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Multi-Dimensional Evaluation for Module Improvement: A Mathematics-Based Case Study
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Ellery, Karen – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2006
Due to a poor module evaluation, mediocre student grades and a difficult teaching experience in lectures, the Data Analysis section of a first year core module, Research Methods for Social Sciences (RMSS), offered at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, was completely revised. In order to review the effectiveness of these changes in…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Data Analysis
Integrating Sociological Research into Large Introductory Courses: Learning Content and Increasing Quantitative Literacy
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Atkinson, Maxine P.; Czaja, Ronald F.; Brewster, Zachary B. – Teaching Sociology, 2006
Sociologists can make meaningful contributions to quantitative literacy by teaching sociological research skills in sociology classes, including introductory courses. We report on the effectiveness of requiring a research module in a large introductory class. The module is designed to teach both basic research skills and to increase awareness of…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Research Methodology, Numeracy, Sociology
Fundamentals of Evaluation Research in Vocational Rehabilitation.
Cook, Daniel W.; Cooper, Paul G. – 1978
This training text is designed to introduce program evaluation concepts and terminology to beginning program evaluators for state-federal vocational rehabilitation programs. Taking a research approach, the text covers the principles underlying program evaluation, and is geared to give the reader a basic understanding of how these principles can be…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators
Common Core Curriculum for Vocational Education. Category G: Evaluation and Research. G-3: Introduction to Research Procedures in Vocational Education.
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Moshier, Kenneth – 1978
This module providing an introduction to research procedures is one of a set of five on evaluation and research and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial education.…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Core Curriculum, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Toward More Natural Field Testing of Classroom Materials.
Lipe, Dewey; Haveman, Jacqueline E. – 1977
Issues associated with the evaluation of 61 educational curriculum units, which was conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) are described. The units were adapted to the AIR Career Education Curriculum framework by creating 133 instructional units within which students could develop career skills in an orderly sequence. The…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Analysis
Methods and Materials for Teaching Occupational Survival Skills. Phase III: Influences of the Occupational Survival Skills Modules on the Attainment of Skills and Attitudes toward Employment of Selected High School Students.
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Leach, James A. – 1978
The Occupational Survival Skills (OSS) Modules were designed to offer high school students an opportunity to develop skills applicable to a wide range of jobs in the work world and to develop positive attitudes, perceptions, and motivations toward work. The primary purpose of this study was to describe and interpret the influence of the OSS…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Evaluation