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Download full textPol, Heidi Marie Vander – 1994
Because of the rising interest in the relevance of psychology to missions, a number of empirical studies have been completed which address various issues pertaining to missionary selection, stress, and ongoing functioning. This paper presents a critique and synthesis of the empirical literature relevant to missionary selection, stress, and…
Descriptors: Burnout, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence, Job Performance
Boos, Jo Ellen – 1996
In recent years there has been a push for libraries to develop and use systematic measures to determine the effectiveness of library service. Materials availability, or fill rate, is one of many output measures used in libraries. This technique measures the degree to which library customers are able to acquire the materials they want during their…
Descriptors: Children, Early Adolescents, Evaluation Methods, Library Collections
Rogers, Bruce – 1990
Elements of the Japanese educational system were examined to determine if they could be incorporated into U.S. practices. Research was reviewed in five areas, and annotations for each section were organized chronologically beginning with the most recent. The five areas covered were: (1) differences in test scores of achievement and cognitive…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives
Hatfield, Susan – 1996
This study examined the effective use of computer stations across the curriculum. Research was conducted in a fourth grade classroom in Lena, a small, rural farming town in northwestern Illinois. Desks were arranged in circular clusters of five. The students moved to five different stations, one of which was an IBM computer mini-lab. The lab, used…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods
Weiner, Debra S. – 1978
This study examines the circumstances under which a large urban school system opens the budget development process to the input of citizens groups and the difficulties involved in this effort. The scope of the study is limited to the analysis of the 1977 Budget Task Force (BTF) of the Philadelphia School District and observations of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Boards of Education, Budgeting
Gill, Patricia Louise – 1975
1973 Florida legislation requires each community college to evaluate the performance of former students in the activities for which they were prepared by the college. This project developed and implemented a follow-up system for community college graduates in Associate in Arts programs. The system assessed former students' achievement of the goals…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Data Collection
Ringel, Robert F. – 1983
This field study was conducted to develop a performance-based course, including goal statements, performance objectives, and learning activities, for a light commercial building drafting course. The procedures used during the study were based on the 1975 Michigan Department of Education project for the development of competency-based teacher…
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Drafting, Architectural Education, Behavioral Objectives
Fuhr, Ernest – 1996
This paper describes a program designed to increase student awareness and appreciation of their own culture and the cultures of others. The study was conducted in a northern Illinois junior high among 30 eighth grade language arts students. Data were gathered through teacher observation, teacher-student interviews, student surveys and student…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cross Cultural Studies, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Activities
Advincula-Carpenter, Marietta M. – 1996
An internationalized dietetic technician (DT) program was developed at the Milwaukee Area Technical College through a process that included the design and development of international modules to be used through infusion or an individual unit approach in selected courses. The following procedures were used: a review of the literature on benefits of…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development, Dietitians
Potter, Linda L. – 1992
A study was conducted of the facilities, collection, and services of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music Library at Kent State University (Ohio). A survey of 130 students (response rate of about 32.5 percent) identified users of the library, how they use it, and the extent to which the library meets users' needs. Overall, 73 percent of the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Libraries, College Students, Evaluation Methods
Sousa, Ronald L. – 1976
A bilingual multicultural education program was implemented to solve the language and communication problems of the non-English and limited-English speaking students at Winton Junior High School. A needs assessment identified broad program goals as well as individual student performance objectives. The program evaluation and follow-up functions…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers
Brown, Lyn Stephen – 1996
One of the requirements for students majoring in Bible in the undergraduate school of Philadelphia College of Bible (Pennsylvania) is writing research papers. The papers are designed to promote information literacy by developing research skills, sharpening writing skills, encouraging critical thinking, and promoting problem-solving skills.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Evaluation Methods
