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PIAAC Technical Standards and Guidelines
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OECD Publishing, 2014
The Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will establish technical standards and guidelines to ensure that the survey design and implementation processes of PIAAC yield high-quality and internationally comparable data. This document provides a revised version of the technical standards and guidelines originally…
Descriptors: Adults, International Assessment, Adult Literacy, Competence
Technology Report.
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Mid-Continent Regional Educational Lab., Inc., Kansas City, MO. – 1985
In order to determine the extent to which the LOGO programming language can be used as a reinforcer for general problem solving ability, this field study used a production theory approach to problem solving as a conceptual model, and then translated the model into a LOGO oriented framework. The methodology tested the use of an algorithm in a…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Elementary Education, Field Tests, Problem Solving
A Problem Solving Tutor for Introductory Genetics in Turbo Pascal.
Browning, Mark E.; Lehman, James D. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1988
Discusses the development and field testing of a prototype genetics tutor program for microcomputers written in Turbo Pascal. A preliminary field test with undergraduates is described that was used as formative evaluation, and suggestions are given for designing a more effective tutor that uses additional intelligent computer-assisted instruction…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Courseware, Field Tests
Research on the Introduction, Use, and Impact of the "ThinkAbout" Instructional Television Series. Volume IV. A View of Viewers: Observations on the Response to and Classroom Use of "ThinkAbout."
Wolcott, Harry F. – 1982
This report summarizes two case studies conducted in 1979-1980 in a combined fifth-sixth grade special class for talented and gifted pupils in a large Oregon school district and a sixth grade self-contained classroom in a small school district, both of which were using ThinkAbout, a series of 60 15-minute instructional television programs designed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Field Tests
Research on the Introduction, Use, and Impact of the "ThinkAbout" Instructional Television Series. Volume V. Appendices to Technical Report.
Sanders, James R.; Sonnad, Subhash R. – 1982
This volume includes the tests, questionnaires, letters, manuals, findings, and analyses associated with the field evaluation of "ThinkAbout," a series of 60 15-minute programs organized in 13 clusters and designed to strengthen the reasoning skills of fifth and sixth graders, and to review and reinforce language arts, mathematics, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Field Tests
Research on the Introduction, Use, and Impact of the "ThinkAbout" Instructional Television Series. Volume III. Toward a Clear Picture of "ThinkAbout": An Account of Classroom Use.
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Hart-Landsberg, Sylvia – 1982
This report describes the yearlong case study based on participant observation at a school which used ThinkAbout, a series of 60 15-minute instructional television programs designed to strengthen the reasoning skills of fifth and sixth graders, and to review and reinforce language arts, mathematics, and study skills. Discussion covers the patterns…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Field Tests