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Pinette, Clayton, Ed.; Smith, Kent, Ed. – Forum for Reading: The Journal for College Reading Improvement, 1979
Five essays for reading instructors at two-year colleges are provided in this issue of "Forum for Reading." First, Kent Smith notes the increased recruitment of underprepared students and argues that colleges are responsible for assuring that admissions personnel, administrators, and faculty know the types of students they can and cannot…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, High Risk Students, Open Enrollment, Program Effectiveness
Kulik, James A.; And Others – 1980
This report is the third of three volumes describing the results of the evaluation of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Local Course Improvement (LOCI) program. This volume describes 12 project case studies undertaken as part of that evaluation. Three projects were designed to increase individualization of college science teaching; two…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Christensen, Paul R. – 1980
A study explored those factors in the Pacific Territories affecting the conduct and validity of assessments of their Adult Education Act State Grant Programs. Examined were islanders' opinions on whether (1) educational models developed in the United States apply in the territories, (2) our efforts in the territories are having positive or…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cultural Differences
MCQUEEN, MILDRED – 1966
THIS 3-PART RESEARCH REPORT DISCUSSES SYSTEMATICALLY THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES, ANALYZES THE PROBLEMS THAT FACE SCHOOLS, AND OFFERS SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING PROGRAMS. AFTER REVIEWING THE HISTORICAL FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NEW EMPHASIS BEING PUT ON LANGUAGES, PART ONE SUMMARIZES SUCH DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS AS THE…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Area Studies, Articulation (Education), Audiolingual Methods
BENDER, RALPH E.; STARLING, JOHN T. – 1965
TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF INTEGRATING BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES WITH INSTRUCTION IN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE IN OHIO HIGH SCHOOLS, 15 PILOT SCHOOLS AND 8 CONTROL SCHOOLS WERE STUDIED. PRETESTS ADMINISTERED TO STUDENTS IN OCTOBER 1963 WERE AN AGRICULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT TEST, A BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES TEST, THE CALIFORNIA SHORT-FORM TEST OF MENTAL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Agricultural Education, Biology
Callahan, Carolyn M.; And Others – 1980
The development and implementation of an evaluation plan for a district's program for the gifted is examined. The school system in question applied for state funding to develop appropriate instrumentation and implement such a plan. Its uniqueness was in its attempt to secure funds for developing an evaluation for a given program. Because the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Education
Webb, Norman L.; And Others – 1980
Individually Guided Education (IGE) is a complex educational system intended to enable the elementary school to provide an environment where students learn at a rate and in a manner appropriate to their own learning styles. This descriptive study concerns the implementation of the Developing Mathematical Processes (DMP) instructional program,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education
Stewart, Deborah M.; And Others – 1980
Individually Guided Education (IGE) is a complex instructional system intended to enable the elementary school to provide an environment where students learn at a rate and in a manner appropriate to their learning styles. This desriptive study concerns the implementation of the Pre-Reading Skills Program (PRS) which was created to be compatible…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Evaluation, Grade 1
Bryant, B. J.; And Others – 1978
A study of college placement offices was conducted to determine types of student services, staffing patterns, computer use, and strengths and weaknesses. The survey was limited to the 226 placement offices that returned the questionnaire. From the data gathered in the study, the following conclusions can be drawn: (1) most placement offices are…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Colleges, Counseling Services, Higher Education
Murray, Stephen L.; Quilling, Mary R. – 1980
Four problems underlying the delivery of technical assistance in Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I evaluation are discussed: (1) the dual missions of facilitating the implementation of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System and of facilitating the local use of evaluation information frequently require tradeoffs between…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Stern, H. H.; And Others – 1976
In 1973-75, as a result of federal grants, the four major boards of education in Ontario experimented with different approaches to the teaching of French, and an evaluation of the experimental programs was also undertaken. The present report is an overview and evaluation of the entire research effort. Three approaches to French instruction have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, French, Immersion Programs
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National Science Teachers Association, Washington, DC. – 1978
This is part of a series of four modules intended to present guidelines for self-assessment of secondary science teachers. This module describes two main purposes for the assessment of interactions. The first is to determine the degree and characteristics of rapport between students and teachers. The second is to show the degree of correlation…
Descriptors: Achievement, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Educational Assessment
Simmons, Ron; And Others – 1979
A study was conducted to assess teaching in minority engineering programs, based on 38 engineering institutions with special programs for disadvantaged minorities. The institutions were investigated with respect to preferences, characteristics, and preparation of teachers and the availability of faculty development for special program teachers.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Instruction, College Students, Compensatory Education
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Program Development. – 1976
This booklet lists skills and activities that may be used by parents and teachers to insure the success of each child in reading. Designed for grades four through seven, the booklet suggests procedures for parental assistance, determining reading readiness and reading levels, developing basic reading skills, outlining a reading lesson for skills…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Listening Skills, Parent Participation
Murray, Steve; And Others – 1979
Threats to the validity of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System are covered in two parts: an annotated bibliography of reports concerned with technical issues, and a discussion of threats to validity--from the reporting system in general and from each model in particular. Threats common to all three evaluation models are reported:…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Annotated Bibliographies, Compensatory Education, Evaluation Methods
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