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Download full textCenter for Literacy, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1998
This document includes the final report of a project to develop a process for preparing adult basic education (ABE) practitioners to use a "work first" instructional model and a practitioner training manual. The report details how four literacy practitioners worked with mentors experienced in teaching work force education to adapt work…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Behavioral Objectives
Bender, Virginia; And Others – 1992
In fall 1991, a follow-up study was conducted of former Computer Information System (CIS) program students at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC), in Palatine, Illinois, in an effort to evaluate and provide future direction for the program. All students who had taken four or more CIS courses between summer 1986 and spring 1990, but were not…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Computer Science Education, Data Processing Occupations
Holt, Marianne; Lucas, John A. – 1994
In an effort to evaluate the effectiveness of its dental hygiene program, William Rainey Harper College (WRHC), in Palatine, Illinois, conducted a follow-up study of its dental hygiene students. The survey instrument was mailed to all 31 1993 dental hygiene associate degree graduates, and a response rate of 97% (n=30) was attained. Results of the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Dental Hygienists
Foreman, Deborah – 1994
Project REAL (Relationship skills, Education on violence prevention, Academics, Leadership and decision-making skills) was a practicum designed to increase the academic achievement of middle school students exposed to domestic violence. Eleven students and their parents participated in a 12-week interpersonal-cognitive counseling group and its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Art Therapy, Communication Skills, Counseling Services
Bruno, Elsie M. – 1990
In 1989, a study was conducted at Columbia College (CC) in California to determine the effects of CC's "College Success" course (Guidance 7) on student attitudes, performance, and retention; and to determine ways in which the course could be improved. College Success, which focuses on techniques for effective reading, studying, memorizing, test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Attendance, College Preparation, College School Cooperation
New Brunswick Board of Education, NJ. – 1983
The Career Exploration Program was conceived to provide needed vocational guidance and counseling for adults enrolled in adult high school, basic skills, and general educational development (GED) preparation programs. The primary focus of the project was on meeting the interlocking educational and employment needs of urban adults by increasing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Career Counseling
Horn, Jerry G. – 1987
In 1986-87, Schools for Quality Education, an organization of some 80 small schools in Kansas, and the Center for Rural Education and Small Schools (College of Education, Kansas State University) jointly investigated the effectiveness of representative smaller schools serving rural areas in Kansas. The study, which was conducted in two phases,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Boards of Education, Community Attitudes
Conrad, Rowan W. – 1976
This third document in a three-volume summative evaluation report submitted to the National Institute of Education presents a portion of the internal evaluation conducted by the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Education, Child Care, Child Rearing
PDF pending restorationSavio, Mary L. – 1981
A study examined those competencies needed by local administrators of Michigan vocational education programs at the secondary and career-education-planning-district (CEPD) levels to carry out effectively their duties and responsibilities. The Administrator Task Inventory, a survey to identify and verify the importance of and the need for training…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility
Johnson, John A. – 1981
A study examined the following four alternatives to traditional vocational-technical high schools for delivering vocational education: apprenticeship programs, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs, cooperative education, and industrial training. Two survey instruments were created specifically for the study: (1) a worker…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Cooperative Education
Gonzalez, Juan C.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1981
A study examined the processes used by the Illinois Department of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education in evaluating vocational education programs and services aimed at limited English proficiency (LEP) students in Illinois. Data collection procedures used in the study included the following: (1) participant observation, document analysis,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Educational Assessment
Gonzalez, Juan C.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1981
A study examined the processes used by the Illinois Department of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education in evaluating vocational education programs and services aimed at limited English proficiency (LEP) students in Illinois. Data collection procedures used in the study included the following: (1) participant observation, document analysis,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Educational Assessment
Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, KY. Office of Career Education.
Project EPIC (Educational Preparation for Involvement in Careers) was designed for the needs of low income, inner city students (K-12). The curriculum was divided into three phases: awareness (focusing on a basic foundation in the areas of academics, work, self concept, decision making, and community for grades K-6); exploration (focusing on…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Bonnet, Deborah G.; Richert, Mary K. – 1980
This report documents a third-party evaluation of Career Decisions, an elective career exploration course to investigate the program's effectiveness in achieving its student outcome objectives. The report is organized into chapters by five general evaluation questions: (1) What did students experience in the classroom components?, (2) What did…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Stead, Floyd L.; And Others – 1977
A third party evaluation was conducted of the first phase, 1976-77, of the three-year Appalachian Maryland Experienced Based Career Education Project (EBCE). During this year, the project provided combined learning activities outside and within the classroom for twenty-four twelfth grade students. These experimental students and twenty-three…
Descriptors: Business, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
