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Beatty, Paulette T.; And Others – 1981
One of a series of instructional booklets designed to introduce adult education program planners to the basic concepts integral to and alternative strategies for conducting needs assessments, this instructional booklet deals with determining how to summarize information. Described first is the relationship of the process of determining how to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Definitions

Kinnick, Mary K. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1985
The results of student outcomes studies are of little value if they are not used in institutional planning and decision-making. Use of results can be made more effective if researchers understand the obstacles to information use on most campuses and tailor their presentations to overcome them. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Educational Assessment, Higher Education
Wilson, T. D. – 1981
Designed to provide a systematic means of analyzing the whole process of planning, implementation, and evaluation, these guidelines (1) suggest how national policies on user training may be related to national information policies in general, (2) suggest lines of action for the achievement of a national policy on user training, and (3) give advice…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Information Needs, Information Processing, Information Sources
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 2003
The results from high-stakes assessments have often been used to merely grade and rank schools and students. But a new trend is emerging, according to this brief. Educators are beginning to see the power of using assessment data to improve instruction. This brief discusses ways to use data to improve instruction at the school, classroom, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Data Collection, Data Interpretation

Education and Computing, 1986
Presents recommendations for an interdisciplinary course called "Computers, Information, and Related Technologies" developed for 9th and 10th grade students by the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS). Main topics presented in the course include how information is processed, using information, and how computing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Design, Grade 10
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1986
Information is repackaged to assist population education information centers in their goal of facilitating the appropriate dissemination and use of information. Repackaging of information refers to the presentation of information in more understandable, readable, acceptable, and usable forms. This manual includes (1) guidelines for choosing…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Data Analysis, Data Collection
New Hampshire State Dept. of Education, Concord. – 1992
In 1990 a committee was formed to develop a list of information skills that could be used by New Hampshire library media professionals to help them develop plans for integrating such skills within their schools. Information skills are processes needed to access, evaluate, organize, communicate, and apply information efficiently and effectively.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning