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Stern, H. H. – Alberta Modern Language Journal, 1978
The value of language learning theory and research is discussed, and the need for content-related linguistic, sociolinguistic and cultural research, as well as treatment-related research on language teaching and learning, is emphasized. It has been only gradually, from about the mid-sixties and increasingly from the early seventies, that second…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Higher Education, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 13 titles deal with the following topics: (1) a paradigm for the study of communicative style; (2) the rhetoric of conversion in Ohio's abolitionist campaign; (3) a generic approach to the rhetoric of the United States Supreme…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Churches, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Paulston, Rolland G. – 1979
Traditional quantitative-experimental models of evaluation have failed to contribute to educational reform; they should be supplemented by qualitative-subjective models, which can be grouped under the rubric of naturalistic, or non-experimental evaluation. This naturalistic approach does not attempt to be value-free; rather, it recognizes that…
Descriptors: Classification, Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, Educational Change
Seligman, Joel – 1978
The history of Harvard Law School, a modern critique, and a proposed new model for American legal education are covered in this book by a Harvard Law graduate. Harvard Law School is called the "high citadel" of American legal education. Its admissions procedures, faculty selection, curriculum, teaching methods, and placement practices…
Descriptors: Accountability, Admission Criteria, College Curriculum, Competitive Selection
Auster, Ethel; Lawton, Stephen B. – 1978
This final report describing the operation and research of the EISO project, which provides online bibliographic search services to educators of Ontario, briefly summarizes the first and second interim reports. In addition, it discusses users and the uses of EISO information by providing mini-case studies to illustrate quantitative data and…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Evaluation Methods, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Weiner, Debra S. – 1978
This study examines the circumstances under which a large urban school system opens the budget development process to the input of citizens groups and the difficulties involved in this effort. The scope of the study is limited to the analysis of the 1977 Budget Task Force (BTF) of the Philadelphia School District and observations of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Boards of Education, Budgeting
Brickell, Henry M.; And Others – 1975
The Michigan Department of Education developed an operational model for career education which combined the elements of individual career development with career preparation accomplished through academic, vocational, and technical education programs. A third-party evaluation was conducted to determine to what extent the operational model has been…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Lake Region Junior Coll., Devils Lake, ND. – 1978
To educate the small business entrepreneur on a continuing basis over three years, a model was developed to meet the specific needs of North Dakota business entrepreneurs and the educational institutions serving them. Enrollment in the program at Lake Region Junior College was limited the first year to twenty businesses and was increased the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Business Education, Business Skills
Furukawa, James M.; And Others – 1980
The cognitive processing capacity (CPC) model of teaching and studying was used to determine whether tenth grade students could improve their performance in biology. The 27 students in the experimental class were taught to study information in quantities that matched their CPC and to chunk these quantities together under a heading in a study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Cognitive Style, Content Area Reading
Shafer, Janet L., Ed. – 1979
This report presents a replicable model for developing a magnet school based on the planning of the Dallas Independent School District's Science and Technology Magnet High School. The model is based on Malcolm Provus' process called "Discrepancy Evaluation," designed as a guide for public school programs to describe the discrepancy between…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Facilities, Educational Planning, Educational Research
GOLDBERG, MIRIAM L. – 1964
THE ASSUMPTIONS OF THIS REVIEW OF STUDIES WHICH EVALUATE TEACHER STYLE AND VERBAL BEHAVIOR AS IT RELATES TO PUPIL ACHIEVEMENT ARE (1) A PUPIL'S LEARNING IS A FUNCTION OF THE INSTRUCTION HE RECEIVES, (2) TEACHERS ARE DIFFERENTIALLY SUITED TO CERTAIN GROUPS, AND (3) DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN NEED TEACHERS WITH SPECIAL TRAINING. IT IS NOTED THAT, IN…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Disadvantaged Youth, Environmental Influences
Drezek, Stan; Roecks, Alan L. – 1980
How the "Levels of Program Objectives Model" (LPOM) can be used to carry out objectives-based evaluation is explained. The LPOM explains the relationship between an instructional program of a district and various programs supporting the district program. The evolution of an objective-based evaluation approach within the context of an…
Descriptors: Education Service Centers, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Rengert, Arlene; Monk, Janice J. – 1980
This report describes a project launched under the auspices of the Association of American Geographers to produce a series of modules designed to increase and improve the representation of women in introductory college human geography courses. The project aimed to produce materials which could be used to supplement existing courses in diverse…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods, Females
Armstrong, Mary Lee – 1978
The practicum was designed to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate a management system for developing and monitoring individual education plans (IEPs) for handicapped children as mandated by P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The products included an expectancy formula for educable mentally retarded (EMR) and…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Montgomery County Intermediate Unit 23, Blue Bell, PA. – 1976
The first of nine volumes in the SER-LARS (Special Education Resources Location Analysis and Retrieval System) Series presents an overview of the system's diagnostic-prescriptive instructional data bank. Information for the user is provided on resources needed, information generated, and procedures for the model's eight levels: initial referral…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Databases, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Diagnosis
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