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Download full textMCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1967
IN THE DRAPER MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROJECT, INITIATED TO TRAIN INSTITUTIONALIZED OFFENDERS IN TRADES, 810 INMATES HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR ABILITY, APTITUDE, AND EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT. A PICTURE VOCATIONAL PREFERENCE TEST WAS DEVISED TO OVERCOME THE GROUP'S VERBAL DISABILITY. OF THE 331 INMATES ACCEPTED FOR TRAINING, 231 HAVE GRADUATED,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, College Students, Community Support, Correctional Institutions
BOHN, RALPH C. – 1967
STUDENTS OF THE INSERVICE PROGRAM WERE 96 INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS FROM THE AREAS OF AUTO AND POWER, DRAFTING, ELECTRONICS, AND METALS WHO WERE SELECTED FROM 576 APPLICANTS. OBJECTIVES WERE TO (1) DEVELOP MODELS FOR INDUSTRY-SCHOOL COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS, (2) INTEGRATE INSTRUCTION ON INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS, CYBERNETICS, AND AUTOMATION INTO THE…
Descriptors: Automation, Cooperative Programs, Cybernetics, Demonstration Programs
Karlen, Janice M. – 1979
A mail survey of the 326 May and August, 1978, Essex Community College (ECC) graduates was conducted from November, 1978, to February, 1979, to collect demographic data, determine employment and educational status and anticipated needs for future services, and solicit evaluations of personnel service programs and the quality of academic…
Descriptors: Age, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns
National Opinion Research Center, Chicago, IL. – 1977
Eighteen case studies which supplement the National Survey of Compensatory Education are presented. This survey evaluated Title I-funded special services to low achieving students in poor schools, and was conducted by the National Institute of Education. The case studies describe health, guidance, psychological, social work, and other…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Services, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Schools
Hall, Toni; Reed, Jim – 1979
A total of 2,782 nonreturning occupational and transfer students responded to a series of surveys conducted by 13 Texas community colleges during fall 1977 as part of the Tex-SIS (Student Information System) Follow-up System. Information on college majors, educational goals, reasons for not re-enrolling, satisfaction with college experience,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Educational Background
Tschechtelin, James D. – 1979
Information about the goals and goal achievement of Black and White community college students was obtained from a follow-up survey mailed in Spring, 1978, to all persons enrolled as first-time students in Maryland community colleges in Fall, 1974. Additional information on the Maryland community college system was included in the data analysis.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Age, Black Achievement
ALLERHAND, MELVIN E.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A RESEARCH TEAM STUDIED INFLUENCES, ADAPTATION, AND ADAPTABILITY IN 50 POORLY ADAPTING BOYS AT BELLEFAIRE, A REGIONAL CHILD CARE CENTER FOR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN. THE TEAM ATTEMPTED TO GAUGE THE SUCCESS OF THE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER IN TERMS OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PATTERNS AND ROLE PERFORMANCES OF THE BOYS DURING INDIVIDUAL CASEWORK…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior, Behavior Patterns
Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement, PA. – 1965
The purpose of this program was to help disadvantaged preschool children overcome some of the handicaps which hindered their educational, social and emotional development, to increase the interaction between the home and school, and to make the teacher sensitive to the particular needs of his disadvantaged pupils. The program, which operated in…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, College Students, Compensatory Education, Concept Teaching
Jepsen, David A.; Noeth, Richard J. – 1977
A study was conducted to examine the predictive relationship between job values and early employment satisfaction and success as well as to provide information about the stability of job values over time. (Job values refer to generalized concepts of desirable future outcomes anticipated from jobs and describe qualities of satisfactions desired as…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Development, Employment Experience
Smith, Charles W.; And Others – 1975
To provide an effective and available source of data on placement and follow-up of vocational education in Louisiana, a comprehensive follow-up system was designed for collecting information on students in secondary or postsecondary vocational programs from the time they complete or leave with marketable skills until five years following their…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection
Baird, Leonard L., Ed. – 1977
Assessment of student progress in community colleges is necessary for several reasons; among them are accountability to the public, improvement of decision-making for both students and educators, and planning and evaluation of curricula. This sourcebook focuses on various types of student progress--vocational, social, academic, transfer--and on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Community Services, Educational Assessment
Dinger, Jack C.; And Others – 1973
In the middle western area of Pennsylvania, four model programs have been developed at the high school level to provide occupational orientation and preparation for the educable mentally retarded: The Community Based Work-Study Program, The Academic Special Education Program, The External Vocational Program, and The Internal Vocational Program.…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Employment Level, Employment Qualifications
Petersen, Anne C.; Kellam, Sheppard G. – 1976
This paper presents data on a follow-up study of a project in the 1960's: a classroom assessment and intervention program directed at mental health for all the first grade classrooms of Woodlawn, a black poor community on Chicago's south side. Now, ten years later, the mental health of these adolescents as well as the mental health, structure, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Measures, Black Students, Comparative Analysis
Viscusi, Margo – 1971
This study, essentially a personal description is the first to deal with one of the pilot projects in functional literacy, part of the UNESCO experimental adult literacy program. The project discussed is a work-oriented literacy undertaking in Tanzania. Following a brief survey of the background of the project, the present situation is described.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Agricultural Education, Community Coordination, Continuing Education Centers
Downey, L. W.; And Others – 1975
This summary report assesses the design implementation and classroom instruction of the Alberta, Canada, social studies curriculum. The purpose of the study was to present a synthesis of findings from five investigative activities undertaken by a research association in Alberta: (1) review of the background of the program, (2) critiques of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Comparative Education, Curriculum Evaluation
