Technology facilitated teaching and learning can now influence the way both lecturers and students collaborate. The problem is that many of these interventions are conducted in a non-systematic ad-hoc way. There are concerns that merely adopting a traditional lecturing approach to a technology based environment provides little if any advantage to…

Pupil record keeping is an integral part of the pupil-teacher-administrator enterprise. Assuredly it is as important as maintaining curriculum relevancy or personnel staffing. The article briefly reviews the current law and outlines the steps needed to establish better pupil record keeping. (Author/NQ)

The Committee on Academic Science and Engineering (CASE), now defunct, established the CASE reporting system in 1965 to collect data on the Federal Government's obligations to universities, colleges, and other nonprofit organizations. The National Science Foundation, who has responsibility for the CASE system, uses the data for preparing annual…

Field researchers of sign language are the target of this methodological guide. The prospective researcher is briefed on the rationale of sign language study as language study and as distinct from the study of kinesics. Subjects covered include problems of translating, use of interpreters, and ethics. Instruments for obtaining social and language…

This manual describes a system for the international collection of annual statistics on literacy programs. The main elements of the system that are discussed are the questionnaires to be administered and the instruction to be followed when collecting essential data on literacy programs at the international, national, and local or project levels.…

This document is the fifth volume in a set of five Career Education Measurement Handbooks intended to help local education personnel in measurement and evaluation. Divided into seven chapters, this handbook is designed to provide practical guidelines for using observational techniques to take readings of the feelings, perceptions, and reactions of…

Sophisticated computer technology now allows for increasingly adaptable privacy safeguards. Various protection mechanisms are described, including password technology and encryption techniques, and administrative guidelines are offered. (Editor/LBH)

The third volume of the revised "Higher Education Finance Manual," this guide describes the principles included in presenting financial information in a format showing where money comes from (sources) and where it goes (uses). Potential analytical applications and limitations of the source/use concept are described, and the application…

This instructor's manual is designed to familiarize vocational education teachers with the use of computer-managed instruction (CMI) in competency-based vocational education programs. Discussed in the introductory section of the manual are the basic functions of CMI, tips for getting started, daily recordkeeping procedures, weekly timecard…

This manual is intended to assist individuals with disabilities or their families to protect their rights and solve their problems through developing appropriate advocacy skills. Chapter 1 defines advocacy, discusses different types of advocacy, and examines attitudes towards advocacy that may help or hinder its practice. Chapter 2 describes basic…

Much has been said and written about the need for measuring accurately and improving the investment performance of college and university endowment funds, but little has been written about how colleges and universities should report on the status and performance of the investments of endowment funds. When guidelines for reporting are adopted, a…

This paper describes functions of a computer system for management of individualized instruction, details of a computer managed instruction (CMI) facility, the role of the teacher in utilizing a CMI system, and five programs which implement the concept of individualization with computer assistance. CMI system functions described include…

Volume 10 of the 19-volume Highway Safety Program Manual (which provides guidance to State and local governments on preferred highway safety practices) focuses on traffic records. The purpose and specific objectives of a traffic records program are discussed. Federal authority in the area of highway safety and policies regarding a traffic records…

This data providers' guide, the first volume of the revised "Higher Education Finance Manual," comprehensively describes national financial reporting standards, including those prescribed for the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) reports, and includes the information needed to comply with those standards. General…

This package consists of two descriptive documents and the complete computer printout used in the multi-institutional recording system for Continuing Education Units (CEU) earned in the University of Missouri statewide program. Stephen A. Douglas'"A Method of Recording Participation in Continuing Education Programs (the CEU)--The University…