Research indicates that vocabulary development--linked to conceptual growth and comprehension--predicts student academic achievement throughout the elementary, middle, and high school grades. Intelligence increases as vocabulary continues to develop. The iSpy program provides high-quality, content-rich classroom books, learning manipulatives, and…

Translational science is the cornerstone of biomedicine that transfers laboratory and clinical research to the hospital bedside in various forms of therapeutic interventions. This scientific branch influences public health decisions, the economy, and ongoing research endeavors. The purpose of this study was to develop a youth-friendly…

The purpose of this study was two-fold. It was first to find out what the educational materials needs were for children living in poverty, and second, to learn of the challenges, obstacles, and strengths by the programs already in place that were supplying educational materials to these children. This study used interviews and surveys as data…

This article focuses on an evaluation of the Microsoft Peer Coaching (MPC) program in Florida, USA. First, the design of the MPC materials was analyzed using characteristics of exemplary peer coaching and technology integration models. Second, facilitators (n = 14) and coaches (n = 46) who attended the MPC workshops in Florida were surveyed…

COLLEGE FRESHMAN COURSES IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE WERE SELECTED TO DETERMINE THE USEFULNESS OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS IN SEMINARS AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE MATERIALS WOULD BE UTILIZED BY THE INSTRUCTORS. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE TYPE AND DESIGN OF MATERIALS. ANALYSIS WAS BASED ON INSTRUCTOR REACTION TO…

Seven school districts in North-Central Florida determined that there was a need to provide elementary school children with more opportunities for experience and participation in arts, crafts, dance, drama, and music. Materials developed to assist elementary classroom teachers in bringing the five arts activities into their instructional programs…

Surveys of Florida agribusiness and natural resources education teachers were made to determine their evaluation for classroom use of five taped radio programs designed to inform the general public on recent agricultural developments. Results indicated that use of the tapes would be questionable, if not unsatisfactory, in their present form. (MF)

A project was conducted to develop and field test self-instructional materials which would provide a mechanism for positive change in attitudes and procedures for educators and administrators toward integrating handicapped students into regular vocational education programs. Specific objectives of the project were as follows: (1) research and…

Presented is the final report of the 3 year reading curriculum development project (funded under Title VI) for 40 educable mentally handicapped children in Wakulla County, Florida, which centered on the development of computer assisted (CAI) instructional materials in a programed format. Described for the first year of the program is formative…

THIS PART OF THE EVALUATION REPORT ON TITLE I PROJECTS IN FLORIDA CONTAINS ANALYSES BY THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES OF THEIR EFFECTIVE ACTIVITIES. ARRANGED ACCORDING TO STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA CLASSIFICATION AND BY COUNTY, THESE RESPONSES DESCRIBE AND ASSESS SUCH ACTIVITIES AS READING AND INSERVICE PROGRAMS, PRESCHOOL PROJECTS,…

This paper reports on the external evaluation of a project to expand existing services in the Orange County (Florida) school district to handicapped students with limited English proficiency (LEP). Major goals of the project include development, demonstration, and packaging of methods, procedures, and materials for identifying, placing, and…

Because the field of home economics has long been dominated by females, concern has often been expressed that many of the audiovisual materials available for use in home economics classes are also female dominated; in an age when both males and females have equal access to home economics classes, this is a major concern. In addition, with the…

The document is a compilation of Pinellas County Comprehensive Career Education Project materials consisting of 13 appendixes covering the following topics: contracts (34 pages), an evaluation sheet (1 page), media reports on the project (11 pages), a school principal's questionnaire (2 pages), 26 product evaluation instruments (99 pages), product…

THIS WORKSHOP REPORT STATES THE GOALS OF THE WORKSHOP, LISTS ITS PARTICIPANTS, AND PROVIDES EXCERPTS FROM SPEECHES MADE. MIGRANT ADULT EDUCATION, MIGRANT STUDENT EDUCATION, MIGRANT PRESCHOOLS, AND THE HISTORY OF FLORIDA'S MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM ARE DISCUSSED. METHODS ARE SUGGESTED TO IDENTIFY THE MIGRANT STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, TO TRANSFER…