The purpose of this program evaluation was to investigate the impact over time teachers' self-efficacies and the outcome expectancies of those who participated in an inquiry-based, hands-on, constructivist professional development program to learn science content. The hope was that after active participation in this inquiry-based professional…

In this study, the authors present the findings of an evaluation of North Carolina's juvenile structured day programs (JSDP), a type of alternative learning program for suspended or expelled court-involved juveniles. A 36-item questionnaire was mailed to each of North Carolina's 41 juvenile structured day programs. The authors surveyed issues…