THIS PROJECT (1) DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES, (2) DEMONSTRATED PROCEDURES FOR COORDINATING AND INVOLVING AGENCIES, AND (3) RESEARCHED DATA IN VOCATIONALLY REHABILITATING DISABLED NAVAJOS. OF 258 DISABLED NAVAJOS, 118 COMPLETED ENOUGH OF THE PROGRAM TO BE INCLUDED IN THE EVALUATION. THEY WERE HOUSED AND DINED ON…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLICATION IS THREEFOLD--(1) TO FACILITATE THE ORGANIZATION OF OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS BY DIRECTING ATTENTION TO THE ORIENTATION OF A GOOD PROGRAM AND TO THE ROLE OF ADMINISTRATORS AND FACULTY IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION, (2) TO ASSIST IN THE IMPROVEMENT, ARTICULATION, AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS ALREADY UNDERWAY, AND (3) TO FOREWARN OF…

THE RESEARCH WAS DESIGNED TO COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT CURRICULAR CONTENT, TO MEASURE COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS, AND TO DETECT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CERTAIN SCIENCE PROGRAM FACTORS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 3,060 CHILDREN AND THEIR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS. THROUGH A QUESTIONNAIRE, INFORMATION WAS…

PROCEDURES USED IN THE 2D YEAR TO SELECT FELLOWS IN ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION FOR A PROGRAM INITIATED BY THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION WERE SIMILAR TO THOSE USED IN THE PROGRAM'S 1ST YEAR. THE PROCEDURES FOLLOWED THIS SEQUENCE--(1) PRESIDENTS OF MEMBER INSTITUTIONS NOMINATED PERSONS OF OUTSTANDING ADMINISTRATIVE PROMISE, (2) EACH INTERESTED…

THIS RESEARCH INVESTIGATED THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF AURAL OR VISUAL PRESENTATION OF BASIC MUSIC MATERIALS AND WRITTEN OR VOICE RESPONSES. NEW METHODOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY WERE EMPLOYED IN A CONTROLLED LABORATORY SITUATION WITH BOTH GRATIFYING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING RESULTS. WHERE SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS WERE DUE TO THE EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT, THE…

SAMPLES OF THE EXPERIMENTAL MATERIALS USED IN THE BASIC STUDY, ED 003 628, WERE PRESENTED IN APPENDIXES FOR EACH OF THE FOUR EXPERIMENTS. AN EXISTING PROGRAM IN ELEMENTARY SET THEORY WAS MODIFIED IN EXPERIMENT ONE TO REDUCE THE UNITS OF INFORMATION PRESENTED IN EACH FRAME AND, IN A SECOND CASE, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS PER FRAME. SAMPLE…

A problem, endemic to program evaluation, centering around the inability of evaluations to produce meaningful information, is outlined. A general strategy to be utilized in responding to the problem, the ethnographic approach, is presented. The discussion of an ethnographic evaluation model focuses upon: the role of the participant observer,…

This booklet contains 13 individual project evaluations for activities funded under the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title IV-C during 1979-1980 in the Philadelphia School District. The projects are: (1) Alternative Direction for the 80s; (2) PREP 6; (g) PREP 7; (4) Building Bridges; (5) Consumer Affairs Education Service; (6)…

Political and social issues surrounding the evaluation of a campus learning center are examined and discussed. Issues with which the program evaluator should be aware when attempting to objectively evaluate special service programs for minorities are outlined. Special emphasis is placed on methodology and skills needed to select, as well as…

The document contains the final report of the Central Institute for the Deaf Parent-Infant Early Education Program in three major areas--continuation/outreach, replication, and evaluation. A description of activities and statistics are outlined for procedures carried out under each of the three areas. Noted among products are the following: a…

Developed to assist Nevada's local education agencies and state operated programs to comply with state and federal special education legislation and to evaluate their programs for improvement, the Monitoring Administrative Procedures (MAP) is presented. The MAP process is explained to emphasize ongoing self evaluation and includes a MAP visit,…

This annotated bibliography has been compiled to aid museum staff members as they develop and implement naturalistic evaluations of museum programs and practices. Naturalistic evaluation is a recent assessment perspective which is concerned more with interpretation than judgment. It is characterized by concern with spontaneous activities rather…

A study to evaluate the Queensland, Australia, programs of teacher education in reading and those associated language skills prerequisite to reading is described in this booklet. The first section reports the results of a survey of 267 beginning teachers, 47 college instructors in teacher education, 44 school administrators, and 205 supervising…

The final report documents achievements of an infant stimulation program for mildly to severely/profoundly handicapped children, with special attention given to infants from low socioeconomic areas and bicultural/bilingual handicapped children. Accomplishment reporting touches on the following areas: direct and supplementary services for…

To understand the contributions of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) toward solving the problems of literacy and equity, this report addresses two questions: (1) How can NAEP provide useful information concerning educational equity and standards of and levels of literacy, particularly with regard to linguistic and ethnic…