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Heinemann, Allen W. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2007
Purpose: The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes and Effectiveness along with academic, professional, provider, and accreditor organizations sponsored a symposium with the aim of serving as a catalyst for expanded research on postacute care (PAC) rehabilitation. The goals were to describe the state of…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Rehabilitation, Measurement, Methods
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Dien, Mawil Izzi – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2007
The paper reports and discusses some of the practical and contextual difficulties facing the teaching of Islamic studies within the British higher education environment. The main problems in the author's view stem from the haziness surrounding the discipline definition and the methodology employed in teaching it. This is particularly observed when…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Islam, Methods, Educational Environment
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Derous, Eva – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2007
This article considers personnel selection from a counseling perspective by investigating applicants' and recruiters' perceptions of the selection procedure. A survey was conducted among 700 applicants and 140 recruiters to investigate whether applicants' and recruiters' preferences for and expectations of the selection procedure were similar or…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Test Items, Counselors, Recruitment
Grier, Jeanne M.; Johnston, Carol C. – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to identify the concerns of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career changers to better inform teacher education programs on how to best address their unique needs. We identified three career-changers with former STEM-related careers, each seeking a secondary teaching credential in biology and…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Biology, Science Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
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Moore, Kimberly J.; Knowlton, Dave S. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
Instructional Systems Design (ISD) is the systematic development of instructional strategies that are grounded in both learning and instructional theory. ISD is usually overlooked as a useful methodology in K-12 schools. ISD is extremely expensive in terms of the time required to develop instruction, and it often seems more appropriate as an…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, School Personnel, Methods, Industry
Drazen, Erica; Metzger, Jane – 1981
To provide a compendium of methodologies on cost impacts of automated hospital information systems (AHIS), this report sponsored by the National Center for Services Research identifies, reviews, and summarizes ten studies on information systems which manage patient care data. The studies were identified by a literature search and those that…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Health Services
Forest, Laverne B.; Marshall, Mary G. – 1978
Evaluation procedures for the systematic measurement of Extension's total impact or effectiveness in rural Shawano County, Wisconsin, involved developing comprehensive descriptions of Extension programs from 1960 to 1975 to list types of activities and offerings, topics, attendances, and overviews of efforts in program areas like agriculture, home…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Surveys, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
O'CONNOR, THOMAS J. – 1965
DATA GATHERED FROM FORMER STUDENTS WERE FOUND TO HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR COLLEGE PROGRAM PLANNING. AREAS OF FOCUS CAN PROFITABLY INCLUDE STUDIES OF DROPOUT CHARACTERISTICS AND THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENT POPULATIONS, EFFECTIVENESS OF VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL PROGRAMS, TRANSFER STUDENT SUCCESS, VALUE OF GENERAL EDUCATION…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Methods
Applied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1976
The report presents a state-of-the-art literature review on the mainstreaming of handicapped children and youth. An overview of mainstreaming is presented, along with an historical perspective that includes discussions of such aspects as legal impetus and reaction to labeling. Methodological issues considered include the presence of intervening…
Descriptors: Administration, Handicapped Children, Identification, Incidence
ORLANDO, ROBERT; TYLER, RUSSELL M. – 1966
THE FIRST STAGE OF A RESEARCH PROJECT INVESTIGATING REINFORCER PREFERENCES IN DEVELOPMENTAL RETARDATES IS DESCRIBED. THE SUBJECTS, 12 MALES AND THREE FEMALES (CHRONOLOGICAL AGE 10 TO 22, MENTAL AGE 2.8 TO 8.7), WERE PRESENTED WITH A TASK IN WHICH 35MM COLOR SLIDES WERE PROJECTED ONTO A CONSOLE WINDOW. RESPONSES REQUIRED SUBJECTS TO CHOOSE AMONG…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
Rowlands, Ellis M.
A guidebook of required procedures for capital construction programs for community colleges in New York State. Existing community colleges are listed giving actual and estimated enrollments for 1963-1974. Required procedures specified include--(1) initiation of capital construction and budget requests, (2) space utilization and space projections,…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Community Colleges, Construction Costs, Cost Estimates
McLeod, Jane R. – 1967
A three-step approach in the evaluation of students' compositions in college freshman English courses is described in this article. The student, after identifying his errors and determining possible corrections, submits an abbreviated version of the text with corrections for final review by the instructor. It is felt that with a more refined…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Educational Improvement, English Curriculum
Potter, Thomas C. – 1968
An overall look is taken at the cloze research method as a new tool for measuring readability. The construction of a cloze readability test is described as well as several studies made on the reliability and validity of such tests. Included also are some methodological considerations to be kept in mind when constructing a cloze test. Data is…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Evaluation Methods, Language Research, Measurement Techniques
Semple, Clarence A. – 1974
The document presents guidelines for planning, implementing, and documenting training effectiveness evaluations. The guidelines are intended to assist researchers in coping with many of the constraints associated with executing empirical research in operational settings. (NTIS)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Evaluation Criteria
Brunsting, Bette; And Others – 1972
This collection of papers describes and discusses speech communication methods courses for prospective secondary school teachers at Central College, Pella, Iowa; Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia; and the University of Maryland. Essentially, all three approaches stress a synthesis of theory and practical experience, integrating…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Courses, Methods, Secondary School Teachers
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