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Levine, Deborah R. – 1990
In spring and fall 1988, a two-phase study was conducted at Nassau Community College to evaluate two courses in the mathematics program: Preparatory Mathematics (MAT 001) and Introductory Algebra (MAT 002). Pre- and post-tests for the classes were administered to assess student learning outcomes. The first phase of the study examined aspects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Studies Programs
Download full textMei, Dolores M.; And Others – 1990
This report details the overall results of Chapter 1 programs, results by superintendency for 1988-89, and school-by-school summary statistics in math and attendance. The Chapter 1 funded Math Skills Program provides remediation in mathematics to eligible high school students. Students enrolled in the Math Skills program may receive a full year of…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Educational Assessment, High Schools, Mathematics Education
Poulos, Nicholis – 1982
The Detroit Job Upgrading Program assists high school aged boys and girls who have dropped out of school, or who are considered to be potential dropouts, to reenroll and to progress satisfactorily until graduation. Students are also prepared for gainful employment in the nation's work force. The program is geared toward helping such youths make a…
Descriptors: Attendance, Career Counseling, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Tompkins, John F. – 1983
The Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District Chapter I Reading Program served 1,850 students in grades 2-9. Chapter I students displayed gains between pre- and posttesting with the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and Iowa Tests of Educational Development. The total population of Chapter I students who completed both a pre and posttest…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attitude Measures, Budgets, Compensatory Education
Agency for Instructional Technology, Bloomington, IN. – 1985
Math Works is the fifth grade component of the "Mathematics for the '80s" project, a series of 28 video programs and related material developed by a consortium of state and provincial education and television agencies. A formative evaluation of Math Works programs (9 and 25) was conducted to assess the instructional effectiveness and general…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Formative Evaluation
Harris, Sharon – 1986
The primary goal of this study was to identify curricular experiences and teacher behaviors encouraging preschool children to meaningfully use written language. A second goal was to investigate children's growth in literacy in the context of a preschool classroom. The study was conducted over a 5-month period among 8 Head Start and 8…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Family Environment, Formative Evaluation
Gibbons, Michael – 1983
A School Improvement Program (SIP) was piloted at five schools of the Columbus Public Schools during 1982-83. The SIP had as its focus the improved pupil acquisition of basic skills through inservice support for professional staff at the building level in the characteristics of instructionally effective schools. Five evaluation objectives received…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Slaughter, Helen B.; Haussler, Myna – 1984
The Chapter 1 Language Enrichment Communicative Skills Project served students in eleven Tucson Arizona elementary schools in the primary grades during the 1983-84 school year. The project provided supplementary instruction in oral language interaction and developmental reading and writing in small groups. Students were selected on the basis of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communicative Competence (Languages), Federal Programs, Formative Evaluation
Deck, Dennis D. – 1980
The feasibility of constructing composite scores which will yield pretest measures having all the properties required by the special regression model is explored as an alternative to the single pretest score usually used in student selection for Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I compensatory education programs. Reading data, including…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education
Loiacono, Ronald; And Others – 1980
The Cooperative Alternative Education Center (CAEC) in Connecticut developed a building maintenance and carpentry vocational education program for adolescent special needs students with extreme learning, emotional, and social difficulties. Thirty-four students enrolled in the program, with a student-teacher ratio of 8:l, and classes met five times…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Buildings, Carpentry, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedKelley, Paul; And Others – Journal of Educational Television, 1987
Reviews a study of 167 British secondary school students which evaluated a course developed to improve television literacy by focusing on skills related to recall and drawing inferences from and making judgements about programs. Pretests and posttests given to groups divided by ability levels are described and results are analyzed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Analysis of Variance, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Dannison, Linda L.; Smith, Andrea B. – 2002
Numerous challenges face the growing number of grandparent-headed households, including isolation from friends and social supports, and difficulties in caring for grandchildren exhibiting multiple needs. This paper describes a pilot program in which a university and a large county-wide Head Start program formed a partnership to focus on serving…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, College School Cooperation, Early Childhood Education, Family (Sociological Unit)
Vanderhaar, Judi E.; Munoz, Marco A. – Online Submission, 2005
During the summer months, most of the students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) are at great risk of falling further behind in reading and mathematics due to lack of exposure to the spoken and written English language in their homes. The purpose of this study was to examine the short-term effects of a summer program on the literacy and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Pretests Posttests, Mathematics Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Rosen, Larry D.; Weil, Michelle M. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1990
Discussion of computerphobia among college students focuses on a model program, the Computerphobia Reduction Program, that was developed to reduce computerphobic reactions among students. Personality factors and computer experience are considered, computerphobia screening measures are described, program results are reported, and future directions…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedRoessler, Richard T.; Foshee, Karen – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1996
Assessment of the impact of the Life Centered Career Education curriculum on 23 special education students in a small rural high school revealed that special education students increased their job skills to a level comparable to that attained by regular education students. However, special education students did not report fewer barriers to…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Disabilities
