In this paper a STEM Education Outreach (STEM-EO) Model for promoting strategic university outreach programming at Penn State University to the benefit of university, school district and community stakeholders is described. The model considers STEM-EO as a complex system involving overarching learning goals addressed within four outreach domains…

Until recently, states focused on ensuring the presence of a "highly qualified teacher" in every classroom. Under the 2001 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), this title described a teacher holding at least a bachelor's degree and the appropriate state license and…

In a 2012 paper for the Center for American Progress, "The State of Evaluation Reform," Patrick McGuinn (Drew University) identified the opportunities and challenges facing education agencies in Race to the Top (RTTT) grant-winning states as they prepared for the implementation of new teacher evaluation systems. The 2012 study undertook…

Author discusses the mini-system, a clear, orderly, and functional educational plan that is an abolute necessity if an effective educational process is to take place. (Author)

Article from TRAINING TECHNOLOGY, v1 n1 pS14-S19, Sep 1969, a supplement to EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

To develop a systematic evaluation system, a planning team should initially identify the needs of target groups. Needs which can be met are defined as behavioral objectives. Once the behavioral objectives and those specific elements essential to achieving them (enabling objectives) are defined and classified, performance measures can be…

The age of accountability in higher education is here, but there has been virtually no development in educational systems that has encompassed the task of producing a performance-based college campus. In order to accomplish the necessary goal of developing subsystems which together constitute a performance-based system, it is necessary that…

Delineates the differences between simulators and training devices, and discusses the possibility of inadequate training when simulators are used as training devices. Guidelines for appropriate training device development using a behavioral learning approach are presented. (13 references) (CLB)

ALTHOUGH THE UNITED STATES' EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM HAS MANY ACHIEVEMENTS, IT HAS MANY INADEQUACIES. THERE IS A NEED FOR A CLEARER DEFINITION OF GOALS AND AN OVERHAUL OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. ALTHOUGH A LACK OF WELL-DEFINED OBJECTIVES AND INADEQUATE MEASURING PROCEDURES HAVE PREVENTED ITS EFFECTIVE USE, THE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY USED BY…

This self-instruction manual, developed for use in the 1967 National Research Training Institute for Participants in Consortium Research Development (CORD) projects, is designed to provide the user with basic information needed to (1) plan and produce an improved instructional system and (2) plan and conduct research related to instruction. It was…

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE SEVENTIES (ES '70) IS A PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING A NEW COMPREHENSIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND ORGANIZATION WHICH WILL--(1) PROVIDE AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION FOR EACH STUDENT, (2) BE RELEVANT TO THE ADULT ROLES WHICH HE WILL PLAY, (3) BE ECONOMICALLY PRACTICAL WITHIN AVAILABLE PUBLIC RESOURCES, (4) BE BASED ON…

This guide is intended for use in teaching a course in industrial enterprise. The course, which has been designed using a student-centered approach, is intended to help students understand the dynamics of an industrial enterprise as a fusion of two technologies--material processing and management. The first two sections discuss the guide's…

This publication is the final report of a 21-month project designed to (1) expand and refine the computer capabilities of the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) to ensure rapid data access for generating routine and special occupational data-based reports; (2) develop and implement a computer storage and retrieval system…

The Universities of Tennessee and Georgia, as one of four regional data collection teams, cooperated in defining a comprehensive set of behavioral objectives for business and office education, derived from analysis of task performance requirements and of social roles in office occupations. A pilot study developed and tested instrumentation and…

A review of the literature (as reflected by government documents, industry reports, journal articles, and books) on team training sought to establish a baseline of what is currently known and to identify unresolved technical issues relevant to Air Force team training. In addition, recommendations concerning the most important areas for Air Force…