Australian universities are increasingly resorting to the use of journal metrics such as impact factors and ranking lists in appraisal and promotion processes, and are starting to set quantitative "performance expectations" which make use of such journal-based metrics. The widespread use and misuse of research metrics is leading to…

Academic research is increasingly interdisciplinary, inter-institutional and international. In this context, creating and maintaining the balance in the nexus between research, teaching and learning and industry interaction is central to the operation and reputation of a university-level institute. In seeking sustainability, the perennial…

This study was conducted to determine whether or not elementary teachers are prepared to teach the metric system. The data show that scholars are neither well equipped nor staffed for the teaching of the metric system. (MP)

Assesses teacher attitudes and attempts to isolate and portray the salient variables which could influence and determine teacher attitudes toward metrication. (Author/TA)

Examined is the effectiveness of a method of teaching the metric system using the booklet, Metric Supplement to Mathematics, in combination with a physical science textbook. The participants in the study were randomly selected undergraduates in a non-science oriented program of study. Instruments used included the Metric Supplement to Mathematics…

This study was conducted to determine the extent to which a sample of 51 Fortune 1000 firms perceive that legal impediments to metric conversion exist. The seven major findings were: (1) laws and regulations are not meaningful impediments to metric conversion, but certain ones must be considered in the planning process; (2) the laws of concern are…

The primary goal of the Metric Education Project was the systematic development of a replicable educational model to facilitate the system-wide conversion to the metric system during the next five to ten years. This document is an evaluation of that project. Three sets of statistical evidence exist to support the fact that the project has been…

THE 4M COMPANY is an elementary school metric measurement program being developed in Hawaii. In previous years the K-4 portions of the program were pilot-tested; during the spring of 1977 the portions for grades 5 and 6 were pilot-tested with 932 students in 8 schools. Pretests, progress tests, and posttests were administered; pilot teachers…

Presented is a report of a project designed to get teachers to use, make, and instruct from metric materials provided at three workshops conducted in their schools. Teacher and pupil tests were designed to provide a measure of program impact; however, this impact could not be accurately determined from the data collected. (MK)

Describes the design of an instrument to measure the attitudes of teachers toward metrication, and reports on its reliability and validity. (GA)

Two instructional approaches and a control group were used in this study. Metric instruction in a college introductory physical science course was divided between: a) Approach A in which volume instruction followed that of length and area; b) Approach B in which volume was stressed but area was not introduced; and Approach C, the control (no…

Compares the performance of three groups of students on two instruments developed to measure an understanding of: (1) metric relationships and (2) metric applications. It is concluded that participants are able to perform paper-pencil computation with metric units without being able to apply them. (HM)

The article describes the development of an instrument to measure attitudes toward the metric system. Particular attention was paid to the reliability coefficients obtained during several field tests of the instrument. (Author/MK)