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Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Greater Los Angeles, CA. – 1971
An evaluation of a youth and economic opportunities agency's improvement program for preschool children is presented. Objectives of the Head Start program include: (1) Improving the child's physical health and abilities, (2) Helping the emotional and social development of the child, (3) Improving the child's mental processes and skills and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
Koshy, T. A.; And Others – 1971
A project to upgrade the vocational skills of Indian workers is presented. This project is designed to plan and develop integrated educational and training courses of various duration for workers and prospective workers, through the establishment of Polyvalent Centers. These centers are institutions providing opportunity for many-sided education…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Attitude Change, Cognitive Development
Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi (India). – 1971
A program of functional literacy, as an integral part of the program of Farmers' Training and Functional Literacy, is presented. Its objectives are: (1) to increase the attainment and use of literacy skills, and (2) to bring about the socio-economic change on the individual with particular emphasis on changes in agricultural production. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Production, Attitude Change, Control Groups
Parkland Coll., Champaign, IL. – 1972
Concern for student improvement and recognition of the importance of individualizing instruction provided the rationale for this project. A definite need was seen for paraprofessionals to help teachers with instruction, not just with clerical work. The project was organized so that teacher aides received on-the-job experience concurrently with…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Classroom Observation Techniques, Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
Nolte, Jane – 1973
This is the final project-outcomes report of the Home Aid for Parents in Preschool Education (H.A.P.P.E.) which had as its ultimate goal the development of a variety of materials for the education of parents of preschool children and future parents (e.g. high school child development students). Results are described in terms of the six project…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Child Development, Delivery Systems, Dial Access Information Systems
Lincoln Public Schools, NE. – 1975
Evaluation description, data, and conclusions are presented for the second year of a 3-year career education program designed to assist the community and schools in implementing career education by providing leadership in developing a cooperatively designed plan and by providing management and support services in implementing the plan. The…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Takanishi, Ruby – 1976
In this paper (Part II of a presentation titled "Early Childhood Education in Urban America") four broad questions are discussed: (1) What are the goals of early childhood education? Continuing dilemmas in compensatory early education are articulated, and the questions of how should resources be allocated and who should benefit are raised. (2) Who…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Compensatory Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Day Care
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI. Dept. of Educational Research and Program Assessment. – 1976
This is the annual evaluation report of the Title VII components of the Milwaukee Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program funded by Title I and Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1967 and the Milwaukee Public Schools. The results of the 1975-76 assessment of pupil progress toward achievement of the program's academic and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Career Education
Fowler, William; Kahn, Nasim – 1976
This paper outlines the design and outcomes of an investigation comparing a day care program and home-rearing of infants and preschool children and discusses at length some issues involved in day care research. The study proposed to develop and evaluate a program at a Toronto municipal day care center which accepted infants, and compare the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Community Role, Comparative Analysis
Goodrich, Nancy; And Others – 1974
This program analysis is part of the interim report on the National Home Start Evaluation. Home Start, a federally-funded 3-year (1972-1975) home-based demonstration program for low-income families with 3- to 5-year-old children was designed to enhance a mother's skills in dealing with her own children and to provide comprehensive…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Ethnic Groups
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Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, Los Alamitos, CA. – 1975
The English Language and Concepts Program for Spanish-Speaking Children (LCS) is designed to enable Spanish-speaking youngsters to succeed in the regular school classroom. This report presents detailed summaries of major studies in the LCS tryout and evaluation sequence. (1) LCS prototype tryout, 1969: Tryout is described, materials and procedures…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Classroom Observation Techniques, English (Second Language)
Parker, Douglas V. – 1976
The purpose of this study was to evaluate French programs in Alberta. Evaluation teams visited schools in four jurisdictions; each school jurisdiction provided a representative sample of 50 non-Francophone students at each of the grades 6, 9, and 11, and a sample of 25 dropouts from the program in each of the grades 6 and 11. Tests and…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness
Rusch, Reuben R.; Dinkmeyer, Don – 1973
The effectiveness of the elementary level guidance program, Developing Understanding of Self and Others (DUSO), is assessed. Intended for use by counselors of children ages 5-8, the DUSO program is designed to help children understand social-emotional behavior through listening, inquiry, discussion, and role play. The DUSO Affectivity Device,…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Behavioral Sciences, Child Psychology, Data Analysis
Jennings, Gerald D.; And Others – 1976
Development, implementation, and evaluation of a career education program in the high schools of Rome, Georgia are described. Evaluation of the career education program in tenth grade social studies and language arts courses was carried out through a subjective student rating and an objective analysis of Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) scores.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Counseling Services, Counselor Role
Stilwell, William E.; Barclay, James R. – 1976
This is an evaluation of developmental guidance services' affective education program. Data was collected on children enrolled in Buerkle School and in a control school (Julia Shannon) in Stuttgart School District No. 22 (AR). Third- and fourth-grade level boys and girls who had been in the program for the full 1975-1976 year provided data for…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Career Awareness
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