This paper describes and evaluates a citizenship education project for elementary and secondary schools. The specific purpose of the project was to develop and test a model to improve political knowledge and attitudes of students by systematically infusing political/citizenship education into existing elementary and secondary social studies…

This manual is designed to assist in the development of a criminal justice agency training program. The first chapter is a discussion of various learning principles (motivation, practice, reinforcement, and learning transfer) and how they may help the trainer select instructional strategies later in the process. Administration, trainer, and…

These four evaluation updates cover the second phase of the apprenticeship training materials clearinghouse project, which is being conducted at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. The first update evaluates project activities related to field-testing the clearinghouse services, analyzing the field test results, and developing mailing lists…

In a Program Development and Evaluation model, guidelines are presented for program directors at Delaware County Community College. Based on the premise that the process of developing programs is essentially that of evaluating programs, the model includes the following steps for both processes: (1) involve the appropriate publics; (2) identify…

The paper offers the classroom practitioner the parameters for effective program development for the severely and profoundly handicapped. Focused on are the identification of annual goals for remediation, underscoring "reasonableness" in order that the child, parent, and teacher not become frustrated and, in turn, disenchanted. Also addressed is…

This paper concerns itself with a diverse set of applications of the Operationalization of Fuzzy Concepts (OFC) procedure -- a systematic method for breaking a fuzzy statement of intent, a goal, or a fuzzy concept, into observable, measurable components. The paper assumes that the reader has some prior familiarity with the technique. The…

This second of five articles on how to plan and implement a supervisory training program focuses on determining needs and establishing objectives. Discusses twelve approaches for determining supervisory training needs. Includes a figure presenting examples of three types of behavioral objectives: knowledge, skill, and attitudes. (EM)

Author attempts to show the Philadelphia bilingual program, Let's Be Amigos, funded under Title VII, was indeed changed as the program staff came to grips with the problem of building-in accountability. (Author/CB)

After considering the objectives of higher education and its role in the socioeconomic development of a country, the author analyzes the relationship between the world of work and the higher education system, exploring alternative higher education structures. (Author/MP)

Introduces an experimental educational psychology component developed at the University of California, Berkeley, to provide teaching credential candidates with a useful, practical, and ordered educational psychology course. The course was designed to emphasize acquisition of knowledge, application of this knowledge to the classroom, and synthesis…

As a new extension of individual quality-of-life (QOL) framework that has been widely embraced in the field of disability to affect policy making, guide service delivery, and enhance outcomes of individuals with disabilities, family quality of life (FQoL) has been increasingly recognized as an important concept in the area of family supports for…

The planning and evaluation method (Management by Objectives/Results) briefly described in this booklet is intended to help leaders and participants at all levels in school activity programs. MBO/R provides for goal setting, objectives identification, identification of resources, allocation of responsibility and time, and, finally, evaluation.…

The most critical activity in the planning-programing-budgeting system is the specification and employment of goals and objectives. Program goals are the desired outcomes of a program, but program objectives are the changes in, or the creation of, program elements in a specified way to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of a program. Since…

Recommendations related to systematic statewide planning for Oregon community colleges are provided in this position statement. Goals, proposed accomplishments, and projected activities are outlined. Priorities for management by objectives in the community colleges are given as to instruction-related priority needs and management-related priority…