This annotated bibliography has been compiled to aid museum staff members as they develop and implement naturalistic evaluations of museum programs and practices. Naturalistic evaluation is a recent assessment perspective which is concerned more with interpretation than judgment. It is characterized by concern with spontaneous activities rather…

Provides empirical bases for recommendations designed to facilitate counselors' and researchers' development of evaluations of the effectiveness of career interventions. Studies conducted in accord with the recommendations will significantly add to the knowledge needed to provide more effective career interventions for diverse participants.…

Presents Jerome Sattler's encouraging research on a nonverbal form of selected Stanford Binet and Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children subtests, to assess normal, mentally retarded, and cerebral-palsied children. Recommends future research on the predictive validity and multiple-choice modification of the tests. (CP)

Historically, the college administration was the president alone, and the essential, if not only, qualification for the position was that he be a scholar. To meet the multifarious demands of running today's institution of higher learning, the president has been joined by an administrative team, each member specializing in a particular aspect of…

This document, one in a series developed to provide technical assistance to 22 Long-Term Care Gerontology Centers, addresses the application of evaluation procedures within centers and their component programs and projects, including: (1) interdisciplinary education and training; (2) service and practice model development; (3) research; (4)…

This annotated bibliography contains 602 references on teacher and administrator evaluation appearing, between May 1975 and September 1981, in: (1) Bibliographie du Quebec (Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec); (2) British Education Index (British Library); (3) Canadian Books in Print (University of Toronto Press); (4) Canadian Education Index; (5)…

As the basis for developing a criterion referenced test (CRT) construction manual for the Army and for identifying potential research areas, a study was conducted which included a review of the technical and theoretical literature on criterion referenced testing and a survey of CRT applications at selected Army installations. It was found that the…

An evaluation strategy is suggested which is designed to determine the effects of continuing education programs on the health care delivery system and to augment that effect. Topics dealt with include the distinctive aspects of continuing education; evaluation criteria; relationships among evaluation criteria; results of a review of literature on…

An ideal assessment of hearing-impaired children includes: case history; medical examination; tests (of intelligence, personality, achievement, communication/language skills, and aptitude); neuropsychological assessment to identify learning strengths and weaknesses; and multidisciplinary team staffing and parent-teacher conferences. Twenty-eight…

A summary report of the available literature on research in the principal components of Higher Educational Opportunity Programs, (HEOP) i.e. curriculum, instructional techniques, admissions policies, and others. This paper focuses on the discussions of HEOP's organizational format, materials, innovative educational techniques, and philosophies or…

This manuscript was written to provide rehabilitation professionals, and vocational evaluation practitioners in particular, with information about learning style assessment instruments. The first section of the guide consists of a literature review that focuses on such aspects of development of the learning styles concept as individual…

The reports and journal articles cited in this annotated bibliography were found through computer-assisted searches of Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education (AIM/ARM), Resources in Education (RIE), Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE), and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS)…