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Oliver J. Mason; Siobhan Collman; Stella Kazamia; Ioana Boureanu – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2024
This pilot study aims to assess the acceptability of Open University's training platform called Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training course (GICAST), as a means of improving cybersecurity knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours in undergraduate students using both quantitative and qualitative methods. A mixed-methods, pre-post…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Computer Science, Computer Security, Gamification
Stewart, Alan E.; Knox, John A.; Schneider, Pat – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2015
A survey of 691 Georgia teachers suggested that their students generally were not prepared for severe weather. Teachers also were somewhat dissatisfied with the quality of the teaching resources on weather and weather safety. Only 46 (7%) of the teachers were aware of the American Red Cross Masters of Disaster (MoD) weather science and safety…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Program Evaluation, Workshops, Teacher Education
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Baber, Kristine; Bean, Gretchen – Journal of Community Psychology, 2009
Few youth suicide prevention programs are theory based and systematically evaluated. This study evaluated the pilot implementation of a community-based youth suicide prevention project guided by an ecological perspective. One hundred fifty-seven adults representing various constituencies from educators to health care providers and 131 ninth-grade…
Descriptors: Prevention, Suicide, Community Programs, Program Evaluation
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Baldwin, Julie A.; Daley, Ellen; Brown, Emma J.; August, Euna M.; Webb, Candace; Stern, Rikki; Malow, Robert; Devieux, Jessy G. – Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children & Youth, 2008
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a pilot program designed to educate African American adolescents living in rural, North Florida about STIs/HIV and to compare the effectiveness of peer- and adult-led faith-based, HIV educational programs. Controlling for age and pretest knowledge scores, the summed knowledge score was significantly higher…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), African Americans, Pilot Projects, Pretests Posttests
Cordes, David; And Others – 1994
Little work has been done regarding the overall assessment of quality of computer science graduates at the undergraduate level. This paper reports on a pilot study at the University of Alabama of a prototype computer science outcomes assessment designed to evaluate the breadth of knowledge of computer science seniors. The instrument evaluated two…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Seniors, Computer Science, Educational Assessment
McCall, Chester H.; Cannings, Terence – 1992
A study evaluated an alternative seminar and major paper approach to the traditional doctoral program comprehensive examination at Pepperdine University (California). The pilot project was conducted over a period of 6 trimesters and involved 28 students who had already completed their course work. Students were also involved in the development of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Doctoral Programs, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Study
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Atak, Nazli; Arslan, Umit – Health Education Journal, 2005
Objective: The current research was designed to develop a health education programme for type 2 diabetes mellitus based on the Taba-Tyler model and to evaluate its effect. Design: The study was quasi-experimental in design. Setting: Fifty-five patients from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, University Hospital of Ankara. Method: An education…
Descriptors: Health Education, Employment Level, Pilot Projects, Knowledge Level
Flores, Antonio – 1993
This paper reviews and critiques empirical evidence concerning knowledge gaps and misconceptions among secondary school students, parents/guardians, and educators about postsecondary education and student financial assistance opportunities and prerequisites, in particular, how Michigan's middle school based Project Awareness may affect student…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Attendance, College Bound Students, Data Analysis