Reading placements based on teacher judgment, standardized testing, and curriculum-based assessment were compared for 91 elementary students. Results indicated that although correlations among the three placement approaches were high, the congruency of scores from the three approaches was not, ranging from 48% to 69%. The most dramatic evidence of…

A survey of four-year colleges' and universities' graduate follow-up procedures was conducted to (1) establish what type of follow-up systems are used, (2) determine what commitment the administration of the institutions has to implementing a graduate follow-up system, (3) determine to what extent the institutions are planning changes in their…

A research study was initiated to (1) identify and compare the effectiveness of alternative learning strategies upon learner performance, (2) incorporate effective strategies and interactive practice materials within a systematic training program, and (3) empirically validate the performance of strategies-trained and untrained students. To…

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO MEASURE THE EXTENT TO WHICH CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION OBSERVATIONS AND DIRECT OBSERVATIONS OF CHILDREN'S ART CLASSES CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ABILITY OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJORS TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN DESIRABLE AND UNDESIRABLE SOLUTIONS TYPICALLY OCCURRING IN TEACHING ART TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL…

EFFECTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO DIRECT-DETAILED AND DIRECT DISCOVERY METHODS OF ORGANIZING AND PRESENTING TAPED (AURAL) INSTRUCTION WERE COMPARED. INITIAL LEARNING, RETENTION, AND TRANSFER OF TRAINING WERE MEASURED. DIRECTED DISCOVERY, DIRECT-DETAILED METHODS, AND A SINGLE CONTROL WERE THE INDEPENDENT TREATMENT VARIABLES. HIGH, AVERAGE, AND LOW ABILITY…

A COMPARISON OF THE INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET AND THE TRADITIONAL ALPHABET IN FIRST-GRADE READING WAS CONDUCTED. SAMPLES WERE SELECTED FROM SEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WERE REPRESENTATIVE OF DIFFERING SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. THE PUPILS WERE PAIRED INTO MATCHED GROUPS. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WAS TAUGHT READING BY THE INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET (ITA)…

A PILOT STUDY WAS REPORTED ON THE USE OF A COMBINED TELEVISION-CLASSROOM GROUP PROGRAM IN REMEDIAL SPEECH INSTRUCTION. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 535 PUPILS FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF HAWAII WHO WERE DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS (1) TELEVISION-CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, (2) NON-TELEVISION-CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, AND (3) NORMAL THIRD-GRADE INSTRUCTION IN…

This report describes the experience of the Department of Secondary Education in acquiring and applying three microcomputers: MSEA, (Micro-Computer System for Educational Applications), North Star HORIZON, and VECTOR. MSEA was designed as a central facility that would be capable of providing all types of educational computing research and service,…

This study describes the development of an innovative instructional technique, peculiar to television, that presents information in a dramatic form through televised skits. Primary concerns of the project were the measurement of student attitudes toward receiving instructional television material in skit form, the measurement of the amount of…

Compared were inductive programed, deductive programed, and conventional lecture-question methods of instruction related to Newton's Second Law of Motion on outcome gains including recall of factual information, ability to solve mathematical problems, and retention. Some 266 students in three schools participated and were compared for…

THIS STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO AID IN THE SELECTION OF A MORE SUITABLE SITE FOR THE KAUAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. FOURTEEN SITES FULFILLED THE GENERAL SIZE, ENVIRONMENT AND ADATABILITY REQUIREMENTS. THE SCREENING CRITERIA APPLIED TO THESE SITES WERE ACCESSIBILITY, ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY IN DEVELOPMENT, AND POSSIBILITY FOR FUTURE EXPANSION. THE RECOMMENDED…

WORKSHEETS FROM AN AUTO-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IN HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA WERE USED TO COMPARE DATA PROCESSING METHODS. IN THE SCRIBE SYSTEM, WORKSHEET DATA IS TRANSFERRED FIRST ONTO SPECIAL SHEETS REQUIRING RECORDING OF ERRORS AND OMISSIONS ONLY, AND THEN ONTO IBM CARDS. THE IBM CARDS CAN BE USED IN A SPECIAL IBM 1620 ITEM DIFFICULTY ANALYSIS PROGRAM.…

The authors advocate the use of a pupil typology in which the variables of sex, race, family status, and I.Q. range are combined to form a pupil classification system. This systematic arrangement of data when combined with change in pupil performance, allows the creation of local norms. A scheme for comparing the change in pupil performance among…

The introduction and study of Canadian political systems are recommended as a model for use in political science courses at American universities. In the past, recognition of the worth of Canadian studies has been minimal. New and interesting topical areas such as Canadian nationalism, missionary activities, energy resource problems, and pollution…

This study investigated the effects of the nature of the algorithm, reinforcement, and level of problem difficulty on the ability of fourth graders to solve addition problems as measured by the number of problems correctly solved and the number of columns attempted. Subjects were selected for high scores on a test of basic addition facts; only…