Goal setting is a motivational technique effective in many subject matter areas with students of various grades and abilities. This paper describes the use of individual goal-setting conferences to increase learning in various subject matter areas. The technique includes a weekly individual conference in which the student is given the opportunity…

A game designed to teach some of the skills used in behavior modification with slow learners was evaluated. The game, called "Modifying," was developed to increase the range of experience for students preparing to be special education teachers. A randomized, posttest-only design was employed. The design incorporated three treatments:…

Reported are the evaluation results on the 1969-70 segment (the first project period) of the Special Education Music and Dance Program in Shoreline School District 412 (Seattle, Washington), an ESEA Title III project. The program, which is presented as a pilot attempt to develop functional program objectives and evaluation tools, provides music…

A study of schools was conducted to determine needs of earth science programs, and what, if any, services could effectively be provided by an earth science resource center. Contacts were made with approximately one-half the schools in the Minot State College service region. Discussions were held with administrators and teachers, and facilities at…

Information is provided about various aspects of the clustering activities of the TTT program for 1969-70. Specific information about the purposes, means, and outcomes of clustering is presented, as is information about the organization of clusters and the extent of parity in TTT. The data was obtained from observations of meetings by evaluation…

A project to institute a quality program of music and art education in the public elementary schools of six schools systems in Dodge County, Georgia is evaluated for the school year 1968-69. Each of the project's 15 objectives are stated and then are followed by a discussion of how well and to what degree the objective was realized during the…

The impact of the program on student judgments of significant Governor's Honors Program concepts was measured by a semantic differential administered approximately a week into the program and then again less than a week before its conclusion. The Student Semantic Differential form is provided in this appendix. (For related documents, see TM 002…

Prediction weights for educational programs in 22 vocational and technical fields are provided using ability scores from the American College Testing Program (ACT) Career Planning Profile and a Bayesian regression theory. The criterion variable studies was first-semester grade-point average. Each vocational-technical program analyzed was…

The Division of Social and Administrative Sciences of the International Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction at Columbia University has compiled this list of terms used in indexing the literature for family planning program evaluation. This thesaurus should prove of direct use to the indexer of documents describing family planning program…

Reported were the evaluations for 18 Oregon projects funded with Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VI monies for the fiscal year 1971. One project was funded for the entire school year and 14 were funded for the September to June period. Three projects were funded from November through June. Four of the projects were trainable mentally…

Evaluated was a 2 year, five county vocational program for visually handicapped junior high, secondary, and junior college students designed to encourage skill development of the student and inservice training of the regular instructor. Evaluation was by means of two questionnaires to which 53 vocational educators, 62 nonvocational educators…

Presented by the Technical Assistance Development System are a planning model for the specification of problems and an evaluation strategy for information collection to implement decision making in the First Chance network of programs for preschool handicapped children. The first chapter offers a planning model in terms of measurable goals,…

The Comprehensive Early Childhood Education Network is designed to encourage increased community support and influence in schools by providing information about existing early childhood programs to community members and school staffs. Information dissemination, observation of ongoing programs, and project monitoring are planned and supervised by…

Summarized are the outcomes of a needs assessment of the Career Education Pilot Project for grades K-14 conducted in the Orange County (California) Consortium. Interviews and questionnaires were used to obtain data from teachers, students, and parents on the target area as well as from 150 service agencies in the communities. Findings include: (1)…

The questionnaire for parents who previewed the drug education program for grades 4-7 in the Vancouver schools and responses to the questionnaire are presented. All questions except one involve rating aspects of the program on a scale--excellent, good, fair, poor. The last question asks for the respondent's comments. (For related documents, see TM…