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Hoffman, Jennifer Kate – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation has two areas of focus: learning and developmental disorders (LDDs) and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFCs). Epidemiological and exposure assessment methods are applied to each. The first paper used geographic location as a surrogate for exposure and broadly assesses the effect of the environment, both physical and social, on LDD…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Water, Epidemiology
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Barnett, Michael; Vaughn, Meredith Houle; Strauss, Eric; Cotter, Lindsey – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2011
In this paper, we describe the outcomes of the first year of an intensive, urban ecology focused, summer program for urban high school youth. Students in our program conduct scientific investigations of their urban ecosystems while exploring potential career options in science and technology fields. In conducting their investigations, the students…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Urban Environment, Ecology, Summer Programs
Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational-Technical School, Andover, MA.
A Career Education Document Information System (CEDIS) Project was funded September 1, 1971, for the purpose of establishing more effective communication links between the occupational educators who need to obtain new knowledge and acquire improved skills. During the first year of operation, several major accomplishments were achieved, including:…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Planning, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
Conroy, William G., Jr. – 1972
The paper described the Input, Process, Product, and Impact (IPPI) model in preparation for a 1972 Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) planning conference. The IPPI model is designed (1) to provide a structure for integrated State and local decision-making within occupational education and for decision-related…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Information Needs, Instrumentation, Management Information Systems
Spiess, Kathryn H., Ed.; Spiess, Eugene R., Ed. – 1969
A total educational information system for evaluation of vocational education in Massachusetts is described. Specifically, the evaluation guide describes the evaluation plan, reveals the philosophy of evaluation upon which the design was built, outlines the processes of evaluation called for in the design, introduces the forms for data collection…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Cost Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Educational Information Services. – 1975
Project SEIC (State Educational Information Center) was funded to increase the demand for and use of educational information, especially ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) information, and to make more cost effective delivery of information services. To accomplish these goals Project SEIC first assessed the state-of-the-art of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Computer Programs, Delivery Systems, Diffusion
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Garet, Michael S. – 1973
A study of underemployment, written as part of the development of a management information project (MISOE) for the Division of Occupational Education of the Department of Education in Massachusetts, the work represents the beginning of an effort to bring systematic, empirically based policy analysis to bear on problems of occupational education.…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Demonstration Programs, Employment Problems, Employment Projections
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Educational Information Services. – 1975
Project SEIC (State Educational Information Center) was funded to increase the demand for and use of educational information, especially ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) information, and to make more cost effective the delivery of information services. To accomplish these goals, Project SEIC first assessed the state-of-the-art of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Computer Programs, Data Analysis, Delivery Systems
North East Association for Institutional Research. – 1978
Papers from the 1978 conference of the North East Association for Institutional Research are presented. The theme of the conference was new responses to new demands. The conference report is divided into the following sections: five papers on planning, nine papers on marketing, five papers on communication, five papers on curricular and faculty…
Descriptors: Accountability, Collective Bargaining, College Attendance, College Choice