This paper presents a summary description of the Tennessee Technological University Teacher Evaluation Model and of its application to teachers in early childhood education. The model was developed to assess the graduates of teacher education programs at Tennessee Technological University. The evaluation is based on information from four sources:…

This paper examines several types of school referenda with a view to examining how such referenda have served to limit or reinforce educational resource inequalities. Drawing on the results of previous studies and the author's research on California referenda, the paper seeks to provide answers to four crucial questions. First, to what extent are…

In January, 1980, a questionnaire on the status of early childhood programs was mailed to the chief state school official in each state. Every official was asked to have the appropriate person complete the questionnaire. By April 20, 1980, after one follow-up letter, 44 questionnaires had been returned. Three themes comprised the information…

This set of five reports and one manual is a product of the Mathemagenic Activities Program (MAP) for early childhood education of the University of Georgia Follow Through Program. Based on Piagetian theory, the MAP provides sequentially structured sets of curriculum materials and processes that are designed to continually challenge children in…

Few national level programs in the United States directly support both local development and education/training. Although both are needed to accomplish the desired goals of economic stability and low unemployment, distinctly different sets of policies exist for each, and because of limited federal resources, each program is in competition with the…

A major purpose of the Search for Effective Schools Project has been to explore the truth of the following two propositions: that both pupil response to instruction and the delivery of instruction are functions of pupil background, prior knowledge and level of achievement. That is, the project sought to demonstrate the existence of effective…

This final report contains a fourteen-page narrative and appended materials of phase 1 of an Illinois project to provide up-to-date comprehensive sequential home economics materials for use in grades 6-12. These activities are reported: development of an annotated bibliography of curriculum guides, extensive literature searches related to…

This theoretical study of second language learning is divided into eight sections: (1) "Elements of a Theory of Second Language Learning," (2) "Second Language Learning in the Light of Neurophysiological Findings," (3) "Cognitive Strategies in the Second Language Learning Process," (4) "On Accounting for the Role Played by Affective Factors in…

An econometric model was developed for use in measuring the impact of the Louisiana State University (LSU) upon the Louisiana economy. Emphasis is placed on measuring the effects of enrollment changes, salary and wage expenditures, and campus construction activity. The results show that, overall, each dollar spent by the LSU System creates another…

A research method used at the Conference of Rectors of Quebec Universities to analyze the structure and level of faculty salaries and to determine salary differential between universities is examined. The method breaks down into two components: the difference between the average salary observed in each institution and the average salary of the…

Managerial approaches to budget planning for state universities were investigated using an open budgeting model that emphasizes the function of communication, technical analysis, and participative decision making. System-level and central officers in 32 research universities were surveyed to determine whether they used and endorsed technical…

This paper provides a detailed overview of the preschool education system in Queensland, Australia, from the perspective of one of the original designers of that program. The first section of the paper describes the social, political and general educational contexts within which the Queensland preschool system was developed. Steps in state level…

Progress in the second 6 months of a program development model for learning disabled (LD) and emotionally disturbed (ED) adolescents is reported. The program is designed to teach ED and LD children necessary work skills so that they can become productive members of society. Three methods are under investigation: (1) use of audio/visual resources…

The paper is designed to help instructors in college-level geography courses design urban field trips. The objective is to illustrate how a few core materials and concepts derived from urban geography texts, census tract maps, and social space models can help provide order and pattern to students' understanding of a city. Census tract maps are…

To aid vocational educators in establishing interorganizational linkage and coordination with business, industry, and labor with the goal of improving instructional, learning, and work experience arrangements for their students, this monograph provides three products of a project to design and implement a model for program linkage and…