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DiBlasio, Frederick A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
A social-learning model was tested for its ability to explain why adolescents drive under the influence of alcohol and ride with drinking drivers. The study demonstrates that if adolescent drinking and driving is to be prevented, careful attention must be prevented, careful attention must be paid to ways that it is learned and maintained.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Development, Correlation, Drinking
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Munyendo, Sella; Wamocho, Franciscah Irangi – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2010
The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of embossed picture technique when used in teaching reading to the pupils with hearing impairment. The study was guided by Piaget's theory of human mental development. The study adopted an experimental design. The study was carried out at Kambui School for the hearing impaired located on…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction
Richmond, Peggy A.; Maramark, Sheilah – 1996
This guide is designed to provide information, advice, and programming strategies that historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) might use to enhance the involvement of their continuing education programs with community economic development. It includes a review of the literature on successful higher education-economic development…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Continuing Education, Economic Development, Higher Education
Gasbarra, Paul; Johnson, Jean – Public Agenda, 2008
Hispanics are one of the largest and fastest-growing minority groups in the United States. Projections indicate a need for an increase of 20% of practicing engineers by 2010. Despite the growing number of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers in the American economy, education statistics suggest that too few Hispanic students…
Descriptors: Careers, First Generation College Students, Role Models, Dropout Rate
New Mexico State Commission on Indian Affairs, Santa Fe. – 1977
Included in this report on the New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs are brief sections dealing with: the Agency's background; past projects and future goals; the Research and Statistics Center; projects under consideration; and the Agency's Tribal Liaison Officer, Tribal Relations Specialist; and Planner. Cited as major Agency accomplishments…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indians, Art Products, Counseling
Mustafina, F. – Soviet Education, 1972
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Programs, Equal Education, Evaluation
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Stewart, Rodney A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
Modern learning approaches increasingly have fewer structured learning activities and more self-directed learning tasks guided through consultation with academics. Such tasks are predominately project-/problem-based where the student is required to follow a freely guided road map to self discovery while simultaneously achieving desired learning…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Learning Readiness, Independent Study, Active Learning
Page-Valin, L.; And Others – 1977
In its evaluation of the effectiveness of driver education as taught in secondary and commercial schools, this report (1) investigates the objectives of driver education, (2) determines what is presently known about its effectiveness through a review of previous evaluative research, (3) discusses what driver education is likely/unlikely to…
Descriptors: Driver Education, Evaluation Criteria, Literature Reviews, Program Effectiveness
Insurance Educator, 1998
These two issues are intended for secondary school educators who teach about insurance in any of their courses. The following substantive articles are contained in the January 1998 issue: "Teen Drivers and Automobile Insurance: New Laws Safeguard Teen Drivers" (Insurance Information Institute); "National Advisory Council of…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Classroom Techniques, Educational Resources, Fire Protection
Niehoff, Richard O.; Wilder, Bernard – 1974
Nonformal education programs operating in the modern sector in Ethiopia are described in a perspective relevant to the Ethiopian context. The modern sector is defined as those activities concerned with the manufacture of goods, extraction of raw materials, the processing of raw materials, the provision of services, and the creation and maintenance…
Descriptors: Business, Educational Needs, Educational Programs, Industrial Training
Hathorn, John R. – 1973
The annual report of the New York Interdepartmental Committee on Indian Affairs which serves 8 Indian reservations within the state of New York documents the 1972-73 services of its various departments and presents the Chairman's report. The Department of Commerce reports that its new Minority Business Office is aggressively seeking Indian…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Annual Reports
PERRATON, HILARY D. – 1968
A REVIEW IS MADE OF EXPERIMENTAL COURSES COMBINING THE USE OF RADIO, TELEVISION, AND CORRESPONDENCE STUDY AND GIVEN BY THE NATIONAL EXTENSION COLLEGE IN ENGLAND. COURSES INCLUDED ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, SOCIAL WORK, PHYSICS, STATISTICS, AND COMPUTERS. TWO METHODS OF LINKING CORRESPONDENCE COURSES TO BROADCASTS WERE USED--IN MATHEMATICS AND SOCIAL…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Cost Estimates, Educational Radio, Educational Television
Hoke, Gordon – 1984
In 1980, the Office of Continuing Education and Public Service at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign acquired a W. K. Kellogg Foundation grant to establish a 4-year model Community Information and Education Service (CIES). Working with the university's Cooperative Extension Service and five community colleges, CIES initially focused on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Coping, Economic Change
Student Press Law Center, Washington, DC. – 1996
This handbook provides journalists with the information--both legal and practical--to successfully confront the roadblocks that might arise when covering campus crime. After an introductory section on campus crime reporting, sections of the handbook discusses what journalists' legal right of access to campus police records, campus crime…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Crime, Higher Education, Information Seeking
Levine, Judith, Ed.; Indenbaum, Gene, Ed. – 1996
The 18 papers in this proceedings describe strategies and practices used in undergraduate psychology courses at two- and four-year colleges. The following presentations are included: "The Costs and Benefits of Critical Thinking," (Randall E. Osborne, Judy Laws, Ken Weadick, and Vicki Mantooth); "What's a Developmentalist To Do?" (Judith Luis);…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Cooperative Learning
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