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Derting, Terry L.; Ebert-May, Diane – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
We determined short- and long-term correlates of a revised introductory biology curriculum on understanding of biology as a process of inquiry and learning of content. In the original curriculum students completed two traditional lecture-based introductory courses. In the revised curriculum students completed two new learner-centered,…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Field Tests, Biology, Learning Experience
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Lo, Ya-yu; Konrad, Moira – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2007
Creating single-subject (SS) graphs is challenging for many researchers and practitioners because it is a complex task with many steps. Although several authors have introduced guidelines for creating SS graphs, many users continue to experience frustration. The purpose of this article is to minimize these frustrations by providing a field-tested…
Descriptors: Graphs, Field Tests, Task Analysis, Curriculum Development
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McFarlane, Carolyn – Journal of Career Education, 1981
Describes a project designed to create instructional materials in entrepreneurship for secondary vocational students. Steps discussed include selection of small businesses to be treated in modules, determination of module content, guidelines for presentation of module content, and results of field test and expert review. (CT)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Field Tests, Instructional Development, Learning Modules
Bastian, Rich; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1983
Describes a project at Bell Laboratories which sought a compromise between ideal formative evaluation procedures and more feasible procedures necessitated by restrictions on time and resources. Local-trial and field-trial stages of a phased approach are discussed, as well as the benefits of field-tests. (EAO)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Stone, Sheila D. – 1981
A field test evaluated "Auto Mechanics I" curriculum materials developed and published by the Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center, Oklahoma State Department of Vocational and Technical Education. The results and conclusions reported relate to student achievement and teacher evaluation and comments for each of the 23 units of…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
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Sadker, Myra; Sadker, David – High School Journal, 1981
Because a content analysis of 24 leading teacher education texts revealed little attention to sexism, the Non-Sexist Teacher Education Program (NSTEP) developed six units on sexism in education and field tested them at 27 schools of education. Results are discussed. (Part of a theme issue on women.) (SJL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Demonstration Programs, Field Tests
Winand, Lois L.; Morris, Vivian Gunn – 1989
The purpose of this project was to strengthen consumer and homemaking education programs in New Jersey by increasing the competence of home economics educators to meet the needs of school-age pregnant and parenting students through their programs. The objectives of the project were: (1) to field test a curriculum designed for school-age pregnant…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Early Parenthood
Boraks, Nancy; Schumacher, Sally – 1979
In 1978 the Commonwealth of Virginia initiated a three-year plan to develop basal fourth- and seventh-grade Virginia studies materials utilizing the resources of public and private institutions. The plan involved three stages: planning (1978-79), materials development (1979-80), and field testing and revision (1980-81). This document reviews the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1977
Prepared as part of an evaluation report of a junior high school course in moral education (Skills for Ethical Action, SEA), this volume describes course implementation, acceptability, and effectiveness on a lesson by lesson basis. The purpose was to provide data for use by SEA program staff as they revised the course so that it would be more…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Content Analysis, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development
Boraks, Nancy; Schumacher, Sally – 1980
This document reviews the goals and accomplishments of phase two of a three-year project to develop state-studies materials for Virginia schools. It is presented in seven chapters. Chapter I introduces the project idea, reviews the first phase of planning and evaluation design, and explains the project goals for phase two, materials development.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Haynes, Bruce – 1980
A description is given of an exemplary program, developed by Claremont Teachers College in West Australia, that involved on-site teacher development to help introduce children in grades 1-4 to historical thinking. The College provided academic staff for the project and assisted teachers by providing advice and materials. The long term objectives…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, College Role, College School Cooperation
McKinney, Floyd L.; Kohan, Alan – 1986
The National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) was consulted to improve the formative evaluation design for the Principles of Technology (PT) curriculum materials developed by the Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) and the Agency for Instructional Technology (AIT). Because the NCRVE entered the formative…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Boraks, Nancy; Schumacher, Sally – 1981
The third and final phase of a three-year project to develop state-studies materials for Virginia is described in this report. The third phase involved continued pilot testing of fourth-grade materials, development of drafts of seventh-grade materials, and exploration of plans for dissemination. The report comprises six chapters. Chapter 1 reviews…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Gillespie, Wilma B. – 1981
A project was conducted to develop and field test comptency-based modules of a Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Student Manual, to write a descriptive report about the process of developing the manual, and to evaluate both these products and the infusion process through descriptive research. Following development, 11 modules were…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Competence, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Stone, Sheila D. – 1981
A field test examined the validity of the "Interdisciplinary Cooperative Education Curriculum Manual." (Among those topics covered in the manual are the following: vocational student organizations, leadership, civic responsibility, health and safety, human relations, communications, resource management, consumer skills, consumer law,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Education, Consumer Education, Cooperative Education
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