What is assessment literacy? It is a handful of fundamental understandings about the testing concepts and procedures that influence educational decisions. And it just might be the most cost-effective means of real school improvement. With characteristic humor and aplomb, assessment expert W. James Popham strips away the psychometrician-speak and…

Based on the belief that affective education cannot be left to an informal process of "warm fuzzies," the system described here is a structured instructional program with specific affective objectives and a scale for monitoring achievement. (Author/JM)

Provides 10 tested inservice activities designed to help teachers examine their attitudes and values in the areas of mainstreaming and special needs students. (SJL)

Provides examples of affective measures teachers can use in the classroom to examine the feelings and attitudes of students and discusses the role of the school counselor in promoting affective measurement. The information should lead to a continual modification of instructional techniques to encourage student development. (JAC)

Presents reading assessment ideas that have provided some useful affective insights with middle school students. Presents assessment ideas related to conative factors, an emerging area of research closely related to affect. (RS)

Offers a test for identifying students with writing apprehension and offers strategies for dealing with these students. (SRT)

Defines and analyzes the terms most frequently used in student evaluation, examines some current developments and trends in evaluation methods, and suggests ways to improve evaluation instruments, such as planning evaluations before instruction, emphasizing criterion-referenced measures, and evaluating processes as well as products. (MF)

When developing an instrument for evaluating the clinical component of an allied health program, the evaluator must consider the interaction of behavioral domains. Using this process skills approach facilitates the incorporation of the affective domain when specific behavioral objectives are identified and correlated with evaluation items.…

Discussed are two practices that can affect the confidence and attitude of students toward mathematics. The first is a questioning technique that allows students to verbalize their progress up to a perceived impasse. The second discusses the possible negative results of sending students to the blackboard and provides suggestions to improve the…

A model is presented for developing an introductory gerontology course in which teaching strategies are aimed primarily at realizing affective rather than cognitive outcomes in the lives of students. The four course objectives are described in terms of the following areas: (1) examination of personal values and attitudes concerning aging and the…

The volume contains seven appendices (A-G) which accompany the first volume. Appendix A provides a list of project personnel and of teachers who participated in the unit development workshop. Appendix B, composed of six sections, includes the unit lesson plans and teachers' guides used in the field study for grades 3, 5, and 7. The grade materials…

This entrepreneurship curriculum guide for South Carolina educators addresses the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains of learning. There are 10 units: (1) conducting the initial feasibility study; (2) determining financial feasibility; (3) establishing a legal structure; (4) analyzing available time; (5) preparing a marketing plan; (6)…

This lesson planning guide for supplemental competencies in health education addresses the three domains of learning: psychomotor, cognitive, and affective. It can be used with any teaching method (e.g., lecture/demonstration, discussion, and small group). The guide contains units on: acute care and long-term care; cultural aspects of patient…

This health care assistant guide addresses the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective learning domains. Thirteen units in the guide cover the following subjects: (1) introducing health care workers and facilities; (2) assisting with examinations; (3) assisting with diagnostic tests; (4) providing health information and performing outreach…

This curriculum guide on interpersonal relations in the workplace give techniques for instructors to use in evaluating these skills in their students. Eighteen competencies are included in this guide: adaptability; attendance; attitude; communication (nonverbal); communication (verbal); communication (written); confidence; cooperation; enthusiasm;…