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Coca, Benjamin – 1980
Thirty Mora, New Mexico parents attended a 13-session parent involvement workshop (The Mora Adventure) designed to help parents foster successful school experiences through non-school activities with their children. A parent involvement model was used as the basis of the workshop in which the parents developed more effective communication skills;…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Educational Experience, Family Environment
Technical Education Research Center, Waco, TX. – 1978
To evolve a new methodology and system for teaching physics to students aspiring to become (or to become more competent as) technicians in a variety of technologies, this research and development effort was initiated. The project's thesis stemmed from a notion that the study of physics would be more accepted and assimilated by students if concepts…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Educational Research, Electromechanical Technology, Energy
Wurster, Stanley R.; Korth, Stephanie H. – 1977
Five program components were evaluated in the second program year of a preschool program for American Indian children (N=27) aged 2-6 years and residing at Fort McDowell, Arizona. Program components were: (1) classroom and training activity (to promote maximum social, intellectual, physical, and emotional development and to provide a training…
Descriptors: American Indians, Concept Formation, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background
Henry, Sue, Ed.; And Others – 1976
The document presents 10 papers which offer a framework for improving educational field experience in master's level social welfare management programs. The guide is arranged in three parts. The two papers in part I, the orienting framework, present a set of value assumptions which govern the nature and effectiveness of social service delivery and…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Field Experience Programs, Guidelines, Higher Education
Smith, Michael F. – 1979
In conjunction with Navajo Community College, an instructional program was designed to provide job and basic skills training to members of the Navajo tribe in Arizona. The Human Services Training and Development Program was conducted at three field sites on the reservation with approximately 30 students at each site. The curriculum was organized…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Basic Skills
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1979
The conference provided a forum where educators, education officers from the state of Delaware, citizen education groups, representatives of public service organizations, and members of the citizen education component of Research for Better Schools (RBS) could exchange ideas related to the conference theme, "Developing Competent Citizens in a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Citizenship Responsibility
Turnbull, William W. – 1979
Reflections on past and future uses of intelligence tests are presented. Three current approaches to intelligence tests are described: (1) neural efficiency, which relates the speed or quality of functioning of the neural system to test results; (2) information processing--cognitive micro-processes used in solving test items; and (3)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Miller, Geoffrey Clark – 1979
Project Proud Option of Palmer, Massachusetts, had the following objectives: (1) develop and implement a system for assessing the functioning levels of handicapped students in institutional schools as these functional levels relate to already existing job task outlines and performance objectives; (2) develop new job opportunities within the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development, Difficulty Level, Educational Diagnosis
DAVIS, J. CLARK; AND OTHERS – 1967
A GROWING POPULATION, MIGRATION FROM RURAL TO URBAN AREAS, AND AN EXPANDING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IS FORCING ARKANSAS TO REAPPRAISE ITS BASIC SKILLS OFFERINGS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. SINCE ARKANSAS IS NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE MASSIVE INCREASES IN SPENDING FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, THE STATE MUST DECIDE IF IT IS DIRECTING ITS EXPENDITURES TO…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Bibliographies, Business Cycles, Economic Development
Mankoski, Linda C. – 1977
This workbook parallels the manual, "Food Service" (see related note), and is designed to assist the language arts or foods service teacher in helping deaf students cope with problems of reading the parallel text. The language system used in this text is based upon the Roberts English Series, which uses a linguistic approach to teaching language…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Deafness, Dining Facilities, Food Service
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress.
This manual is part of a kit consisting of four documents which bring together different types of items that measure a number of career and occupational development (COD) objectives developed by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). (NAEP--which completed a national survey measuring the achievement of knowledge, skills,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Career Awareness
Fillenberg, Carl K. – 1976
Because employers substantiated that business and office education students often do not obtain jobs due to an inability to communicate effectively in an interview and a lack of confidence in verbal expression, a three-year project was designed to study the effects of instruction by audio-response (AR) equipment as a means of improving…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiolingual Skills, Business Education, Communication Skills
California State Bar. – 1973
The curriculum evaluation reviews content and teaching methods of various materials in civic and legal education. Twenty-one objectives of the Law in a Free Society project are identified and the adequacy of the materials reviewed to attain these objectives is discussed. Objectives include recognition of the following: (1) complexities of legal…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civics, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making Skills
Killough, Joseph – 1972
Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of 16 terminal objectives for an intermediate appliance repair course. The materials were developed for a 36-week course (3 hours daily) covering the areas of refrigeration, maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting of refrigerators and air…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Appliance Repair, Behavioral Objectives, Business Skills
Westbrook, Bert W. – 1977
Suggesting implications for career education program development and revision, this document is one in a series of five publications reporting results of a career development needs study of four different age levels. In this document, the assessment of career development needs of adults (ages 26-35) is presented in three major sections. Section 1…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adults, Age, Age Groups
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