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)

The author reports on an evaluation of a Black Experience Seminar regarding its cognitive/intellectual and attitudinal impact on participants. (RWP)

From the participant responses it was determined that American Indian children experience social as well as academic problems in adjusting to public school life. (FF)

A workshop for those who work with developmentally disabled children was designed so that the participants could experience some of the limitations and frustrations of their clients. (ST)

Detailed suggestions for developing workshops to increase consciousness for combating personal and institutional racism. (Author)

This article describes the nature of a psychological education device called an achievement motivation workshop and how it works along with implications for its use by counselors. (JC)

Three kinds of training experience for teaching Man: A Course of Study'' were tested: (1) a 3-week intensive anthropology workshop; (2) a 1-week intensive workshop in prepared materials use; and (3) a workshop in both anthropology and the use of prepared materials. (NQ)