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Skaggs, Kenneth G., Ed.; Menefee, Selden, Ed. – 1972
Two workshops were organized by the American Association of Junior Colleges (AAJC) Program with Developing Institutions at community colleges were good career curicula could be demonstrated. Speeches from the AAJC and twelve community colleges described several innovative programs being developed in career education at the postsecondary level.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Career Ladders, Communication Skills
Doob, Heather S. – 1974
The document begins by considering the underlying assumptions of open education and the development of open education in Great Britain and the United States. Several definitions and descriptions of open education are cited. The main body of the document deals with the effects of open education on student achievement, student attitudes and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Attitudes, Bibliographies
Taines, Beatrice – 1973
In the fall semester, 1972, a Women's Re-entry Program was initiated at Diablo Valley College. The program was devised to provide a supportive and encouraging atmosphere and convenient physical arrangements so that women could return to the classroom. All classes were scheduled during elementary school hours, and child care was made available for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Cage, Bob N.; And Others – 1971
Instituted by the Migrant Section, Florida State Department of Education for the 1970-71 school year, the Migrant Compensatory Learn and Earn Program operatived 30 mobile units (2 on elementary, 4 on high school, and 24 on junior high school campuses) which housed 4 pre-vocational programs (Hospital, Housekeeping, Auto Tune-up, and Supermarket) on…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attitudes, Basic Skills, Behavior Change
Mason, Evelyn P. – 1971
In this progress report are descriptions of (1) the 1970 program of Project Catch-Up (PCU), Western Washington State College's (WWSC) 6-week summer residence program of remediation and cultural enrichment for junior high age youth of ethnic minority status or poverty background having high potential and low achievement, and (2) the follow-up…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Compensatory Education
Evans, Charles L. – 1971
Under the Intensified Learning Plan (ILP), the school year was organized into trimesters. Students focused on fewer subjects for longer daily periods than usual. Results of tests, questionnaires, and conferences were used to measure the accomplishment of criterion objectives. The majority of parents, students, and teachers prefered the ILP, with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Conferences, Courses
Kurfman, Dana G., Ed. – 1970
This second yearbook of the National Council for Geographic Education presents recent thinking about the formulation and assessment of the educational outcomes of geography. Dana G. Kurfman overviews "Evaluation Developments Useful in Geographic Education" relating evaluation to decision making, objectives, data gatherings, and data…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Curriculum Evaluation
Hyder, Carroll Ray – 1971
The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the workshops, collect data to further enhance the programs, and determine the job satisfaction of the participants. The study involved 154 participants in nine 1970 Industrial Arts Curriculum Project (IACP) summer workshops for construction teachers. An achievement test, the Minnesota…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Doctoral Dissertations
Gran, James R. – 1971
One of a series of one year and four year followups in the Jackson County (Iowa) Adult Evening High School Completion Program, this study assessed the educational, social or personal, and/or financial gains experienced thus far by the 58 member Class of 1970. General information (age, sex, residence, marital and family status) was sought, along…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Age Differences, Attitudes, Educational Needs
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1970
In the Texas Education Agency's administrative guide for programs involving the education of migrant children, various topics of interest to migrant educators are discussed in relation to the Texas Child Migrant Program: stated philosophies of, and guidelines for, migrant education, instructional programs, and preschool programs; different program…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Ancillary Services, Curriculum Enrichment, Education Service Centers
Quilling, Mary R. – 1971
Prepared by the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Growth, the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development (Design) contains several components. The field study evaluation of the Word Attack element in terms of attainment of objectives is reported in this conference paper. All children in grades 1 to 3 of two Wisconsin…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Conference Reports, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
Central Connecticut State Coll., New Britain. Regional Center for the Improvement of Instruction in Elementary Social Studies. – 1970
The purpose of the Regional Center's 15 month project was to strengthen the professional training of teachers, improve elementary social studies instruction, provide for the successful implementation of new social studies curricula (Man: A Course of Study), and to create a setting for research in problems of teacher training and curriculum…
Descriptors: Consultants, Diffusion, Elementary Education, Information Dissemination
Gorman, Anna M.; Manning, Doris E. – 1971
A total of 168 research studies, published since 1962 and using data collection instruments suitable for home economics research, were selected through a computer search of Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) publications and a manual search of non-ERIC publications. Entries are organized according to these categories: (1) Manpower…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Data Collection, Educational Administration
Bates, Devon; And Others – 1967
This paper proposes an Evaluator Development Program to meet the need for improvement and development in educational evaluation. The objective is to enhance effective evaluation processes in elementary, secondary, and higher education through the institutionalization of evaluator roles within differential settings. The program involves the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Lunneborg, Patricia W.; Lunneborg, Clifford E. – 1971
This report details the evaluation of 25 teachers who during 1970-71 participated in an environmental inservice workshop. They, plus a control group of 22 teachers, were tested before and after the workshop with two environmental awareness surveys. These surveys did not indicate a greater final knowledge of environment in the experimental teaching…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Research, Curriculum Evaluation, Ecology
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