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Barnett, W. Steven; Pezzino, James – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1987
A comparison of half-day and full-day intervention programs for handicapped preschoolers evaluated students' scores on a developmental inventory and cost data. Results indicated no differences in the educational outcomes associated with length of day and showed that half-day programs served 60 percent more children than full-day programs with the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness

Clark, Richard J.; Fischetti, John C. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1987
This article describes in detail the Math English Science Technology Education Project (MESTEP), a 15-month master's level program to recruit and prepare top college graduates to teach math, science, and English in secondary schools. MESTEP is a partnership among the University of Massachusetts, a network of school systems, and corporations.…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Length

Vedel-Petersen, Jacob – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1970
This paper is concerned with the kindergarten as an educational institute and is part of a larger survey of the literature... on all aspects of the child's development as affected by the kindergarten experience. (Author)
Descriptors: Age, Class Size, Exceptional Persons, Individual Needs

Cushman, Ellen – College Composition and Communication, 2002
Reveals a few of the obstacles that hinder the sustainability of community literacy programs. Finds that professors in service learning courses can better sustain these initiatives when they view the community site as a place where their research, teaching, and service contribute to a community's self-defined needs and students' learning. (SG)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literacy, Program Length, School Community Relationship
Goodman, Robert M.; And Others – Health Education Quarterly, 1993
Responses from 322 (71%) health promotion program administrators tested a level of institutionalization scale. Results support four factors for routinization of program in each subsystem (production, maintenance, support, management) and four on degree of program saturation in subsystems. Routinization correlated more highly with program…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Health Promotion, Measurement Techniques, Organizational Change

Bedard, Kelly; Do, Chan – Journal of Human Resources, 2005
While nearly half of all school districts have adopted middle schools, there is little quantitative evidence of the efficacy of this educational structure. We estimate the impact of moving from a junior high school system, where students stay in elementary school longer, to a middle school system for on-time high school completion. This is a…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Junior High Schools, Graduation, Program Length
Bergman, Esther M.; Prince, Katinka J. A. H.; Drukker, Jan; van der Vleuten, Cees P. M.; Scherpbier, Albert J. J. A. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2008
Innovations in undergraduate medical education, such as integration of disciplines and problem based learning, have given rise to concerns about students' knowledge of anatomy. This article originated from several studies investigating the knowledge of anatomy of students at the eight Dutch medical schools. The studies showed that undergraduate…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Undergraduate Students, Medical Schools, Problem Based Learning
Dai, Chifeng; Sindelar, Paul T.; Denslow, David; Dewey, James; Rosenberg, Michael S. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2007
Few studies have addressed the effects of teacher education generally, no less the specific program elements necessary to prepare competent and caring teachers. As a result, to address teacher shortages in science, mathematics, and special education, alternatives to traditional preparation have been proposed, and their development has proceeded…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Program Design, Economic Research, Teacher Education Programs
Beaver, John F. – 1987
This study was undertaken in the fall of 1987 to investigate the differences between schools with long-established and newer instructional computing programs, and to test the assumption that experience indicates superior program quality. Seventy-three elementary schools believed to have developed outstanding instructional computing programs were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Program Development
Hall, Carroll L. – 1986
This paper first discusses similarities between the medical profession and the present status of the education profession. Discussion centers on changes in education in New Mexico generated by external agencies to which colleges are having to respond, as did medical schools in the past. The New Mexico State Department of Education developed the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational Cooperation, Program Length, State Legislation

Harkin, J. B. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1974
New criteria for the design of liberal arts programs are formulated. These criteria concern the relationships among liberal arts content, process, and delivery system. The central role of process in time-variable educational systems is stressed. (Author)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Instructional Design, Liberal Arts, Program Length

Munro, Joset Navach; Bach, Thomas R. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1975
Twenty-four clients seeking help from a counseling center for emotional or personal-social problems were randomly assigned to one of two treatment conditions: time-limited or undetermined-time counseling. Findings indicated significant improvement in terms of self-acceptance and increased independence for clients in the time-limited group over a…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Group Counseling, Helping Relationship
Baldwin, Robert O.; Johnson, Kirk A. – 1968
This is the fifth in a series on shortened versions of the Avionics Fundamentals and Aviation Electronics Technician R (Radar) Courses. The first four studies indicated that the initial revisions of the courses led to substantial savings in training time, but that the graduates from the revised courses were slightly inferior to graduates from the…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Course Content, Electronics, Equipment
Johnson, Raymond L.; And Others – 1969
A multiple time series design was used to test the effectiveness of short workshops for housewives recruited to teach basic reading to adults in bringing about changes in teacher attitudes and opinions. An attitude and opinion survey questionnaire comprising true-false items was given on three occasions, to all participants of a nine-hour…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Homemakers, Program Evaluation, Program Length
Bersi, Robert M. – 1973
This report is an outcome of a decision to conduct a national inquiry into current college and university programs that have as their goal a reduction of the time spent in earning the baccalaureate degree. During the course of conducting the inquiry, numerous approaches to time-shortening the bachelor's degree were observed. Although each of these…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Colleges, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic)