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Download full textKeogh, Barbara K. – 1970
This study was designed to consider effects of age, sex, intelligence, lateral usage, and lateral awareness on young children's performance of spatial organization tasks. The sample consisted of 79 Caucasian, middle socioeconomic status nursery school children (mean C.A. 57.80, S.D. 4.47 months), 44 boys and 35 girls. Spatial organization was…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Lateral Dominance, Nursery Schools
PANKOVE, ETHEL – 1966
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN RISK TAKING WERE STUDIED IN A SAMPLE OF 162 MIDDLE-CLASS CHILDREN IN GRADE 5. MEASURES OF ANXIETY, CREATIVITY, DEFENSIVENESS, INTELLIGENCE, AND RISK TAKING WERE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE CERTAIN SELECTED RELATIONSHIPS. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDED THAT CREATIVITY BEARS A MORE POWERFUL RELATIONSHIP TO RISK TAKING THAN DOES…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Ability, Creative Expression, Creativity Research
RAHMLOW, HAROLD F.; AND OTHERS – 1966
AS AN INITIAL STEP TOWARD IMPROVING VOCATIONAL CURRICULUMS IN FOOD SERVICING, A SPECIAL RESEARCH TEAM DEVELOPED AND FIELD TESTED A SURVEY INSTRUMENT FOR OBTAINING UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT MAJOR TYPES AND COMBINATIONS OF TASKS PERFORMED BY FOOD SERVICE WORKERS. THE INSTRUMENT COVERED THE FOLLOWING BASIC TASKS OF FOOD SERVICING--(1) FOOD…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Food, Foods Instruction, Home Economics Education
Wagener, Elaine H. – 1976
The experiment described was designed to evaluate the possible effects on students in a small seminar of an evaluation system in which students were freed from some of the pressures of the conventional grading system and allowed to participate in the grading process, and to determine whether such participation would affect the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Shaffer, Richard, Comp.; Taylor, Wayne, Comp. – 1976
Intended to be used as a teaching and learning guide, the basic course of study presented in these materials is designed to provide the essentials of the metal fabrication trade, insuring that the students who successfully complete the course will have sufficient competencies for initial employment and ample orientation for growth and development.…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Instructional Materials, Job Skills, Learning Activities
PDF pending restorationAlabama Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational and Technical Education, Montgomery. – 1976
The purpose of the study was to define and describe the role of the district supervisor of trade and industrial education as perceived by the district supervisor and by the clientele that he/she serves (day trade instructors, coordinators, and local vocational administrators). The scope of the study was limited to trade and industrial education at…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, Job Analysis, Leadership
Peer reviewedDyck, Dennis G.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1979
Performance and persistence on the Concealed Figures Test and the Embedded Figures Test decreased: (1) after short-duration failure when subjects were falsely led to attribute failure to task difficulty; and (2) after long-duration failure when subjects were falsely led to attribute failure to lack of ability. (CP)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Tests, Difficulty Level, Failure
Peer reviewedWang, Margaret C. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1979
The effectiveness of an instructional-learning management system designed to minimize the time needed for students to complete specified learning tasks and to maximize the opportunity for the individual students to complete the tasks is investigated. Instructional design makes use of teacher's and student's school time more effective. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Grade 2, Individual Instruction, Instructional Systems
Peer reviewedMotowidlo, Stephan J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
The development of the Estimate of Self-Competence Scale is described. The instrument was designed to measure generalized expectancy of task success. Reliability and validity data are provided. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Expectation, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Rating Scales
Rogers, Helen V.; Benson, Ann – 1974
Developed primarily as a beginning course of study for the practical nurse, this first of a two-part course can also be used to instruct nursing assistants and nursing students at other levels of practice. This curriculum guide is divided into the following three major areas of instruction: personal vocational relationships; basic nursing…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Anatomy, Behavioral Objectives, Communications
Lee, Essie E. – Career Education Digest, 1974
A one credit course, Field Experience in the Health Services, allowed Hunter College the opportunity to work in one or more of 63 participating community agencies, to the mutual benefit of both students and agencies. (SA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Education, Career Exploration
Thorvilson, Virginia; Litzenberger, Jerry – 1976
This experiment involved training students in self-instruction (specifically, teaching them to verbally cue and instruct themselves through given assignments), as an alternative to the direct intervention method for increasing on-task behavior and decreasing disruptive behavior in the elementary school classroom. Assignment completion rather than…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Assignments, Behavior Change, Elementary School Students
Berns, Robert G.; Smith, Clifton L. – 1979
A study was conducted to accomplish three objectives: (1) identify and validate the tasks performed by distributive education teacher coordinators in the role of Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) chapter advisors; (2) identify competencies needed by teacher-coordinators to perform these tasks; and (3) develop instructional modules for…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Distributive Education, Educational Research, Inservice Teacher Education
Lockheed, Marlaine E. – 1976
Forty male and forty female high school students engaged in a group decision making task in both mixed-and single-sex 4-person groups of strangers. Those subjects who participated in a mixed group were also together in a microteaching class. The study addressed three questions: (1) What are the leadership behaviors of females, and do they differ…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Females, Goal Orientation, Group Behavior
AUSTMAN, HELGI H. – 1961
THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BACKGROUND FACTORS AND JOB PERFORMANCE OF THE BEGINNING EXTENSION AGENT, AND THE AGENT'S ROLE AS PERCEIVED BY HIMSELF AND HIS DISTRICT LEADERS WERE STUDIED AS PART OF A LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH PROJECT. AGENTS AND DISTRICT LEADERS AGREED IN PART ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SELECTED EXTENSION FUNCTIONS AND THE LEVEL AT WHICH THESE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Background, Extension Agents
