The Massachusetts Diffusion Assistance Project Response Survey.
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| Title: | The Massachusetts Diffusion Assistance Project Response Survey. |
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| Authors: | Wolf, W. C. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 27 |
| Publication Date: | 1975 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Administrator Attitudes, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Occupational Surveys, Organizational Change, School Surveys, Tables (Data) |
| Abstract: | This survey was intended to determine the relationship between educators' previous involvement with institutional change and their interest in the Massachusetts Diffusion Assistance Project (MDAP). Materials describing MDAP were mailed to 159 school administrators who had indicated an initial interest in MDAP. Respondents were divided into four categories based on their response to the materials, ranging from group A, individuals who chose to discontinue contact with MDAP, to group D, individuals who indicated the greatest interest in MDAP. Phone interviews were conducted with a random sample of individuals from each group and the resulting data were analyzed to determine similarities and differences between the early dropout group and the three more tenacious groups. It was hypothesized that individuals with limited previous experience with institutional change would be less responsive to MDAP than individuals with extensive previous involvement. However, individuals across all four groups reported extensive previous involvement, and members of group A differed little from members of group D in this respect. (Author/JG) |
| Entry Date: | 1977 |
| Accession Number: | ED127701 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This survey was intended to determine the relationship between educators' previous involvement with institutional change and their interest in the Massachusetts Diffusion Assistance Project (MDAP). Materials describing MDAP were mailed to 159 school administrators who had indicated an initial interest in MDAP. Respondents were divided into four categories based on their response to the materials, ranging from group A, individuals who chose to discontinue contact with MDAP, to group D, individuals who indicated the greatest interest in MDAP. Phone interviews were conducted with a random sample of individuals from each group and the resulting data were analyzed to determine similarities and differences between the early dropout group and the three more tenacious groups. It was hypothesized that individuals with limited previous experience with institutional change would be less responsive to MDAP than individuals with extensive previous involvement. However, individuals across all four groups reported extensive previous involvement, and members of group A differed little from members of group D in this respect. (Author/JG) |
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