The development of an inventory used to investigate the degree of sex equity in secondary school physical education departments is described. The report is in six parts: 1) the development of the conceptual plan; 2) the design and preparation of the inventory; 3) analysis of the inventory by external readers; 4) selection and briefing of field…

This guide was prepared to assist state directors/coordinators of career education in becoming more knowledgeable about management and evaluation. The purposes of the guide are to define managementand identify basic functions, review characteristics of managers, and identify evaluation techniques available to help managers do a better job. The…

THE PROTOCOL FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED AND/OR MINIMALLY BRAIN-INJURED CHILD IN THE GALENA PARK SCHOOLS IS HEREIN DESCRIBED. SUCH CHILDREN USUALLY BEHAVE WITH A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF HYPERACTIVITY, DISSOCIATION, AND HAVE A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN. SPECIFIC DATA (INCLUDING MEDICAL HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS RESULTS, SCHOOL…

IN THE SUMMER OF 1966, THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF THE USE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM UNITS DISTRIBUTED BY THE ENGLISH INSTITUTE MATERIALS CENTER (EIMC) TO NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT (NDEA) SUMMER INSTITUTES IN ENGLISH AND CLOSELY RELATED AREAS. THE EVALUATORS VISITED 27 INSTITUTES,…

CERTAIN SYSTEMS FOR CLASSIFYING COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS ARE REVIEWED AND COMPARED IN A DISCUSSION OF GENERALIZING PROCESSES USED FOR EVALUATING INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOMES. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT THERE ARE TWO IMPORTANT GENERALIZATIONS TO BE MADE IN THE EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS--GENERALIZING THE PROGRAM RESULTS AND THE SKILLS OF THE…

A DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF ITEM SAMPLING, OR "PSYCHOMETRIC-STATISTICAL INFERENCE," AN APPROACH TO GATHERING AND USING EDUCATIONAL DATA THAT ALLOWS STATISTICAL INFERENCES TO BE MADE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH PSYCHOMETRIC INFERENCES. THIS IS A PROCEDURE IN WHICH BOTH PEOPLE AND ITEMS ARE SAMPLED AND THE DATA FROM A SAMPLE OF PEOPLE TAKING A SAMPLE OF ITEMS…

AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM STUDIED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEW METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND TEACHING PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISORDERS. SUBJECTS WERE SELECTED BY THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA--SPECIFIC LEARNING DEFICITS, PERCEPTUAL DEFICITS, GENERAL COORDINATION DEFICITS, HYPERKINESIS, IMPULSIVITY, EMOTIONAL LIBILITY, SHORT…

THE TRUMP PLAN AT RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN NORRIDGE, ILLINOIS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING INNOVATIONS--INSTEAD OF CLASSES OF 25-30 STUDENTS, STUDENTS MET IN GROUPS OF 4-7, 10-15, AND 65-130. INSTEAD OF STANDARD CLASSROOMS, THERE WERE MANY ASSORTED WORKING SPACES, FROM INDIVIDUAL CARRELS TO LARGE LECTURE HALLS. TEACHERS WERE GROUPED IN COOPERATIVE TEAMS…

SERVICES PROVIDED BY VOCATIONAL NURSES HAVE CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY AND THIS HAD MADE NECESSARY CHANGES IN THE TRAINING PROGRAM. THIS WORKSHOP WAS CONDUCTED TO GIVE 93 TEACHERS OF VOCATIONAL NURSING IN CALIFORNIA AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK INTENSIVELY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE MATERIALS. WESLEY P. SMITH AND HELEN K. POWERS PRESENTED KEYNOTE…

A 3-YEAR PROJECT DEVELOPED PROGRAMED MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR THEIR PRESENTATION, AND OBSERVED THEIR EFFECTS UPON THE CURRICULUM. SPECIFIC COURSES WERE PROGRAMED AND TESTED AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL. THEY WERE (1) MATHEMATICS, (2) RUSSIAN, (3) MUSIC, (4) CHEMISTRY, (5) BIOLOGY, (6) RELIGION, (7) GEOLOGY, (8) SPANISH, AND (9) PHYSICS. REPORTS OF…

Presented is the initial volume of a three-volume report detailing the evaluation of the National Science Foundation Comprehensive Assistance to Undergraduate Science Education (CAUSE) program, a program developed to encourage the improvement in quality and effectiveness of undergraduate science education in institutions of higher education.…

The Vocational Assessment of Special Needs Individuals Project originated with the regional vocational schools and educational collaboratives of the Assabet and Blackstone Valleys cooperating to determine a meaningful process through which vocational assessment information could be collected, organized, and used in formulating a basis for…

This is the first volume of a report describing the results of a three-year evaluation study of the Right to Read Special Emphasis Project, which was undertaken to determine if intensive programs of reading instruction introduced at an early age could change patterns of reading achievement in schools where large numbers of students read one or…

This report describes and evaluates the community school program in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD) during the period of September, 1978 through December, 1979. In addition to documenting two community schools funded by a federal grant, the report also describes three other community school programs in MDUSD funded by adult…

Guidelines are given for program testing and verification to ensure quality software for the programmer working alone in a computing environment with limited resources. The emphasis is on verification as an integral part of the software development. Guidance includes developing and planning testing as well as the application of other verification…