Describes an environmental simulation exercise conducted at an outdoor camp in Colorado. The two simulations involved the physical, social, political and environmental factors which might influence construction of an airport in the Rocky Mountain National Park and factors associated with a nuclear generating plant. (BR)

This field guide was especially developed for Water Watch--a public participation program in Kentucky that encourages citizens to adopt a stream, lake or wetland, and then gain hands-on experience in protecting and enhancing their adopted water resources. Understanding the relationships between life and the environment helps people to appreciate…

Since all Agency for International Development (AID) projects require an evaluation component, AID's emphasis on assistance to agriculture and rural development projects ensures a continuing need for skilled and expert personnel to evaluate those projects. Intended for potential AID project evaluators, this guide uses experience gained from field…

An intensive evaluative study was conducted in Pennsylvania to test, through field implementation, curriculum guidelines for food service education which were prepared from a baseline, two-year study of the food service industry. Draft guidelines were presented to selected food service teachers through a series of three one-day conferences.…

Examines some of the main theoretical issues at the basis of generative grammar and the ways they can be a useful theoretical frame of reference for field procedures. (SC)

Focusing on an inner-city school system, schools which include the poor, blacks, and immigrant children, this study examines some of the determinants and effects of teachers' expectations for class achievement: data consist of results from expectations measures administered to the teachers plus pupils' scores on the Stanford Achievement Test.…

A symposium was held to discuss the question, How and to what extent is technical and vocational education in Europe encouraging occupational mobility? Following the symposium, a series of visits was conducted to view innovative practices and experiments concerning this question; countries visited included Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom,…

The village of Tununak on Nelson Island in southwestern Alaska was the site of this field investigation into Eskimo children's games. The focus of investigation was the relationship between role structure in the community and player organization in games; the expressive nature of games as defined by specific values reflected in games and game…

This document contains the fourth of five volumes reporting the activities and results of a career education evaluation project conducted to accomplish the following two objectives; (1) to improve the quality of evaluations by career education projects funded by the United States Office of Career Education (OCE) through the provision of technical…

Specific uses and outcomes of studies conducted with the Inventory of Individually Perceived Group Cohesiveness (IIPGC) are described. This document serves as a supplementary guide to field studies and normative data obtained in reference to the IIPGC. The Inventory of Individually Perceived Group Cohesiveness is a self-report measure of an…

This study of the self-directed, interpretive, and creative reading elements of the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development was conducted to gather descriptive data about implementation strategies being developed and practiced by field test teachers and to gather evaluative information about the usability of various management and…

This report presents the results of a two-year project to design, pretest, and revise the Statistical Survey of Elementary Schools, which is intended to provide information on federally funded elementary education programs operating in local public school systems. The report also documents the activities and decisions that brought about these…

This publication summarizes available research comparing middle schools with conventional types of schools serving 10- to 14-year old students. Research findings are presented in four topical sections dealing with student achievement and attendance, student self-concept and attitude, teacher and parent attitude, and administration, curriculum,…