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Time: Assessing Understanding of Core Ideas
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Thomas, Margaret; McDonough, Andrea; Clarkson, Philip; Clarke, Doug – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
Although an understanding of time is crucial in our society, curriculum documents have an undue emphasis on reading time and little emphasis on core underlying ideas. Given this context, a one-to-one assessment interview, based on a new framework, was developed and administered to investigate students' understanding of core ideas undergirding the…
Descriptors: Interviews, Time, Fundamental Concepts, Program Development
Development of Competency-Based Web Learning Material and Effect Evaluation of Self-Directed Learning Aptitudes on Learning Achievements
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Chang, Chi-Cheng – Interactive Learning Environments, 2006
This study aims to develop and evaluate competency-based web learning material (CBWLM) for the college practicum Microprocessor Laboratory. After using the CBWLM for 8 weeks, this study investigates CBWL's learning effects and self-directed learning aptitudes (SDLAs) as well as exploring the influence of SDLA on learning effects based on the…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Mastery Learning, Competency Based Education, Program Development
The Feasibility of Using Work Evaluation as a Tool for Assessment in Adult Basic Education. Final Report. A Sub-Project of the Graduate Student Project, Phase II.
Anderson, John T. – 1973
A study dealt with determining the feasibility of using work evaluation in adult basic education (ABE) programs in Wisconsin and the extent to which this evaluation process would be of value to the ABE programs and students. Five ABE students participated in a two-week evaluation in which their vocational aptitudes, interests, abilities,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Background, Intelligence
SOURCE AND EXTENT OF ECONOMIC COMMITMENTS TO PUBLIC VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN MINNESOTA AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE NATURE OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
NELSON, CLIFFORD LEON – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO EXAMINE THE ECONOMIC COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOLS PRIOR TO THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 AND THE EFFECTS OF THIS COMMITMENT IN TERMS OF PROGRAM OFFERINGS AND STUDENTS SERVED. DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM 444 OF THE 453 MINNESOTA SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IN ADDITION, SENIORS ENROLLED…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Agricultural Education, Assessed Valuation
The Development and Implementation of a Program To Improve the Performance of Underachieving Gifted Students.
Mumford, Thelma – 1987
A program was designed to reduce the academic gap between aptitude and achievement of 150 gifted underachievers in grades 5-8 who had been removed from a Georgia-funded gifted program due to poor achievement test scores and were subsequently enrolled in the Atlanta Public School System's locally funded gifted program. The program also sought to…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Aptitude
Student Diagnosis: A Supplementary Paper to the Educational Programs Report of the Los Rios Community College District Master Plan.
Hendrick, Larry – 1980
Recommendations and guidelines are presented for the educational diagnosis of students entering the Los Rios Community College District. The paper first underscores the need for a diagnostic process to help students assess their potential for academic success, and then recommends: (1) the assessment of past academic and work experience, basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills
Program Evaluation: An Empirical Study of Individualized Instruction.
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Leinhardt, Gaea – 1976
The results of three years of evaluative investigation of the University of Pittsburgh Learning Research and Development Center's program of individualized education are described. The study was conducted in seven Follow Through sites and three Pittsburgh area schools. Standardized tests were used as input and outcome measures; questionnaires and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Classroom Observation Techniques
An Aptitude-Test Battery for Court-Reporter Training: Initial Results of a Longitudinal Validation Study.
Jacobsen, Linda S.; Borchardt, Gordon C. – 1980
In order to identify a battery of aptitude tests which could adequately predict the success of applicants to its court-reporting program, MacCormac Junior College contracted with Science Research Associates in Fall 1976 to conduct a longitudinal validation study of court-reporting aptitude measures. Eight tests were administered to each…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admissions Counseling, Aptitude Tests, Clerical Occupations