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Testing for Values with the Deaf: The Language/Cultural Effect.
Holm, Carol S. – Journal of Rehabilitation of the Deaf, 1987
The paper explores the evaluation of values in the deaf population noting more similarities than differences between deaf and hearing persons, presenting data on the usefulness of an adapted values questionnaire with deaf subjects, and suggesting that differences are a result of a differential environment rather than of pathology. (DB)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Deafness, Evaluation Methods, Questionnaires
Evaluation Design as Preserving Valued Qualities in Evaluation Studies.
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Smith, Nick L. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1981
An evaluation design is seen to ensure the presence of certain qualities in an evaluation; values and valued qualities permeate the evaluation design. Mechanisms for evaluations (in-process reviews, follow-up studies, etc.) are dealt with and familiarity with financial, managerial, and ethical procedures are stressed in the evaluation design. (CE)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluative Thinking
Assessing Attitudes about Science-Related Social Issues.
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Accurso, Jerry; Poetker, Joel S. – History and Social Science Teacher, 1980
Demonstrates how Likert scales, semantic differentials, and projective pictures, stories, and sentences can be used to assess secondary school students' attitudes toward social issues. The Likert scale lists positive and negative statements about an issue; the semantic differential indicates degrees of feelings, for example, good, neutral, bad.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Secondary Education, Social Problems, Student Attitudes
Evaluation and Explication of Educational Reform.
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Paulston, Rolland G. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1980
The emergence of subjective and critical approaches to the evaluation of educational reform is examined. The need to identify and clarify values and to develop comparative and dialectical evaluation models and approaches are discussed. (RL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Evaluation Methods
The Decision-Making Process Model: Design and Use for Adolescent Sexual Decisions.
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Maskay, Manisha Harisingh; Juhasz, Anne McCreary – Family Relations, 1983
Presents the Decision-Making Process Model, a framework for working through questions that require action. The seven steps are identifying the decision; determining why it is needed; identifying alternatives; analyzing information; estimating practicality; and deciding on a conclusion. The focus is on adolescent sexual decisions. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making Skills, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
A Research Project on Values Development in the Netherlands.
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Beem, A. L.; Brugman, D. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1984
This article summarizes a research project on values development in Dutch students, grades four through eight. The research investigated: (1) the relationship between teacher and pupil verbal behavior during values development lessons; (2) what verbal behavior is important to pupil outcomes; and (3) the effects of values development lessons on…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Evaluation Methods, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
In Search of Effective Character Education.
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Laming, James S. – Educational Leadership, 1993
Summarizes major trends in character education in U.S. classrooms, beginning with an early twentieth-century "Children's Morality Code," and progressing through 1950s moral and values education, three past decades of drug and sex education programs, and current efforts to develop valid program evaluation methods. The next step is…
Descriptors: Drug Education, Educational History, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education