In the spring of 2002, Gavilan Community College (California) participated in the Campus Diversity Climate Survey project, funded by the California Community College State Chancellor's Office Funds for Student Success. The survey became part of the periodic assessment of student attitudes toward the campus climate at Gavilan. This climate includes instructional and student support services, facilities, and tolerance and diversity. The study consisted of two parts: a focus group interview and an...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Ancillary School Services, Attitudes, College Environment, Community Colleges,...
Systemic reform of mathematics and science education in K-12 schools, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), was instituted in 1991. Built into the initiatives were guidelines for local (internal) evaluation of programs. This paper is a summary of the evaluation conceptualizations and efforts of one evaluator at the Fresno Unified School District. The evaluator created a model for internal evaluation by combining driving elements identified by NSF with process action stages...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary...
The need for vocational and personal attitude training for prisoners has been recognized for many years. In keeping with the commitment to individual prisoner's development, the Florida Department of Corrections developed a program of life skills training for inmates, the Life Skills Overview Module, in cooperation with local community colleges. To evaluate the success of the program, 19 faculty members who served as instructors (facilitators) in the program were surveyed. In addition, site...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Attitude Measures, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Correctional Education,...
This paper cites several examples of the outcomes assessment activities taking place on college campuses and their impact on the freshman educational experience. Outcomes assessment is viewed as the impetus for faculty to make responsive improvements in higher education practices. Improvements derived from assessment activities are being implemented in the areas of registration and preregistration, advising and student-faculty contact, computer usage, emphasis on basic skills, general...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Freshmen, Educational Experience, Educational Improvement, Educational...
As part of the Longitudinal Study of Children at Risk, this study evaluated the Child Parent Center (CPC) Program, a preschool to third grade intervention program funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Chapter I. Subjects were 915 low-income black children from 20 inner-city schools who were differentially exposed to school-based, comprehensive service components for up to 6 years. The comparison group consisted of 191 children who received only an all-day kindergarten...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Black Youth, Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Grade...
A study examined the relationship between investment in training and labor productivity in a sample of 237 large and medium-size Taiwanese firms producing auto parts. Of the 162 firms (68.4%) that returned usable questionnaires, 142 (59.9%) had training programs and 131 (55.3%) provided full cost data. The data were analyzed by multiple regression to determine the relationship between investment in training and labor productivity at the firm level while controlling for other variables affecting...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Industrial Training,...
These proceedings focus on the foundations for improving the undergraduate experience, especially college programs and activities designed for freshmen and new students. It includes 116 abstracts of seminars, poster sessions, workshops, and other programs developed by faculty and institutions to improve the undergraduate experience. The abstracts are one to two pages in length and contain a description of the activity or program. Most abstracts also include the name, address, and telephone...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Abstracts, Academic Achievement, College Curriculum, College Freshmen, College...
More than a decade after offering students universal preschool, neither Georgia nor Oklahoma has shown impressive progress in student academic achievement, as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. As Congress considers whether the federal government should encourage states to offer universal preschool, the author advocates that policymakers should examine the experiences of Georgia and Oklahoma. Burke cites that proponents of universal preschool often cite the findings of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Federal Government, Preschool Education, Educational...
Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) is an innovative program and strategy developed by the Washington (WA) State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) in conjunction with the state's 29 community colleges and five technical colleges. Its goal is to increase the rate at which adult basic education and English-as-a-second-language students advance to college-level occupational programs and complete postsecondary credentials in fields offering good wages and career...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of...
This report summarizes the twelfth survey of states by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) at the University of Minnesota. Results are presented for all 50 states and 8 of the 11 unique states. The purpose of this report is to provide a snapshot of the new initiatives, trends, accomplishments, and emerging issues during this important period of standards-based education reform as states documented the academic achievement of students with disabilities. Key findings include: (1)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Alternative Assessment, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Second Language...
The goals of developing a global perspective are consistent with the faith-based values of Catholicism. The primary goal is to prepare students academically, morally, and socially to participate in a globalized world that constantly faces new problems. A key component of this is the understanding that other people, who may appear on the surface to be very different from themselves, have differences which have value and similarities which unite us. The purpose of this article is to present one...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Friendship, Middle School Students, Catholic Schools, Moral Values, Social...
Ethnographic methods have been proposed as one alternative to research based heavily on statistics and experimental design. Ethnography essentially means "a way of systematically learning reality from the point of view of the participant." Four features distinguish ethnographic research from other research methods: (1) the research is considered as an instrument of the research; (2) research is guided by an inductive, serendipitous, holistic perspective of the research problem and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Adults, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment...
Data provided by the 1981-82 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) were used to study the citizenship and social studies achievement of rural 13-year-olds. The NAEP extreme rural sample included 901 13-year-olds from schools in areas with less than 10,000 people and many farmers or farm workers in residence. School size in this sample ranged from 115 to 1,013 students. The 13-year-olds from the extreme rural communities performed slightly below the national levels for their age...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Achievement Rating, Adolescents, Citizenship Education, Comparative Testing,...
This book has two goals: to convey to policymakers at the Federal and state levels a clearer understanding of vocational education and what can reasonably be expected of it and to develop an approach to Federal vocational education policy that is more performance, and less process, oriented. Chapter 1 provides a general overview of vocational education today--what is offered, who is served, what is accomplished, and what it costs. Chapter 2 examines the evolution of Federal vocational education...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Legislation, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Federal...
A study was conducted by the Learning Assessment Retention Consortium (LARC) to describe the outcomes (i.e., goal satisfaction, retention, and skills acquisition) of students enrolled in remedial English writing courses in a sample of California community colleges, and to develop an evaluation model which could be used in community colleges to measure outcomes in all programs. Students attending 29 community colleges completed questionnaires and the New Jersey Basic Skills Competency Tests...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods,...
Information on the progress of the 1980 graduating high school seniors' educational attainment, work history, marital history, attitudes, and civic participation is presented in this fourth in a series of descriptive summaries about the status of the 1980 high school seniors. Information spans the period from 1980 through 1986. Chapter 1 looks at educational experiences of the 1980 senior class (enrollment in postsecondary education, attainment of one-year and two-year awards and four-year...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Citizen Participation, Educational Attainment, Educational Benefits, Employment,...
This assessment of New Jersey's Mercer County Community College's (MCCC's) remedial program provides a program overview, results of a two-year follow-up of fall 1986 remedial students, and comparative data from previous years. The program overview examines policies and procedures concerning placement criteria, exit standards, program acceptance, academic standards, longitudinal tracking, and students with limited English proficiency. In addition, this section presents information on courses,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Cohort Analysis, High Risk Students, Longitudinal Studies,...
The formation of hypotheses and generation of a theory to explain and predict the outcomes of educational reforms based on the concept of school reform cycles is the purpose of this paper. Two complementary hypotheses are proposed to explain the success or failure of educational reforms. The first hypothesis is based on an inverse relationship between restructuring and allocation of power and resources. It states that reforms requiring the most extensive restructuring in education, government,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accountability, Educational History, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary...
Articles on a wide range of issues concerning the education system of Ireland are presented. The articles include: "Presidential Address to the ESAI Annual Conference, Thomond College, Limerick, March 1990" (J. Wilson); "Introduction to BOB--A Problem Solving Package" (L. Caul; L. Greenwood); "Coping with Impersonal Orientations in Staff Development Designs" (M. Barry); "Teaching Higher Levels of Thinking in Elementary Geometry" (K. Gentile); "Gender...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Research, Curriculum Development, Educational History, Educational Policy,...
This paper examines the characteristics of high school and college as life stages of young people in Japan and the United States and suggests some of the ways in which these experiences mesh with the demands of the occupational structure. The paper first contrasts the differences in the Japanese and American student experience during their high school education, particularly as it applies to the levels of parental and peer control and influence. Next, the paper examines the college experience...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Cultural Differences, Cultural...
This document contains the final report of a study conducted to test the feasibility of developing and implementing instructional modules--for adults in Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language--based on information about text processing demands and task difficulty gleaned from past national adult literacy surveys. Another objective was to test the relationship between the modules and subsequent score gains on the Test of Applied Literacy Skills. Thirty-four lessons were developed...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style,...
The Southwest Alabama Cooperative Literacy Project was a workplace literacy program involving the University of South Alabama and seven manufacturing plants in the LeMoyne Industrial Complex in southwestern Alabama. The project's primary objective was to increase job productivity by teaching both conventional and functional literacy skills in reading and mathematics. During the project, 26 employees participated in 1 or more sessions of reading classes, and 35 employees took 1 or more sessions...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education,...
The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), in collaboration with the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, developed a consortium which introduced tech prep to over 75% of the high schools statewide. The Tech Prep Associate Degree (TPAD) Program provides students with a concrete program of study which begins in 11th grade and concludes with the attainment of a two-year college degree. To assess the effectiveness of tech prep, quantitative and qualitative data were...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, College School Cooperation, Community...
A review of 35 reports evaluating 27 two-way bilingual education programs is reported. All programs represented meet basic criteria for language of instruction, student characteristics, and emphasis on developing bilingualism. The review examined program characteristics and student outcomes, when available. Results are summarized in the following areas: language proficiency in Spanish, English, Chinese, and Portuguese language proficiency; Spanish and English reading achievement; Spanish and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Cultural...
In the 1990s, federal education legislation and policies have encouraged state and local efforts in educational reform and placed a new emphasis on education for and about work. These initiatives have engaged the active participation of a broad range of partners and have spurred a variety of locally customized programs and practices. Nationally, tech prep and school-to-work (STW) initiatives have been developed and implemented in a political climate that is increasingly devolving funding,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Benchmarking, Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Models, Outcomes of...
This document, which is based on data gathered during a September 1994 mail survey of 215,284 South African graduates that elicited a total response rate of 18.3%, details the remuneration of graduates (as of July 1, 1994) in the following occupational categories: physical science; geological science; mathematical; computer science; chemical science; biological science; agriculture, forestry, and food service; and natural science. Presented first are brief descriptions of the survey group;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Compensation (Remuneration),...
Twenty/twenty (20/20) Analysis is an outcomes-based approach to identifying and serving students at the margins of education. The analysis focuses on one or more important outcomes of education and looks to the marginal students, the top fifth of achievers (80th percentile) and the lowest fifth (20th percentile). It is based on the belief that schools that serve marginal students well will serve all students well. The Minneapolis Public Schools (Minnesota) became involved in 20/20 at the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Educational Improvement, Educational Research,...
New Horizons is a course offered by the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Continuing Education that is aimed at first-time returners to education. In the 20 years since New Horizons was developed for women returners to education and/or employment, it has retained its original developmental outcomes but broadened its target group in response to changes in education and society. The program has remained a 1-day-per-week course, with students studying 3 subjects in the day with the same group...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Continuing Education, Developmental...
This study assessed student satisfaction with college in seven areas: academic programs; student services; campus atmosphere; social activities; career services; academic support; and general satisfaction. A total of 720 randomly selected students at Boise State University (BSU) (Idaho) were surveyed in fall 1996; data from the American College Testing College Outcomes Survey were used to compare BSU students with students at public four-year colleges nationwide. The study found that areas...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Ancillary School Services, Career Counseling, Classroom Environment, College Credits,...
This handbook provides parents with information about the Grade 1 curriculum in Catholic schools in Alberta, Canada. Based on the Alberta Learning "Program of Studies: Elementary Schools," the handbook describes the knowledge, skills, and attitudes Catholic school students in Alberta are expected to demonstrate upon completion of the Grade 1 curriculum. Following introductory material, sections include: (1) "What Is Curriculum?"; (2) "Religious Education"; (3)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Art Education, Catholic Schools, Educational Objectives, Elementary School...
Case studies of three nontraditional female college graduates from an Appalachian community in eastern Kentucky examined whether and how education changed these women's literacy habits. Also addressed were the literate practices they used in job, home, and community settings; the effects of their education on their children; and whether college-enhanced literacy helped them achieve their hopes after graduation. The researcher interviewed eight women over a 2-month period and chose three women...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Students, Case Studies, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship,...
The academic achievement of students in health occupations programs at High Schools That Work (HSTW) sites in 1996 was compared to academic performance levels at HSTW sites in 1994. Health occupations students at HSTW sites improved their average reading scores from 269 in 1993 to 278 in 1996. During the study period, the gap widened between HSTW students in health occupations programs and vocational students nationally. The average reading, mathematics, and science scores of students at the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis,...
This paper will review some of the issues in school counseling outcome research and how these issues relate to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Legislation. Some basic information related to the NCLB mandates will be reviewed in terms of how they impact the school counseling profession and counselor accountability. Types of research will be described and a distinction will be made between research and evaluation. Additionally, this paper will include a discussion of evidence-based practice and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Legislation, Decision Making, School Counseling, Data, School Counselors,...
The Department of Education has undertaken an ambitious effort to develop statewide occupational skill standards. The standards in this document are for Collision Repair Technology programs, and are designed to clearly state what the Collision Repair Technology student should know and be able to do upon completion of an advanced high school Collision Repair Technology program. The standards are organized as follows: (1) Content Standards: Content Standards are general statements that identify...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Maintenance, Employment Qualifications, Program Effectiveness, Technical Education,...
This is the third in a series of Early Years Good Practice conferences provided by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (HMIE). The purpose of these is to support early years practitioners from pre-school and the early years of primary school to share ideas and learn from one another about the practical aspects of managing the continuity of children's learning from pre-school provision into primary school. Staff from primary schools, nurseries and education authorities have delivered...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Active Learning, Educational Policy, Teaching...
In India, the concept of inclusive education schools is gaining importance to provide equal opportunities for education for all. Aims of schools in India has is to include students with special needs in the regular classrooms. However, biggest challenge they face is lack of awareness among teachers about inclusive education. Educationists across India have felt the need to make teachers aware about inclusive education. This research paper discusses about the effect of inclusive education...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Preservice Teachers, Educational Opportunities, Equal...
The State University System of Florida has developed three tools that aid in guiding the System's future: (1) The Board of Governors' new "Strategic Plan 2012-2025" is driven by goals and associated metrics that stake out where the System is headed; (2) The Board's "Annual Accountability Report" provides yearly tracking for how the System is progressing toward its goals; and (3) Institutional "Work Plans" connect the two and create an opportunity for greater...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics, Goal...
With decreasing numbers of students studying German at Higher Education Institutions in the United Kingdom, there is an increasing demand for graduate Germanists. This project, designed for C1/C2 level students according to the Common European Framework of Reference for languages, prepares finalist students for a job market in which UK and German businesses need culturally aware and competent speakers of English and German. This chapter offers a holistic approach to classroom exercises that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Guidelines, Cultural...
Instructional methodologies increasingly require teachers' efficacy and implementation of computer-assisted learning (CAL) practices in general and particularly in the science classroom. The South African National Education Department's e-Education[1] policy also encourages the use of computers and computer software in implementing outcome-based curriculum in the teaching and learning processes, proclaiming that; "South African learners in the General Education and Training (GET) and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign...
This paper is conceptualized to examine ways by which higher education in our own country (Nigeria) could be re-organized in such a manner that critical thinking skills could be imbued in the young learners, in order to make them problem solvers, thereby become assets rather than liabilities to the Nigerian society. In specific terms, the paper examines such issues as the concept of critical thinking, the importance of critical thinking to the nation, means of inculcating it in the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Problem...
Based on the increasing numbers of students with high functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) entering colleges and universities, many schools are at a loss for how to support students needing services outside the typical academic assistance often required by students with disabilities. The diagnostic features and psychiatric characteristics associated with ASD (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), coupled with the transitions and stressors that come along with college life, present...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Coaching (Performance), Models, College Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental...
Immediacy communicates psychological availability and warmth. In the classroom, instructor immediacy is traditionally measured with ratings of nonverbal and verbal behaviors. Although nonverbal immediacy has been accepted as a legitimate measure of immediacy, the validity of verbal items has been questioned. In the present study, we examined face and construct validity of the verbal immediacy scale. Based on factor analysis and prediction of student outcomes, we concluded that both verbal and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Nonverbal Communication, Construct Validity, Validity, Factor Analysis, Outcomes of...
Based on a review of the literature dealing with management in higher education, this five-part monograph examines the concept of educational productivity and explores its applications in community college administration. Part I presents an operational definition for "management," and discusses five components of the management task: planning, organizing, directing, coordinating departmental efforts, and controlling. The concepts of organizational "efficiency" and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accountability, Administrative Organization, Administrators, Budgeting, College...
A statistical composite of the United States' educational system, this report addresses a range of 93 issues over all levels of education. A narrative introduction interprets a table and a chart for each topic. Data on elementary/secondary education include: enrollment trends in public and private schools; number and size of schools and school districts and student-teacher ratios; participation in basic courses, special courses, and programs for exceptional children; school revenues and per...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Adult Students, Collective Bargaining, College Graduates, Colleges,...
Drawn from the reports of separate research efforts conducted at the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, the four chapters in this volume examine from a variety of perspectives what vocational education should accomplish and is accomplishing. An executive summary begins the volume. In the first chapter, Rupert Evans examines the discrepancy between the public and legislative support for vocational education and benefits demonstrated by evaluation studies. Chapter 2, by Frank...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Educational Research, Job Training,...
Educational outcomes of the Alberta education system for 1991-92 are presented in this report. Progress toward each of the 13 priority areas set forth in the provincial action plan, "Vision for the Nineties," is described. The ratings were based on the collective judgment of senior Alberta education managers. Information is presented on curriculum; student persistence; education for immigrant, Native children, and disabled children; science achievement; excellence in teaching and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary...
Since 1974, Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) has conducted annual surveys of its graduates to obtain information on jobs, career satisfaction, transfer to other institutions, and the effect of PVCC on careers and further education. Findings from the survey of 1991-92 graduates, based on responses from 46.4% of the 233 alumni surveyed, included the following: (1) nearly 45% of the respondents were employed full-time in jobs related to their field of study at PVCC, and most were either...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment, College...
A survey of 312 teachers and families of students with severe disabilities in California, Colorado, Kentucky, Utah, and Virginia was designed to measure the extent of implementation of 12 educational "best practices" and the level of demonstration of 7 student outcome variables. The educational practices included: integration into school and family activities, integration into community recreational activities, functional educational program, data-based instructional programs,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Role, Community Programs, Educational Methods, Educational Practices,...
This research review examines international studies on early childhood education and care, with particular reference to outcomes or benefits related to the child's age, the length of time in early childhood education and care, program type, and scope and type of parental involvement. Research literature from North America, Scandinavia, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand is included. The review demonstrates that high quality care is centrally important if infants are to benefit from the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Age Differences, Day Care, Day Care Effects, Educational Research, Foreign Countries,...
This guide, which is one of a series of three guides designed to provide state and local leaders, policymakers, practitioners, and other stakeholders with information about the work-based learning component of the School to Work Opportunities Act, deals with occupational education. The introduction traces the history of school-to-work initiatives, lists components of successful programs, and explains the guide's purpose and use. Discussed in the remaining five chapters are the following topics:...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Education, Credentials,...
