Evaluation is the process of determining the extent to which specified objectives have been reached. As a professional tool, it is used to (1) appraise the achievements of individual students; (2) diagnose the learning problems of an individual student or class in order to devise future teaching strategies; and (3) appraise the effectiveness of…

The Music Educators National Conference sponsored a 3-day intensive research training program in 1969 to prepare participants for research in curriculum development and evaluation. Major objectives of the program, in which 222 music educators participated, were to train each participant to be able to (1) write an educationally useful statement of…

Professor Lumsdaine, while in general agreement with Professor Glaser on the importance of behavioral objectives, stresses the need for providing an explicit rationale or foundation for evaluation. Emphasis is placed upon improving the technology of evaluation and creating a better market for assessment data and the standards for the adequacy of…

Evaluates a conventional model for training counselors, describes a systems-based model, and examines some advantages and limitations of the proposed model. (Author)

Attempts to define the characteristics of an adequate general education program in environmental problem solving and speculates as to the role of science understandings'' in the development of this problem-solving facility. (Author/DF)

San Jacinto, California, has adopted a measurable institutional objectives approach to management by objectives. Results reflect, not only improved cost effectiveness of community college education, but also more effective educational programs for students. (Author/WM)

This report provides a summary record of the development and evaluation of a training package product that includes three separate sets of training materials developed to increase the skill, knowledge, and understanding of school personnel in the area of instructional planning and management. Instructional planning is defined generally as that…

Two new programs, which represented first attempts to use behavioral objectives, are presented. These were independent study and and elective course for non-college bound high school seniors. Students taking independent study were asked to write behavioral objectives outlining the intended direction of their projects. Because students were not…

An Englishman takes a critical look at modern approaches to education in the United States. He found greater emphasis being placed on measuring achievement, tests, objectives, and performance with minor importance given to attitudes and activities directed towards the joys of learning in elementary and secondary education. (EC)

The University of Alabama successfully used the improvement of homemaking skills among disadvantaged families in an inner-city poverty pocket as a focus for a multidisciplinary approach to a three-year adult basic education (ABE) program when traditional ABE programs were rejected. The stated program goals were: (1) use the interest in improving…

An investigation was conducted to determine the effects of instruction upon the dental health behavior of university students. The experimental group of 68 subjects, all elementary education majors, were exposed to a three--stage dental health motivational model: Dental Health Skills Instruction (four hours of laboratory instruction), Cognitive…

How do we estimate personal growth? What do experiential education programs accomplish? Personal growth (affective domain) often is fostered through experiential education programs, but it is difficult to measure the relationship between the two. One manner of measurement is the observation of external actions by a student that demonstrate what…

This program consists of a series of strategies whereby a school district could develop community-ranked educational goals and teacher-developed objectives. Provision is made for the involvement of members of the community, the professional staff, and students in (1) ranking of educational goals in order of their importance, (2) assessing how well…

Discusses the behavioristically- and humanistically-oriented positions in teacher education, and suggests an eclectic approach to methods course implementation applicable to both elementary and secondary level science. (CC)

ERIC abstracts on needs assessment in education, announced by this and other clearinghouses in RIE through July 1973, are presented. The key term used in compiling this collection is "Educational Needs." The documents cover the philosophy of needs assessment, instruments and procedures used, and specific programs of needs assessment. The…