In this article, the author describes a qualitative field study designed to test the effectiveness of Forum Theatre (FT) as a cross-disciplinary approach to Biblical parabolic literature analysis for students enrolled in a Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Academy. The author provides a brief overview of the theoretical framework of the study, the study…

Describes a field study that found that student "brinkmanship" (assertive behavior attempting to challenge the school's authority system yet avoid negative sanctions) is related to organizational routinization and student-teacher rapport. When rapport is poor, high routinization and control is correlated with low brinkmanship. (Author/JM)

A field study of staff networks and personal "fields" (each person's ego-centered network) in two large secondary schools in a northern metropolitan area found that teachers' personal fields were important elements in the creation of the schools' curricula. (RW)

Investigates students' perceptions of selected aspects concerning the organization of and learning from fieldwork. Findings indicate that students either seek partners whom they regard as capable of making positive contributions to the fulfillment of learning tasks, or they opt for friendship groups and a large minority of students regard…

The Michigan Department of Education conducts an annual follow-up survey to determine the employment and continuing educational status of students who have graduated or withdrawn from its secondary vocational education programs. This standard survey form was modified by presenting a range of values and increasing the question length to improve the…

Materials from an individualized Algebra I program were used by 307 experimental students in ten classrooms of nine public junior and senior high schools. A control group of 250 students in ten classrooms used a traditional textbook approach to Algebra I. Achievement of the total experimental and control groups as measured by the Lankton Test was…

An intensive evaluative study was conducted in Pennsylvania to test, through field implementation, curriculum guidelines for food service education which were prepared from a baseline, two-year study of the food service industry. Draft guidelines were presented to selected food service teachers through a series of three one-day conferences.…

Over 600 students taking advanced level biology in more than 130 schools were surveyed to investigate the relationship between their attitudes toward fieldwork and factors associated with fieldwork teaching. Responses given by the students and their teachers are presented and discussed. (Author/JN)

Studies teacher and student attitudes toward computer assisted instruction in Mobile, Alabama. High school and middle school teachers and students were given a knowledge/attitude survey before and after a simulation exercise on the microcomputer. Results show that attitudes toward computer assisted instruction improved after the simulation. (JJD)

The evaluation identifies the 19 vocational education planning districts reviewed by Ohio's Program Review for Improvement, Development and Expansion (PRIDE) during 1973-74. Components of the review program included: (1) administrative review by the local superintendent, (2) process variable review with a lay advisory committee, (3) product review…

The papers in this symposium reported methodology and results from the field case analysis portion of an ongoing study of federally-sponsored change agent programs being conducted by the Rand Corporation. The study is a several-year exploration of projects designed to introduce and spread innovative school practices. The study examined the…

A multiple measurement approach with eight measurements was used to answer research questions regarding physical and social effects that occur when educable mentally retarded adolescents were exposed to a 10-week dance program. This approach was found to be useful for identifying multiple effects and generating hypotheses for further study.…

This report is drawn from an ethnographic study still in progress of the principalship of a comprehensive public senior high school in a suburban community. Following a discussion of the paucity of research offering good descriptions of what principals actually do as opposed to what they should do, the study methodology is outlined, including…

Because of the importance of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and vocational education coordination at all levels, a number of research and development efforts aimed at improved coordination have been funded in recent years by the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Office (now Department) of Education, and state agencies across the…

A study explored the meanings of democracy held by teachers and students in each of the three types of secondary schools in an emerging democracy (the Czech Republic) by locating the meaning in multi-dimensional semantic space. Data were collected during 2 months of fieldwork conducted in the Czech Republic during the fall of 1997. Students and…