In this manner the results will be available nationally. Assist curriculum innovation efforts countrywide in developing more effective programs. Assist Ohio Sea Grant in making decisions regarding cost- effective information dissemination procedures. Locally the study will influence the methods of dissemination used by Ohio Sea Grant for its materials. For the first time detailed information will be available on the effectiveness of long versus short workshops and the effectiveness of volunteer distribution versus formal dissemination efforts such as workshops.
Workshops are relatively expensive to conduct.
If short ones are as effective as long ones for sustained use of materials then they can be used in preference to the longer format. Fortner, R.W. and V. J. Mayer. Ohio students' knowledge and attitudes about the oceans and Great Lakes. Fortner, R. W. 1984. Marine and Aquatic Education.