Research Reports

Below are reports written by Support Center staff on specific research and evaluation projects affiliated with Project IDEAL. To download a report, click on the blue title.

The Missouri Distance Learning Mentoring Program. An Evaluation Prepared by The Project IDEAL Support Center (2005)

Reports on the pilot efforts of Missouri to implement a mentoring program to support the professional development of distance teachers working with adult learners.

Measuring the Motivation and Strategy Use of GED Students in Distance Education Programs (2005) 

Summarizes a pilot study done to evaluate the methodology and psychometric properties of an on-line instrument for assessing motivation and strategy use among GED students studying at a distance.

Adult Education in Non-Classroom Settings. A Pilot Test in Pennsylvania, Phase II: October 2001– June 2002 

Reports on Pennsylvania's second phase—and expansion—of their pilot test of distance learning. 

Pennsylvania's Distance Learning Project 2004-2005 

Presents findings from telephone focus groups conducted with various stakeholders in Pennsylvania's multi-faced approach to offering distance learning:  students, centralized teaching agency teachers, provider agency teachers, provider agency administrators and referring agency contacts.