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In It for the Long Haul: Lessons from a Decade of Assessment
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Searing, Susan E. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2013
This paper analyzes student evaluations of library orientation and information literacy instruction over a ten-year period, 2002 to 2011. The survey respondents were five hundred students who were taking or had just completed their first course in LEEP, the distance education option of the M.S. program at the University of Illinois. This case…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Student Evaluation, Library Instruction, Information Literacy
Public Policy in Financing Basic Education for Adults: An Investigation of the Cost-Benefit Relationships in Adult Basic Education in Public Schools and Community Colleges. Volume 2, Study Design and Findings.
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Griffith, William S.; And Others – 1974
Volume two presents the study's two purposes (to document the effects of Federal financing of adult basic education on the delivery systems, and to propose models for financing adult education) and describes its design and findings in detail. It is a complete account of the project, including descriptions of case studies in each of five States.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Community Colleges
An Analysis of "Corrective Reading" Research
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Przychodzin-Havis, Angela M.; Marchand-Martella, Nancy E.; Martella, Ronald C.; Miller, Darcy A.; Warner, Lisa; Leonard, Bethany; Chapman, Susan – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2005
This paper provides an analysis of "Corrective Reading" research. A research review of 28 published studies was completed. Twenty-three studies examined the effectiveness of "Corrective Reading" as delivered by teachers in general education (n = 4), special education (n = 12), and alternative education (n = 7) settings. Five…
Descriptors: General Education, Reading Research, Reading Programs, Research Design
Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments.
Robins, Philip K., Ed.; Spiegelman, Robert G., Ed. – 2001
This book contains eight papers examining the evidence from three field experiences in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington that were conducted to identify the impact of reemployment bonuses on the following indicators characterizing the unemployment insurance (UI) program: weeks of UI receipt during the benefit year; dollars of UI received…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Definitions