This report constitutes the final activity for the Special Project in Guidance and Counseling, Region VI, for Fiscal Year 1970. Major objectives of the second year of operation of the project were: (1) to implement, in two pilot centers in each state, an experimental guidance and counseling program for Adult Basic Education (ABE) as developed by…

The second interim report of the Watertown, South Dakota, public schools career development project covers the year ending September 13, 1972. This second year continued program development and implementation and began dissemination of project information. Individual development was emphasized in the elementary and junior high programs, with…

Prepared by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, this 1971 Migrant Education Program evaluation reports on the uniqueness of the migrant program in Wisconsin. The training of 5 teenagers in dramatics in the Lake Mills project, the open classroom program in Wantoma, the camping experience activity in the Oakfield project, and the student…

This paper reports on the design and the implementation of the Technological Pedagogical Science Knowledge (TPASK), a new model for science teachers professional development built on an integrated framework determined by the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) model and the authentic learning approach. The TPASK curriculum…

The following methods of evaluation of inservice programs are very briefly discussed: a) behavioral objectives; b) diagnosis; c) learner outcomes; d) effects on teachers; e) classroom observation, and f) questionnaires following inservice activity. (HMD)

Effective and accurate evaluations of inservice training programs for teachers of the disadvantaged are vitally needed. (LR)

Background: This article reports on an evaluation study of a project seeking to develop the use of position-linked datalogging with primary pupils in environmental science contexts. Purpose: The study sought to find out the extent to which the project had developed: (1) participant teachers' confidence in using datalogging as an everyday part of…

Establishing an online community of professional learners was one component of a multi-year professional development project with an overall goal of improving the ability of career and technical educators to use and interpret technical assessment data. Educators from five states and nine different schools participated in a research-based workshop…

This training manual is designed for use with groups of individuals involved in initiating or improving interagency, interdisciplinary service coordination and is especially suitable for teams training together to provide better services for children, youth, and adults with disabilities. The training program consists of six modules requiring an…

Evidence suggests that school focused staff development programs are more likely to bring about real school improvement because the individual school is the primary unit of change. These guidelines for the development and implementation of school-focused delivery of staff development programs were prepared for Georgia school systems. The term…

Interviews were conducted with 20 out of 40 primary teachers who, 3 or 4 years earlier, had participated in inservice workshops on Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI), a research-based approach that emphasizes using children's mathematical knowledge to teach mathematics and who had consented to do the interviews. Although all but one teacher were…

Although considerable effort is being expended on school-based HIV prevention education, few data are available to suggest whether these programs are successful. Developed to help educators evaluate the quality of their HIV prevention programs, this handbook includes information on evaluation designs and measurement tools for collecting data on…

During the 1982-83 school year the Austin Independent School District served 2,212 students in grades Kindergarten-12 with 173 programs of gifted and talented education in 23 subject areas. This report is a description of the Gifted and Talented Program of the District and a summary of the major evaluation findings for the 1982-83 school year.…