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Wood, George S., Ed.; Webber, Mary Margaret, Ed. – 1998
This proceedings contains 30 papers: "What Matters in Planning a Conference" (Ahmed et al.); "Faculty Motivations for Learning To Teach at a Distance with Instructional Technology" (Armstrong); "The Use of Literature in Qualitative Research" (Austin, Babchuk); "Reading Women's Lives" (Baker-Clark);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Continuing Education
Wallace, Michael B.; Thompson, Sheila D.; Hughes, Gerunda B. – 1998
As a preliminary step within a comprehensive evaluation plan, direct observation of a "safety-net" academic enrichment component of the College Board's Equity 2000 Program, in the form of the Saturday Academy, was conducted by researchers from the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk/Howard University…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Planning
Spall, Sharon; Barrett, Barbara; Darragh, Sheron; Gill, Peggy; Schwei, Michael – 1998
At Stephen F. Austin State University (Texas), focus group research was conducted to determine research needs and to inform the development of a new educational research center. Four graduate research assistants and a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership formed a study group to review the literature on focus groups and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Focus Groups, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Manning, Kathleen, Ed. – 1999
This book presents six qualitative research studies written by graduate students in the Higher Education and Student Affairs masters program at the University of Vermont. The papers provide case studies concerning suicide, acquaintance rape, alcohol-related student death, classism, adult children of alcoholics, and multiracial identity. Following…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Case Studies, Higher Education, Multiracial Persons
Jolly, E. Ann; May, Dennis H. – 1990
This paper is a proposal to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on ways to evaluate its environment for multicultural living and education. The paper begins by discussing the nature and definition of a multicultural society in higher education and the nation and minority population trends into the next century. The next issue examined…
Descriptors: College Environment, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student), Educational Environment
Evans, Terry, Ed. – 1990
This collection of 16 papers grew out of a seminar held in 1989 on Research in Distance Education (RIDE). The participants in the seminar and those whose papers are included here were searching for new research methodologies, broadening their research agendas, and putting the practice of distance education under scrutiny. The following papers are…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Research, Educational Technology
Chelimsky, Eleanor – 1992
This letter is an interim response to the October 7, 1991 request from the Committee on Education and Labor and the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the House of Representatives asking for a review of the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) achievement levels for the National Assessment of Educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Data Analysis, Government Role
Gleim, Candice W.; Harvey, Francis A. – 1992
This paper seeks to establish evaluation as an important concern in hypermedia research and development, and presents a review of current hypermedia evaluation research with a prescriptive focus. Characteristics of hypermedia currently attracting the attention of instructional developers are discussed and conclusions drawn from recent evaluation…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering Education, Evaluation Methods
Enger, John M.; And Others – 1992
This paper compares the response rates of university graduates on the following three formats of a questionnaire: (1) a two-page questionnaire that is to be returned with an accompanying self-addressed stamped envelope; (2) a format using smaller type and condensed format to present the questionnaire items on a single page that is to be returned…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Graduates, Comparative Testing, Educational Attitudes
Norback, Judith Shaul; And Others – 1992
As part of a job literacy analysis project, 63 entry-level and mid-to-executive level secretaries were interviewed from business, government, and health care settings to describe the literacy requirement skills, tasks, and materials of their jobs. In the 1-hour interview, the job incumbent and interviewer reviewed examples of different types of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Entry Workers, Job Analysis
Ott, Attiat F. – 1992
A survey instrument developed in 1991 by the Massachusetts Job Council to ascertain basic information regarding funds spent on job training and to provide state policymakers with information about those being served and what services are being provided was used as a model to develop a program assessment instrument. The program assessment…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Coordination, Data Collection
Morrison, James L. – 1990
The focus of the session summarized in this paper was on how postsecondary educational institutions can better anticipate the future of higher education by using the "alternative futures approach to planning" model. The alternative futures model processes the best available information obtainable so that plausible alternative futures in…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Ericson, Britta, Ed. – 1992
This book offers eight papers presented by specially invited delegates. The papers and their authors are as follows: "Dyslexia and Its Consequences in the Life of Dyslexics" (Hanna Jaklewicz); "Visually Related Reading Problems--Diagnosis and Treatment" (Ivar Lie); "How to Prevent Vision Problems among Children in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Children, Childrens Literature, Dyslexia
Wilkinson, L. David; And Others – 1994
In the 1992-93 school year, in response to a request from the Board of Trustees of the Austin Independent School District (Texas) (AISD), the district's Office of Research and Evaluation conducted a retrospective examination of the 1991-92 AISD programs to determine cost-effectiveness when possible. This report describes the review process.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Lyman, Barbara Gallow, Ed.; Payne, Emily Miller, Ed. – 1993
This proceedings document focuses on research and program development in developmental education and instruction in mathematics, reading, and writing. Papers are: "Down in the Trenches: Tutors Learning about Learning" (Jace Condravy); "Expanding the Role of Developmental Education in Research Institutions" (Patricia Dwinell and others);…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Developmental Programs, High Risk Students, Higher Education
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