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Toombs, William – 1978
A study was conducted to assess client reaction to key activities of the Lifelong Learning Center (LLC) of the Free Library of Philadelphia and to identify particular patterns of client interest. A survey was developed to determine (1) clients' satisfaction with accessibility of services, quality of interaction with staff, and information…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Career Change, Employment
Download full textBerns, 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
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Research. – 1978
This study, the third in a series of reports, is limited to an analysis of the energy use and cost implications of nine school calendars proposed by the New York State Department of Education. These calendars are characterized as (1) traditional; (2) ten-month school year; (3) mid-August start, two semesters; (4) four-day week; (5) four-day, 7.5…
Descriptors: Climate, Computer Programs, Elementary Education, Energy Conservation
Mann, Raymond E. – 1979
This study was designed to determine if the addition of music and sound effects to recorded stories increased the comprehension and retention of information presented on tape to fourth grade students at three levels of reading ability. Two versions of four narrated stories were recorded, one version with music and sound effects, the other with…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Instructional Improvement
Baron, Lois J. – 1979
The relationship of eye movements while watching television to reading ability, cognitive style, and mode of presentation was studied using as subjects 85 third-grade children who had been classified as good or poor readers by scores on the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test; their cognitive style was measured by the Children's Embedded Figures which…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Cognitive Style, Educational Research, Eye Movements
Main, Robert – 1979
This paper reports a controlled field experiment conducted to determine the effects and interaction of five independent variables with an audiovisual slide-tape program: presence of learning objectives, location of learning objectives, type of knowledge, sex of learner, and retention of learning. Participants were university students in a general…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Audiovisual Aids, Behavioral Objectives, Educational Objectives
Aleamoni, Lawrence M. – 1978
The Arizona Course Instructor Evaluation Questionnaire (CIEQ) was designed to assist individual instructors in improving teaching methods and courses. Secondary uses include faculty evaluation, research, and course and instructor selection by students. Successive refinements of the original pool of 1,000 items by factor analysis and subjective…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Higher Education, Norms, Predictor Variables
Mercer, Maryann – 1979
The effects of objective test answer changing on total test scores of students in grades 4 through 7, and the influences of sex, grade level, test content, and their interrelationships were examined. Standardized tests in reading and mathematics were administered at grade level and out-of-level. Answer changing was assessed by observing responses…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Answer Sheets, Content Analysis
Fernandes, Kathleen; Rose, Andrew M. – 1978
An information processing approach was applied to the development and validation of a test battery intended for personnel selection, classification, and guidance; and design of training programs. The approach specifies that tests should measure specific cognitive processes and basic abilities, rather than prior experience. Tests should be short,…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
Powell, J. C. – 1979
The educational significance of wrong answers on multiple choice tests was investigated in over 4,000 subjects, aged 7 to 20. Gorham's Proverbs Test--which requires the interpretation of a proverb sentence--was administered and repeated five months later. Four questions were addressed: (1) what can the pattern of answer choice, across age, using…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, F. G.; Moss, Jacque – 1979
Two studies were conducted of the effects of sex biased items on achievement test scores obtained by male and female college students. Sex bias was defined as a disproportionate number of references to one sex. Study I used 1,008 classroom test items. Items were classified as male sex referent, female sex referent, no sex referent (neutral), or…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Students, Content Analysis, Females
Brandenburg, Dale C. – 1979
Prior research has indicated that items administered to college students for rating their instructors, can be empirically as well as logically classified on a continuum from very general to specific. Three of these hypothesized classifications of item specificity--global, general concept, and specific--were chosen to represent this continuum.…
Descriptors: Classification, Content Analysis, Course Evaluation, Higher Education
Office of Career Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1977
This document, product of a review of eighty-one final performance and evaluation reports of elementary and secondary career education projects to identify needed improvements in career education program evaluation, has four parts. Part I, a critique of common evaluation practices, covers overall evaluation designs, reporting, questionnaires and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Knight, Brent – 1978
After stating the goals of the new president of Triton College (Illinois) for his first two years of office (1976-78), this annual report focuses upon the activities, achievements, and management concerns of the college for this period. These issues are discussed in terms of the process of developing and implementing appropriate strategies to deal…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Annual Reports
Warmbrod, Catharine P.; Cap, Orest – 1978
A project was conducted to develop strategies for increasing use of business, industry, and labor inputs in vocational education personnel development programs. Ten institutions from ten states were selected to participate by an eight-member planning committee. The technical assistance needs of the selected institutions were determined, and…
Descriptors: Business, Conference Reports, Faculty Development, Guides
