A framework for evaluating short-term inservice teacher education workshops regarding handicapped children specifies targets (outcomes, processes), conditions (pre-postsession, within-session, and followup), and instruments (paper and pencil surveys, direct observation, interviews), and standards. Recommendations are offered for using the…

The paper describes a 15-hour workshop designed for special and regular educators with little or no previous computer experience. The workshop is intended to provide participants with a wide range of experience in the use of microcomputers in the classroom and to develop a general understanding of the value of computers in working with children in…

Discusses encouraging creativity and innovation in an organization. It examines creative training, creative problem solving, fostering creativity, how several corporations are teaching creativity to employees, what chief executive officers think of creativity workshops for employees, and the difference between the logical and creative approaches…

Summarizes major presentations of the 17th World Congress of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP). The opening address asks the question "Should an individual's original cultural identity be continued and reinforced when that person becomes a permanent resident in an alien culture?" Workshops, displays, projects, and…

Describes "Invention Workshops" that were conducted as part of science programs for elementary and middle schools. Three types of workshops capitalize on the history of inventions, the personalities of inventors, and the invention process. (RH)

A writing instructor describes the history and organization of writing workshops for gifted students. The courses feature close work between professional writers and students, the development of a student anthology, and the establishment of creative writing awards. (CL)

Evaluated the effectiveness of a weekend retreat for family housing couples (N=16) to work on issues involved in a dual career lifestyle. Results showed that participants found both the format and content to be positive. (JAC)

The Computer Tutor Program employs children to teach teachers in the functions and uses of microcomputers. The teachers then teach other students to program, play games, do routine tasks, and use a word processor. (CL)

Twenty university department chairpersons/program directors participated in a two-hour training session on section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicaps. Ss showed significant pre-post treatment increases in knowledge of the law compared to control Ss. (CL)

Describes some evaluation designs and shows how they can be used to access intended and unintended outcomes. (JOW)

The purpose of this study was investigate the effects of a DNA Fingerprinting Workshop on 10th grade students' self efficacy and attitudes toward science. The content of the workshop based on high school science curriculum and includes multimedia instruction, laboratory experiment and participation of undergraduate students as mentors. N=93…

This document is a series of three workshops for principals and school leaders using a Pacific region cultural context. Its goal is to promote diverse thinking and opinions that will lead to discussions that, in turn, will have a positive impact on student achievement. Workshop settings are based on the bai, a traditional house where people gather…

Novices often struggle to learn qualitative data analysis, and benefit from intensive assistance. For teaching analysis more efficiently in the classroom setting, the workshop described in this paper explained and demonstrated an inductive, experiential method. The method introduces grounded theory analysis and helps students to identify,…

Reports on a workshop Technique for teaching poetry writing which arrives at a compromise between Ken Macrorie's realization that negative feedback from a teacher makes students write worse, and the teacher's well trained critical knowledge that there are certain standards that need to be taught. (RB)

In 1969 the American University offered a Workshop in Chemical Substructure Information Handling Systems. Topics covered in the courses are described. (Authors)