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Wright, Robert J. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2010
The book is a highly readable integration of the latest assessment policies, and includes valuable information regarding young children with special needs and English Language Learners--topics that have rarely been touched upon in other textbooks. Focusing on practical applications of key concepts, this text provides a knowledge base of what every…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Education
FOSTER, HARRIET – 1966
CERTAIN SYSTEMS FOR CLASSIFYING COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS ARE REVIEWED AND COMPARED IN A DISCUSSION OF GENERALIZING PROCESSES USED FOR EVALUATING INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOMES. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT THERE ARE TWO IMPORTANT GENERALIZATIONS TO BE MADE IN THE EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS--GENERALIZING THE PROGRAM RESULTS AND THE SKILLS OF THE…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Upp, Caroline M.; Barcikowski, Robert S. – 1981
Demands for more complete information on educational programs have emanated from national, state and local sources. Their focus is on the processes that are occurring in individual classrooms. The information that is collected to provide insight into educational programs is customarily summative in nature, answering, for example, questions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Cognitive Measurement, Evaluation Methods
Dahlberg, Linda L., Comp.; Toal, Susan B., Comp.; Swahn, Monica H., Comp.; Behrens, Christopher B., Comp. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005
Youth violence is a serious global public health problem. Despite a decline in homicide rates across the United States during the 1990s, homicide rates are again rising and continue to claim the lives of many young people. The human and economic toll of violence on young people, their families, and society is high. Homicide is the second leading…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Attitude Measures, Violence, Beliefs
Trapp-Dukes, Rosa L.; And Others – 1976
Various types of early childhood education programs, supported by Title I funds, are assessed in this report. Factors considered in the assessment of overall program implementation and effectiveness include: (1) children's performance; (2) the roles, attitudes and perceptions of teachers, teacher-aides and parents; and (3) the commitment and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cognitive Measurement, Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students
Denton, Jon J.; Norris, Sherrill A. – 1979
Utilization of learner cognitive attainment as a measure of student teacher effectiveness is employed in this study of 2,540 secondary school students and 21 student teachers. Five conceptual research models are developed to determine the teaching skill level of the education majors through examination of their students' academic achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Cognitive Measurement
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Wiese, Cynthia E., Ed.; And Others – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1982
The pros and cons of whether physical educators should attempt to evaluate the affective domain of physical education is debated in five articles. Uses and abuses of the affective domain are discussed, and the question of whether affective evaluation is actually possible is debated. (JN)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Objectives
Basch, Charles E.; And Others – Health Education Quarterly, 1985
Describes an evaluation that analyzed the implementation of a school health education curriculum, assessed cognitive learning outcomes attributable to the curriculum, and examined the relationship between classroom implementation and changes in students' knowledge. Results indicated that the curriculum had a positive effect on learning in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Analysis, Data Collection
BERGER, STANLEY I.
THE PURPOSES OF THIS PILOT PROJECT WERE (1) TO ATTEMPT TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF THE LOCAL PROGRAM ON BOTH INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN AND THE GROUP AND (2) TO INVESTIGATE THE SENSITIVITY OF THE TEST INSTRUMENTS EMPLOYED IN EVALUATING SUCH A PROGRAM. SIXTY-ONE CHILDREN WERE ENROLLED IN THE LOCAL HEADSTART PROGRAM AND WERE ADMINISTERED THE STANFORD-BINET,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Disadvantaged, Early Experience, Evaluation Methods
Fraley, Lawrence E., Jr. – 1969
Capillary pulse pressure measurement may have potential as a covert but direct means of determining a subject's level of affect as he encounters the frame-by-frame content of programed instruction. An experiment was designed which called for recording the capillary pulse pressure of subjects as they worked through some programed instruction…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Measurement, Covert Response, Doctoral Dissertations
Seelye, H. Ned; Balasubramonian, K. – 1973
The bilingual situation in Illinois is described briefly, and an outline of the instructional objectives of local bilingual programs is given. The programs are to be: (1) measurable and oriented toward the end-of-year-product, and (2) organized within the guidelines for state-funded bilingual programs. The main part of the report describes the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Measurement
Alexander, Theron; And Others – 1969
This report of the third year of a Head Start study indicates the diverse range of information gathered on two types of programs (Philadelphia's inner city and Appalachian follow-up) in which the Child Development Research and Evaluation Center at Temple University participated. Subjects in the Philadelphia sample were 158 Negro children equally…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Black Dialects, Cognitive Measurement, Disadvantaged
Resnick, Daniel P.; Peterson, Natalie L. – 1991
Goal five of the National Education Goals of America 2000 calls for dramatic improvement in the educational attainment of the nation's adult population. Encompassed in the goal is a charge to increase the number of college graduates who can think critically, communicate effectively, and solve problems. This paper focuses on measures that can be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Measurement, College Graduates
Peters, Eileen – 1981
This evaluation study determined the extent to which teachers and students involved with the Teaching and Learning About Aging (TLA) project experienced cognitive growth and attitudinal change. The major purpose of the TLA project was to help students understand aging and related issues and to foster more positive attitudes toward aging and older…
Descriptors: Aging Education, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Measurement, Elementary School Students
Sigel, Irving E. – 1978
This paper provides a theoretical discussion of educational program evaluation. Psychometric theory and developmental psychology are compared as they pertain to the testing of children. The nature of change in childhood makes it necessary to examine the assumptions and goals related to the testing of children as a means of evaluating educational…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Measurement, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages
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