The purposes of this study were to ascertain and describe the nature of the preparation, experience and educational orientation of preschool and day care teachers in Nebraska and to determine correlations among the variables studied. Two instruments, the Preschool Teacher Preparation and Experience Questionnaire and the Teacher Attitude Q Sort…

The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine if a teacher's level of implementation of the direct instruction model would vary as a function of the type of feedback received during initial attempts to apply the model. Twenty-five elementary school teachers were randomly assigned to one of three treatment conditions: (1) nine worked…

This practicum was designed and implemented to instruct the staff of two elementary schools in the basic content of the metric system and to demonstrate some teaching strategies for instructing elementary students in metrics. A series of twenty after-school workshops was run on a weekly basis. A model was developed to aid other elementary schools…

This study focuses on basic mathematical skills mastered by middle school students. A test designed for the investigation was administered to 400 seventh- and eighth-grade pupils in three middle schools in Houston, Texas. The test, which focuses on fractions, was administered by the regular mathematics teacher during the mathematics class period…

The purpose of the investigation was to obtain some relationships among (1) test lengths, (2) shape of domain-score distributions, (3) advancement scores, and (4) several criterion-referenced test score reliability and validity indices. The study was conducted using computer simulation methods. The values of variables under study were set to be…

This handbook describes a process and provides material for supporting instructor update/upgrade activities in any occupational field at both secondary and college levels. Examples and outlines tend to have a trade-technical orientation because a vocational education project developed the model. Section 1 overviews the update/upgrade activity and…

A one-year collaboration research project between San Diego State University and the Sweetwater Union High School District was carried out to test the notion that teachers of limited English-speaking students can effectively carry out research pertinent to them. It included 20 teachers, 16 student teachers assigned to them, two university…

A computerized faculty allocation and reallocation model is presented to aid the decision maker in evaluating the outcomes of various strategies. A unique goal can be computed for each department based on the average index of the institution, the average of the college, the preceding average of the department, and a goal established by management…

In this paper the author assesses the state-of-the-art on quality assessment and monitoring of medical care and makes recommendations for needed research in this area. Following a brief introduction, the content is presented in two sections. The first, providing a frame of reference, covers definitions; quality assessment and program evaluation;…

Overviews of schema theory, which focuses on the cognitive operations engaged in by the reader, and discourse analysis, which focuses on structural characteristics of the text itself, are presented in this paper. The first section explains the notion of cognitive schemata (patterns of expectations that are applied to incoming information) and…

A comprehensive, field-disaggregated analysis of the academic labor market is presented using data from the National Center for Education Statistics for first-year graduate enrollment and higher degrees awarded in distinct fields. The fixed-coefficient model of Cartter (1975) is enlarged and disaggregated into a model of the supply of master's as…

The monograph reviews theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research on occupational choice and achievement. It begins by delineating the major macro-theoretical approaches in occupational sociology and vocational psychology, leading to a consideration of conceptual development of occupational choice. An overview of status attainment models and a…

In order to sort out a comprehensible total picture regarding needs assessment and to develop a useful conceptual framework for this area, a comprehensive review of the needs assessment literature pertinent to the concerns of postsecondary education was conducted. The review found that needs assessment is a viable tool for input to planning, but…

Equal pay for equal work by persons of equal qualifications is the concept behind laws against race and sex discrimination in salaries in the United States. However, determining the existence and extent of discrimination is not a simple matter. A four-step procedure is recommended that attempts to uncover the existence of discrimination and begins…

An accreditation self-study was conducted by the University of Houston Central Campus. In the process of establishing the academic priorities for departments two dimensions were assessed: the current quality of the academic programs and the centrality of each program to the stated mission of the college under which it was housed. Based upon a…