Time spent in contact with academic course materials as a function of two testing schedules was measured using college undergraduates in an introductory Educational Psychology course. A multi-manipulation single organism design was employed with all subjects enabling both individual and group analysis. A study room equipped with an adjacent…

Major objectives of this Adult Education Research Conference workshop were sixfold: to examine in detail the Stake Countenance Model of Evaluation as a potential conceptual framework for adult education evaluation; practice using it to identify and categorize relevant variables and relationships; design evaluation plans for typical adult education…

James H. Straughan lists five steps for modifying target behavior and four steps for working with teachers using behavior modification. Grant Martin and Harold Kunzelmann then outline an instructional program for pinpointing and recording classroom behaviors. (JD)

This paper outlines the Educational Testing Service (ETS) plan for developing instruments and procedures for evaluating Peace Corps Trainees' and Peace Corps Volunteers' competence in host country languages at various stages of training or in-country service. The goals of such an evaluation program are first stated. and then a critique of the…

This report contains an account and analysis of the SCATE (Student Course and Teacher Evaluation) Program which was designed to initiate and assess educational evaluation programs at Bowdoin College, Florida Presbyterian College, Colby Junior College, Rosary College, Central State University, Bethel College, University of Redlands, University of…

A minimum of 30 minutes is required to learn even the rudiments of the command language (Symbolic Language). Although written instructions are helpful, practice is essential. The programmed instruction routines, which took approximately 20 minutes, were mostly of the 'yes-no' variety. Expanded routines, which would require other replies and would…

Appendix A is concerned with the characteristics of the user communities and of the information service centers as important factors in the representation of an information service system. The basic characteristics of both centers and communities include their number, size, geographic distribution, and scope of interest. These characteristics are…

Reflecting an increased awareness of the need for comprehensive curriculum evaluation, a monograph series has been initiated, focusing on major aspects of curriculum design and development. This introduction to the series defines curriculum evaluation as the collection, processing, and interpretation of two main kinds of data: (1) The objective…

The major task of the methodology in evaluation is the development of new ways of helping the content specialist construct and evaluate educational products. Data collection and analysis--paying attention to both the unit of study and the distributions of scores in tests, as well as the mean--are important. Reexamining the nature of items used in…

The starting point for innovation in higher education must include assessment, evaluation, and description of the present situation. A national study of what constitutes the core values of American academic life today should be undertaken. In the evaluation of innovation, it is important to broaden the unit being studied to include legislators and…

An evaluation instrument, utilizing the systems analysis approach for self evaluation, is designed for use by project directors and staff in assessing existing Title III environmental and outdoor education projects in New Jersey. The evaluation instrument was first developed about two years ago. The original instrument was presented to persons…

Forty-seven elementary school teachers and principals participated in a six-week summer workshop to prepare them for teaching American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)-Science A Process Approach. The workshop participants had a pre-test mean score of 66.7 on Form A of the AAAS Science Process Measure for Teachers. The post-test…

As change occurs in various health sciences programs, evaluational strategies should be developed so that adaptive decisions may be made. Evaluation models taking into account inputs, methodology, and outputs (Stake, 1967, and Astin and Panes, 1971) need examination. Alternative measurement instruments for formative and summative evaluations,…

The Brookline Early Education Project (BEEP) was initiated to determine the cost effectiveness of providing comprehensive diagnostic and educational services for 285 very young children and their parents. The primary goal of the program is to bring the family, the school, and the medical profession into a working relationship early in the child's…

The document consists of two sections. The first is a seven-page audit report which sought to establish whether the project evaluators' methods, data, and conclusions were valid. The overall design of the evaluation was found to be adequate for documenting progress toward the objectives, and the format was well-chosen. However, the auditors felt…