO DROPOUT AND ACHIEVEMENT AMONG ADULT LEARNERS, A SAMPLE OF 90 MALES AND 50 FEMALES WAS RANDOMLY DRAWN FROM THE 600 REGISTRANTS IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADULT EVENING HIGH SCHOOL DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES. THE EDWARDS PERSONAL PREFERENCE SCHEDULE WAS ADMINISTERED TO THE SAMPLE, AND THE DATA WAS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Dropouts, Affiliation Need, Doctoral Dissertations
Download full textEGGER, ROWLAND A. – 1966
MIDCAREER MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION FOR FEDERAL CIVIL SERVANTS REQUIRED AN ACCEPTED SET OF RULES AND STANDARDS FOR MAKING JUDGMENTS RELATING TO THE INTELLECTUAL IMPROVEMENT OF CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS WHO QUALIFY FOR HIGHER, MORE RESPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATIVE AND POLICY MAKING POSITIONS. CRITERIA FOR SUCH A DOCTRINE WOULD PERTAIN TO…
Descriptors: Administrators, Criteria, Educational Environment, Educational Needs
HANDCOCK, ALAN; ROBINSON, JOHN – 1966
A COMBINATION OF TELEVISION, GROUP STUDY, PRIVATE STUDY, CORRESPONDENCE STUDY, AND PRACTICAL WORK PROVIDED AN EXTENSIVE INTRODUCTION TO THE NATURE AND METHODS OF SOCIAL WORK, PRINCIPALLY FOR VOLUNTEER AND PART-TIME WORKERS THROUGH 16 HALF-HOUR PROGRAMS ON SOCIAL WORK AND ADMINISTRATION BROADCAST ON BBC-2 BETWEEN OCTOBER 5, 1965 AND FEBRUARY 8,…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Discussion Groups, Educational Television, Guides
O'DELL, EARL D.; THOMPSON, JOHN T. – 1966
THIS IS THE REPORT, FROM THE ADULT EDUCATION DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, OF A SURVEY MADE IN 1965 OF ADULT EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THE STATE. THE PURPOSES OF THE STUDY WERE TO POINT UP POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND TO PROVIDE A DESIGN FOR INTELLIGENT PLANNING FOR FUTURE NEEDS. FOUR MAJOR TASKS WERE…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Psychological Corp., New York, NY. – 1978
Seven criteria for selecting and describing the standardization sample of the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT), 1978 edition are discussed. Four major variables were used to describe the sample: socioeconomic status; school district enrollment; public vs. nonpublic; and geographic region. Both forms and all grade levels of the Survey Battery…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Geographic Regions
Newsom, Ron; Foxworth, Linda – 1979
A project was initiated to (1) determine internal-external orientation of a group of adult basic education-general educational development (ABE-GED) clients; (2) collect demographic data on the clientele; (3) assess functional abilities of clients in math and reading at enrollment and after three months; (4) analyze results of objectives to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Age
Halasz-Salster, Ida; And Others – 1979
A statewide study was conducted to assess the extent of services offered by Education Information Centers (EICs) in Ohio. The following four objectives guided the project activities: (1) to catalog, describe and analyze current statewide resources and services for providing educational information, guidance, counseling and referral services to all…
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling Services, Federal Legislation, Guidance Centers
Boyle, William Joseph – 1967
Part of a longitudinal project begun in Wisconsin in 1956, this study investigated the relationship of participation in educational activities by young male adults to present socioeconomic status and to personal and environmental factors measured while in high school. About half the respondents had participated in one or more educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Curriculum, Doctoral Dissertations
Parlette, Nicholas; And Others – 1968
Service to public health and allied professionals has long been the concern and major function of the Program for Continuing Education in Public Health, sponsored by the four Schools of Public Health in the West--and by the Western Regional Office of the American Public Health Association (APHA). To assess the effectiveness of this program, a…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Course Content, Educational Needs, Electromechanical Aids
Evaluation of Selected Aspects of the Homemaking Service Program in the City of Rochester, New York.
Alexander, Frank D. – 1968
The objectives of the study were: to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the teaching homemakers and of the women with whom they worked; to indicate the influence of selected training on the teaching homemakers; and to show the training program input. Data were collected through the pre- and post-testing of teaching homemakers, and a…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Extension Education, Family Income, Home Economics
Robison, Kathleen A.; Canfield, Allan L. – 1975
The report describes a statistical study of persons in credit-free programs at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Designed to develop a survey instrument for determining an adult learner profile, the study was conducted among the 1,486 persons registered in such programs in the fall of 1974 (of whom 676 responded to the written…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, College Programs
Mortvedt, Marjory M. – 1975
The paper evaluates the use of group dynamics training for Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) aides in Ohio and assesses low income homemakers' adoption of group participation. The treatment group of aides was given week-long experimental group dynamics training which was coupled with nutrition and money management subject…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Educational Research
Shworles, Thomas R. – 1973
The project (1968-1973) was undertaken to demonstrate job and earning potential for competitive work of homebound and/or severely disabled persons who otherwise have not benefited from rehabilitation programs as they conventionally exist. In the lifetime of this project, three companies were formed: An non-emergency transportation service for the…
Descriptors: Business, Computers, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
Nease, Linda Jeanne – 1975
The major purpose of the study was to develop a profile of nutrition paraprofessionals in Pennsylvania; a secondary purpose was to assess the personal benefit, if any, reported by the paraprofessionals as a result of working with the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). During December, 1974 and January, 1975, questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Age, Educational Background, Educational Programs, Employee Attitudes
Richardson, William B. – 1975
The study was made to determine the earnings of a sample group of Indiana high school vocational program graduates to ascertain the effect hypothesized training has on earnings of high school vocational graduates. The sample was randomly selected from 1972-73 graduates, stratified according to vocational program. Of the 18 independent variables…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates, Multiple Regression Analysis
