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Download full textStemnock, Suzanne K. – 1972
This report presented forms and guidelines for evaluating a superintendent of schools. Forms were contributed by Fort Worth, Texas; California School Boards Association and Association of California School Administrators; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Texas Association of School Boards; Madison, Wisconsin; Pomona Unified School District; Roseville, Michigan;…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Board of Education Role, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peck, Robert F. – 1967
What styles of action do boys learn to use in tackling work problems? How are these different from what girls do? What particular coping styles are preferred in different cultures? What differences are there between working class and upper-middle class in their dominant coping styles? Such choices of strategies in dealing with tasks are related to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Differences, Job Analysis, Sex Differences
William Rainey Harper Coll., Palatine, IL. – 1971
The Learning Resource Center (LRC) at the William Rainey Harper College offers instructional services to assist faculty and students in the selection, production, and utilization of educational media; a library which contains 40,000 volumes, newspapers, and periodicals; and flexible facilities for instruction such as seven lecture/demonstration…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Guides, Job Analysis, Learning Resources Centers
Holm, Melvin G. – 1972
To determine the effect which stress producing situations have upon the performance of a manipulative task by high and low test-anxious subjects, 120 seventh grade boys in general industrial arts shop class were administered the "Test Anxiety Scale for Children" and the "Lie Scale for Children." On the basis of their scores, 60 boys were selected…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Grade 7
Reid, Gary B.; And Others – 1970
The study was an operational evaluation of two methods of instruction sequencing for the T-38 phase of Undergraduate Pilot Training. Scheduling of concentrated trainer phases prior to aircraft flight improved student performance for early aircraft rides as compared with an intermixed trainer and aircraft schedule. Although grade differences washed…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation, Flight Training, Military Personnel
Trismen, Donald A. – 1972
A sample design of schools in an elementary school survey is presented. This sample outlines two states of sampling. First is a sample of 750 schools drawn for purposes of describing compensatory programs. The second-stage sample is a subsample of 200 schools for purposes of performance testing of pupils. (CK)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Elementary Schools, Reading Programs
Dubocq, Edward R. – 1971
A course in sculpturing wooden forms is presented. It has a two-fold purpose: (1) to create in the student an awareness of the effect sculptural forms have on his environment, (2) to further enhance the artistic abilities of the student through sculpting in wood. Content of the course includes a demonstration of wood sculpture techniques and an…
Descriptors: Art Education, Course Content, Course Objectives, Instructional Materials
Dubocq, Edward R. – 1971
A course of study concerned with the area of sculpture known as "found art"; i.e., assemblages of common, every day objects into works of art, is presented. Objectives of the course require the student to be able to describe the procedures for found art techniques, define vocabulary concerned with found art, and demonstrate competency in…
Descriptors: Art Education, Behavioral Objectives, Course Objectives, Methods
SCHMITT, DAVID R. – 1966
THE EFFECTS OF SEVERAL STYLES OF SUPERVISION UPON THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUALS WERE EXPLORED IN A LABORATORY SETTING IN WHICH SELECTED ASPECTS OF SUPERVISION WERE EXPERIMENTALLY MANIPULATED. PARALLELING THE WORK SITUATION, THE EXPERIMENTAL SETTING INVOLVED A CHOICE OF TWO ACTIVITIES, EACH OF WHICH WAS REINFORCED. THE ROLE OF SUPERVISION WAS TO…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Labor Problems, Laboratory Experiments, Motivation Techniques
Tharp, David A.; Redding, Gordon M. – 1976
The efficacy of gating in the processing of simple, multidimensional stimuli was investigated. In Experiment 1, a continuous classification task was used, with subjects sorting cards according to binary dimensions of line orientation and location. Results suggested that orientation and location are integral dimensions, facilitation occurring with…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Psychological Patterns, Psychological Studies
Taylor, Patricia – Teaching Political Science, 1976
The objective of this article was to determine whether the "Personalized System of Instruction" would improve student performance in and satisfaction with an introductory political science course. The author concludes that "PSI" is appropriate for political science courses in which mastery of subject matter or skills is the…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Educational Research, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Peer reviewedAsher, Steven R. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
This study used a referent communication task to examine children's ability to appraise or evaluate the quality of communication performance. The results indicated that younger children were less accurate appraisers of performance as well as less accurate communicators than older children. (JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedLaughlin, Patrick R.; Wong-McCarthy, William J. – Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1975
In order to compare the relative effects of observation of performance and recording of information about performance on social facilitation/inhibition, 256 college students solved three concept-attainment problems in an orthogonal design. (Editor)
Descriptors: Inhibition, Interaction Process Analysis, Observation, Psychological Studies
Peer reviewedVogel, Juliet M.; Loughlin, Kathleen A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
Preschool children copied peg locations with standardized comparison pegboards aligned horizontally and diagonally and with three levels of pegboard complexity. Error patterns varied with type of alignment and display complexity. Results failed to support Bryant's hypothesis that mirror image confusions are no more frequent than other in-line…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Error Patterns, Geometry, Perceptual Development
Peer reviewedFinch, A. J., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1978
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anxiety, Difficulty Level, Elementary School Students
