This paper lists and briefly describes principles that were used to conduct a successful parenting workshop on building strong families. Principles described are those that lay the groundwork for the workshop, pertain to the operation of an effective workshop, and relate to follow-up and evaluation. The principles were used to conduct a five-session parenting workshop attended by 90 percent of the 53 participants. Adolescent children of participating parents consistently rated their parents...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Principles, Parent Education, Program Effectiveness, Workshops
A quality circle (QC) is a group of workers from the same work area who voluntarily meet on a regular basis to identify, analyze, and solve various work-related problems. While management support has been a variable frequently cited as critical to the success of QCs in organizations, very little research has empirically documented the relationship between management support and QC effectiveness. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between top-, middle-, and lower-management...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrators, Attendance, Middle Management, Program Effectiveness, Quality Circles
The report summarizes a study of the individualization process for teaching handicapped students. Relationships were examined among three forms of the individual plan: the contractual plan, as written in the individualized education program (IEP) document; the phenomenological plan, the teacher's intent for the program; and the empirical plan, the program as experienced by the child. Data were collected via analyses of IEPs, teacher interviews, and child observations. Results showed congruence...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Role
A 2-day seminar, attended by 35 physicians and others concerned with graduate physician education, was held to review the state-of-the-art of evaluation, current techniques, and effectiveness of programs. Presentations during the opening session were: (1) "The State of the Art of Evaluation" by Ray Elling, (2) "Defining Objectives in Evaluation" by George E. Miller, (3) "Contemporary Activity in Program Evaluation" by John P. Hubbard, (4) "Judgement...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation Methods, Medical Education, Physicians, Program Effectiveness, Seminars
Peace education refers to formal school-based and informal community education programs that teach about the dangers of violence and alternatives to violence. This paper explains some problems associated with the evaluation of peace education programs. These problems include analyzing the multifaceted causes of violence and the complexities of strategies geared to reduce violence. Difficulties in constructing rigorous followup studies with participants in peace education programs make it hard...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Violence, Harris, Ian M.
This article focuses on group counseling as a re-education and training effort for people who are abusive and violent. The analysis presented examines the effectiveness of one approach to this problem, in which a group format was adopted, fourteen 8-week group sessions were conducted, and a post-group survey was given to participants to obtain their perceptions of change. The article begins with a literature review focused primarily on group intervention strategies for working with abusers....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aggression, Criminals, Family Violence, Group Counseling, Program Effectiveness
This compilation focuses chiefly on the impact of afterschool programs on student academic achievement. Although afterschool programs for children have been operating for many years in some communities, the afterschool movement is just a few years old. As public demand for afterschool has grown, so has the demand for accountability. That is particularly true in afterschool programs that spend public dollars. This updated evaluations backgrounder includes new data from ongoing evaluations of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Program Effectiveness, After School Programs, Academic Achievement, Accountability
This document describes the 10 Exemplary Programs in alcohol and other drug abuse prevention selected in 1990. The programs included provide models of state-of-the-art alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs that may be replicated or adapted by others. Illustrating a wide variety of approaches that are effective in diverse communities, the programs reflect practical plans of action that are yielding encouraging results in the ongoing effort to eradicate the abuse of alcohol and other drugs....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Models, Prevention, Program Effectiveness
This report reviews California's Child Support Enforcement program (CCSEP) and prospects for increasing support payments. Chapter I describes the structure of the CCSEP, recent collection experience, and prospects for growth in collections under current practices. Chapter II describes recent revisions in federal law concerning the program and the expected effect of the changes on collections of support payments in California. Chapter III presents an analysis of county collections in 1982-83 and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Legislation, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, State Programs
This study is an examination of an attempt within the Adult Basic Education Department at College of the Mainland to reduce the anticipatory test fear in normal adult students preparing for the General Educational Development (GED) Test. The experiment covered a time span of 16 weeks and made application of systematic desensitization, a therapeutic technique proper to the writings and practice of Dr. Joseph Wolpe. There is no indication, from the pre-post testing of the control group, that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adults, Anxiety, Desensitization, Equivalency Tests, Program Effectiveness, Therapy
This report examines 10 years of data analyzing the effectiveness of correctional boot camps in reducing the likelihood that inmates will commit another crime after release from prison and reducing prison populations and costs. Each boot camp studied had a different design, and each study used a different method to evaluate the program. Results indicated that participants reported positive short-term changes in attitudes and behaviors and had better problem solving and coping skills. With few...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Correctional Institutions, Criminals, Delinquency, Prisoners, Program Effectiveness,...
The reports document achievements of early intervention programs (EIPs) for handicapped infants and young children in Massachusetts. The first report focuses on Project Access V and on evaluation of four major evaluation outcomes: (1) statutory compliance and generic impact of P.L. 89-313 expenditures; (2) overall P.L. 89-313 grant management and coordination; (3) population study and modal data collection procedures within EIPs; and (4) the automated information management system related to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Infants, Intervention, Program Effectiveness,...
This report describes an evaluation of Project Information Packages (PIPs), sets of manuals and other materials intended to help a school district adopt and implement an exemplary education project. Four PIPs were evaluated in a field test, each PIP describing a different bilingual project. It was concluded that the awareness materials produced few application for PIPs. Field-test sites that received PIPs tended not to follow PIP guidelines closely, but to adapt them extensively, often with...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Diffusion, Program Effectiveness,...
Neyland Stadium, located on the University of Tennessee (UT) campus in Knoxville, is home of the UT Volunteers football team. With a seating capacity of 104,079, it is the largest football stadium in the South, and the third-largest college stadium in the country. Since 1993, the stadium has collected more than 50 tons of materials for recycling. The recycling efforts at UT's Neyland Stadium are spearheaded through "Good Sports Always Recycle"[TM] (GSAR), a recycling program...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Recycling, Programs, Recreational Facilities, State Universities, Sanitation, Program...
The paper presents an evaluation design for measuring the effectiveness of special education programs for handicapped preschoolers. Reasons for not selecting traditional evaluation designs are noted, and the use of a "change-index" is supported instead. A value-added analysis was selected to determine the value added by the program beyond that which would have been expected (due to maturation) without the program. Factors such as sex, race/ethnic group, handicapping condition, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Program...
The digest presents the background and reasons for early intervention with children at risk for handicaps. Early intervention is defined, and three primary reasons for intervention are cited: (1) to enhance the child's development, (2) to provide support and assistance to the family, and (3) to maximize the child's and family's benefit to society. Research on the effectiveness of intervention is briefly reviewed, and it is stated that despite research problems, qualitative and quantitative data...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Infants, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Young...
The National Association of Governors' Highway Safety Representatives (NAGHSR), with funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), pilot tested a comprehensive underage drinking prevention program in a number of communities across the country. In 1995, NAGHSR launched the effort in five communities, which received technical assistance on the comprehensive approach to underage drinking prevention incusing assistance on coalition building, needs based strategic...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Case Studies, Drinking, Prevention, Program Descriptions, Program...
"Mathematics in Context" is a middle school mathematics curriculum for grades 5 through 8. It was developed to align with the 1989 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Curriculum and Evaluation Standards. It is also based on the Dutch Realistic Mathematics Education approach of engaging students in understanding real-life problems and gradually moving to abstract concepts. Rather than focusing on one mathematical domain at a time, "Mathematics in Context"...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Mathematics Curriculum, Middle Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Program...
The third and final volume of a project designed to help North Carolina counties plan community based facilities for status offenders describes an approach to evaluating existing programs and proposed new ones. Instructions are given for collection of data on service resources through completion of worksheets specifying information on such topics as program type, provider name, characteristics of the program that differ from defined program type, need that program affects, population served or...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Programs, Program Costs, Program Development, Program Effectiveness,...
"Open Court Reading"[c] is an elementary basal reading program for grades K-6 developed by SRA/McGraw-Hill. The program is designed to systematically teach decoding, comprehension, inquiry and investigation, and writing in a logical progression. Part 1 of each unit, Preparing to Read, focuses on phonemic awareness, sounds and letters, phonics, fluency, and word knowledge. Part 2, Reading and Responding, emphasizes reading for understanding with literature, comprehension, inquiry, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Basal Reading, Reading Programs, Elementary Education, Educational Research, Program...
Since the inception of the CAL program in 1990, JP Morgan Chase, Public Education Network, and New Visions for Public Schools have provided grantees with various opportunities to share the knowledge they have gained, as well as the tools and methods they have developed during the creative active learning process. Although PEN and New Visions assess outcomes through self-reported grantee data and site visits to individual schools, an extensive external evaluation of the program was not conducted...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Program Effectiveness, Active Learning, Middle Schools, Teaching Methods, Program...
A US Agency for International Development decided to start an educational project in Ethiopia. The project originated with Dr. James L. Hoot from the University of Buffalo in 2000. Since 2002, two primary schools in the capital, Addis Ababa, have received assistance to establish self-sustaining, technology-based learning environments for students and their teachers. Such unique plans are also underway in the southern rural area of the country surrounding Dimtu, approximately eight hours south...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, International Programs, Program...
This "ERIC Digest" discusses the components of an effective educational program for students who are gifted. The paper defines the term "program" and distinguishes between programs and provisions. Eight major components of an effective program are noted: needs assessment, definition of population, identification procedures, program goals, program organization and format, staff selection and training, curriculum development, and program evaluation. A list of 15 references is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Program Development, Program Effectiveness,...
This manual briefly reviews the major guidelines for a Title I evaluation plan using the norm-referenced evaluation model, Model A-1. Designed to help local school district personnel responsible for Title I evaluation activities, the manual can be used as a quick check of present evaluation activities or as a planning guide for future activities. The manual is divided into three sections. In the first, Title I Model A Testing Plan, a form is provided for recording significant information about...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Models, Program Effectiveness,...
An introductory article and ten research reports are presented. The introductory article, "A Challenge To Implement Research," by Ben J. Wiens, discusses how the Pennsylvania Association of Teacher Educators (PATE) is working to encourage much-needed research. The studies are 1) "A Descriptive Summary of Elementary Student Teaching Programs in Pennsylvania," by Ronald Lee Baker; 2) "The Influence of the Classroom Verbal Behavior of Cooperating Teachers Upon the Verbal...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Program Effectiveness, Student Teaching,...
This study examined the differences in patterns of college student reports of rape and the availability of educational programs among college students. College students (N=994) from 26 colleges and universities in New York State were studied to determine the extent of forced sex and rape experiences. Additionally, they were studied to determine if they had participated in any rape prevention or awareness presentations, workshops, seminars, or other educational experiences. Administrators and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Students, Counseling Services, Higher Education, Prevention, Program...
VisionQuest is one of the largest and most controversial private sector corrections programs designed to handle serious juvenile offenders in the country. Most chronic delinquents referred to VisionQuest by the juvenile court had failed under prior placements and were candidates for commitment to the California Youth Authority. VisionQuest programs consisted of rustic wilderness camps, wagon trains, and extended sailing and bicycling expeditions. All programs emphasized physical conditioning,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Correctional Rehabilitation, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Program...
Simpson argues that in dual enrollment all the advantages appear to be on the side of the community college.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Dual Enrollment, Community Colleges, Program Effectiveness, Educational Finance,...
The monograph introduces a system to help outreach projects of the U.S. Department of Education's Handicapped Children's Early Education Programs (HCEEP) document the impact of their work. Six indicators, identified by outreach project personnel, represent six primary areas of outreach activity. Background information about HCEEP outreach programs is followed by a history of the "indicator" concept. A description of the indicators is accompanied by a sample user's manual and computer...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Outreach Programs, Program Effectiveness,...
The importance of identifying effective drug abuse prevention strategies is clear not only from the increasing federal expenses, but also from the costs to individuals and families, and the overall damage to U.S. productivity and competitiveness caused by drug use. This report is about comprehensive community-based approaches to drug abuse prevention for youth. Site visits were conducted at 10 of the most promising programs, and survey questionnaire were received from 138 promising programs....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Community Programs, Drug Abuse, Prevention, Program Effectiveness,...
In education, the pendulum continues to swing from one side to the other, all in an effort to find the "right" way to educate all of its students. The concept of empowerment, what it means and who should be empowered to provide the "best" way to instruct students, has been one that has been explored from many different perspectives from students, to parents, to community, to business, to teachers, to districts, to states, and to the federal government. In the most recent...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Empowerment, Power Structure, School Administration, Principals, Program...
For productive follow-up of meetings and seminars, an executive summary can be invaluable. Such a post-meeting synopsis enables leaders to reinforce important meeting content which can lead to greater productivity for the participants. Strategies for creating and using an executive summary include: (1) selecting a summarizer to write down and later evaluate the proceedings, (2) tape recording the meeting, (3) saving charts, (4) questioning attendees, (5) transcribing only critical data rather...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Leaders Guides, Leadership Training, Meetings, Planning, Program Effectiveness,...
These hearings transcripts present testimony before a U.S. Senate Committee on the implementation and success of the Safe Kids campaign after 10 years. Statements at the hearing were provided by: Dr. C. Everett Koop, chairman of the National Safe Kids Campaign; Heather Paul, executive director of the National Safe Kids Campaign in Washington, DC; Cullen Dwyer and Mikaela Matten, Child Safety Stars; Senator Patty Murray (Washington State); Greg LeMond, a champion bicyclist; Ralph S. Larsen,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accident Prevention, Child Safety, Hearings, Program Effectiveness, Safety, Safety...
The purpose of this study was to compare "expert" and "practitioner" evaluations of research questions in health education. The "expert" respondents consisted of 21 health educators identified by a panel of experts as significant contributors to the field of health education. The "practitioners" consisted of 722 health educators. The respondents were asked to rate the research questions on the Likert scales of Importance, Desirability and Feasibility....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Health Education, Health Programs, Program Effectiveness, Research Needs, Research...
To determine the extent to which findings from studies with learners with high-level entry proficiency might apply to other learners, a group of 80 senior education majors were assigned to the Aircraft Instrument Comprehension Program under a variety of combinations of incentive, instruction, and feedback. In general the present study supports the contention that instruction is the predominant variable also had some effect on posttest results. Feedback was not found to enhance learner...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Research, Feedback, Instruction, Learning, Motivation, Program...
Using the collaborative efforts of a teacher educator and a classroom teacher, this study attempted to implement invitational education (a perceptually based, self-concept approach which is referred to as a theory of practice) in a special education classroom for six children with behavior problems. Four questions were used to systematically approach the inviting process for the teacher and a journal was suggested to record significant classroom observations. The teacher records his perceptions...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Behavior Problems, Educational Methods, Educational Philosophy, Program...
The history and current status of Indochinese Mutual Assistance Programs (MAAs) is reviewed in the newsletter issue, and a description is provided of the six kinds of MAAs that are found in the United States. They include the following: (1) cultural preservation/social activities; (2) religious services; (3) special constituency groups; (4) resettlement/social services; (5) business and economic development; and (6) advocacy and political action. Additional articles discuss the MAA's search for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Buddhism, Culture Conflict, Indochinese, Land Settlement, Program Effectiveness,...
BASIC PREMISE OF THIS REPORT IS THAT INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS MUST BE JUDGED FOR EACH PROGRAM ACCORDING TO ITS DEMONSTRATED MERITS. GENERAL AND SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ARE LISTED FOR POTENTIAL PROGRAM USERS AND PUBLISHERS. SUPPLEMENTS CONTAIN INFORMATION ON PROGRAM MANUALS AND TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION. THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AND TEACHING MACHINES OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOICATION, AND...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Guides, Programed Instruction,...
An intensive study was conducted of areawide planning for the implementation of Title II A, B, and C (formerly Title I) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), as performed by prime sponsors to meet the needs of their communities. The central objectives of the research were (1) to describe the planning systems that have emerged, (2) to relate the features of planning systems to contextual factors, and (3) to explore the links between these planning systems and program...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administration, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Planning, Program Development,...
In 1986, the United States Department of Education contracted with Pelavin Associates to conduct a study of the dropout problem in the United States. The research project was undertaken to provide a national overview of the dropout problem, focusing specifically on gender differences; and to identify successful or effective strategies for serving dropout-prone youth and school dropouts. The research was conducted in two phases, consisting of a research review and site visits to nine dropout...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Design,...
The final report details achievements and slippages of a model demonstration center which served 46 preschool handicapped children. Documented are milestones in such areas as direct and supplementary services to children (identification, evaluation); parent/family participation (large and small group meetings, individual parent participation); development of a procedure to insure longitudinal program continuity, staff development for project and district personnel and volunteers);...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Preschool Education, Program Descriptions,...
Investigated was the effectiveness of a flashcard and fading tutoring procedure in increasing the spelling performance of a 9-year-old boy. The S practiced word completion four times a week (20 minutes per session) on four different words each session, and was tested at the end of each week on all 16 words. During 3 weeks of tutoring, S's spelling test scores increased from eight or less words correct to a mean of 14.33 words correct. (LS)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Program...
This report summarizes the impact of federal programs on individual counselors, including suggestions on advocating to improve the programs' recognition of professional mental health counselors. These are all separate programs, formulated under their own laws, regulations, and agencies.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Program Effectiveness, Health Programs, Counselors, Public Health, Federal Programs,...
The Regional Alliance for Mathematics and Science Education Reform at TERC, one of the 10 Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science Consortia, served the Northeast and Islands region from October 1995 through September 2000. The Eisenhower Consortia and the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) comprise a national network supported by the U.S. Department of Education to disseminate information about high quality mathematics and science materials and provide technical assistance and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education, Program...
Dual enrollment programs have been offered formally in Virginia since 1988 and have been embraced by both parents and students. While dual enrollment courses offer many advantages to students, the advantages to colleges are significant as well. In this article, the author lists the advantages of dual credit enrollment.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Dual Enrollment, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Higher Education, Harris,...
Two assumptions underlying preschool programs for high risk students are examined: the belief that measurement instruments are available for diagnosing children who will eventually require some form of special education and that intervention will be beneficial to the child. Diagnosis favors teacher interaction with the student in an instructional setting over individual instrument evaluation. Intervention involves a variety of aspects which must be considered in determining effectiveness. These...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Handicap Identification, High Risk Persons, Intervention, Preschool...
A study explored the socialization process of beginning teachers participating in formal teacher induction programs. The focus was on perceived sources of influence on classroom practices. The findings suggest that a wide array of features compete for the attention of the first year teachers as they make instructional decisions. Over the course of the year, beginning teachers sort out these forces and attend to some more than others. The perceived sources of influence are similar at the end of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Beginning Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Socialization, Staff Development, Teacher...
Attitudes and perceptions of elementary students about moderately mentally retarded children were measured in three elementary schools providing classroom programs for the moderately mentally retarded and three elementary schools not providing such programs. Additional variables investigated were size of school system/community (small, medium, and large) and grade level (first, third, and fifth). Following random assignments to experimental or control status, all experimental Ss were provided...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Moderate Mental Retardation, Program...
Alcohol is all too often seen as an accepted part of college life, but there are programs that can significantly reduce students' risky drinking, according to a series of studies in a special college drinking supplement of the "Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs." Fourteen studies detail results of projects funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's (NIAAA's) Rapid Response to College Drinking Problems initiative. Between 2004 and 2005, NIAAA selected 15...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Prevention, College Students, School Community Programs,...
Compared was the academic performance in the third grade of 75 children who had participated in the Complete Communication Development Program, a learning disabilities kindergarten, with the performance of 75 children in regular kindergartens. Stanford Achievement Test scores indicated that the Ss in the special class performed significantly lower on reading and mathematics measures than did Ss in regular classes. Results suggested the need for reevaluating the program. (CL)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Intervention, Kindergarten, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Primary Education,...
