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Bourke, Nicholas; Buskist, Connie; Herron, Julie – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2014
Residential environmental education centers (REECs) have been criticized for their lack of quality program evaluation. However, the last national study done on the practices of REECs was Chenery and Hammerman's (1985) research. This article presents the results of a national survey of directors of REECs (n = 114) that gives insight into the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Resource Centers, Residential Schools, Educational Quality
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Pogrund, Rona L.; Darst, Shannon; Boland, Teryl – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
Introduction: The results of a 2009-2010 program evaluation study that examined parents, teachers of students with visual impairments, administrators, and students regarding overall satisfaction with and effectiveness of the short-term programs at a residential school for students who are blind and visually impaired are described. The findings are…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Teaching Methods, Visual Impairments
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Ingersoll, Karen S.; Cornell, Dewey G. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1995
This study assessed the social adjustment of female early college entrants using standard measures of adjustment and two comparison groups (traditional college students and boarding school students). Early entrants evidenced higher social conformity and solitary activity than boarding students. They evidenced social adjustment similar to college…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), College Admission, College Students