The methods course presently in operation at Pennyslvania State University is organized around the achievement of performance criteria following a mastery learning model. Although conditions for demonstrating competency are specified by the instructors, students select the means for developing the competencies and follow their own schedule by…

Three levels of evaluation that can be used in the assessment of educational products and processes are: 1) Unvalidated Form of Experience, 2) Validated Form of Experience, 3) Direct Performance Evaluation. Each of these evaluation models is described in detail, and factors involved in selection of the evaluation model are discussed. (MS)

The purpose of this investigation was to assess the effects of behavioral objectives and criterion evaluation upon the classroom progress of adolescents. Classroom behavior and academic achievement were examined within the experimental setting. In assessing the importance of this study, consideration was given to classroom behavior and achievement…

The problem of major concern to the Physics Education Evaluation Project (P.E.E.P.) involved the improvement of university physics teaching and learning. The present paper describes instruments and procedures developed for systematic formative evaluation of physics lectures. The data was drawn from two sections of a first year university physics…

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS TO HELP CHILDREN FIND AND LEARN TO USE THEIR SINGING VOICES WAS REPORTED. THE PROJECT WAS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT FINDING AND USING HIS SINGING VOICE IS THE FIRST STEP A CHILD TAKES TOWARD SUCCESSFUL MUSICAL LEARNING IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE STUDY HAD THREE PHASES. PHASE 1 CONSISTED OF AN…

This volume is one of several which describe the characteristics, quality, and costs of services to severely mentally retarded, severely emotionally disturbed, deaf-blind, and severely multiply handicapped clients aged 21 and under, in 100 providers across the nation. This volume presents the case studies organized according to the major…

A series of three studies investigated the role of play materials in supporting social interactions of nursery school children. Subjects were 14 boys and 11 girls, 4 and 5 years of age, who came from a variety of socioeconomic and racial backgrounds. Observations were made for 16 days, during the free play hour at each of four play centers: art,…

This paper describes a study designed to collect quantified observational data on the behavior of children and teachers throughout the day at three typical quality day care centers. From 50 to 55 hours of observation were completed on five randomly-chosen 3-year-olds in each setting. While the number of subjects and centers was limited, the…

A formal observation technique was used in an urban classroom context to assess the verbal and nonverbal-visual behavior of 17 Navajo and 7 Caucasian children. Two statistical techniques revealed significant intergroup differences in verbal and nonverbal-visual style. ( Author)

A three-year study investigated the territorial behavior of children in a spatially unstructured library setting. The children's various solutions to the lack of spatial structure are described, and implications for libraries dealing with groups of children are discussed. (Author/CLB)

Relationships were assessed among five perspectives of children's adjustment: teacher, parent, peer and self-ratings, and behavior observations. Secondary purposes were to examine relationships between adjustment and achievement measures and to compare urban vs. suburban, male vs. female, and referred vs. nonreferred children on adjustment…

Instructions between 12 third-grade teachers and their students were coded by observers who also rated the quality of teacher instruction. Questionnaires measured teachers' perception and attitudes. Teachers showing more concern for lower achieving students also received lower ratings on their teaching quality. (Author/BS)

Results generated by peers, teachers, and unbiased observers converged in some behavioral domains and diverged in others. All three sources provided similar pictures of the relation between aggression and status, although observations of third grade boys did not yield sufficient frequencies of aggression to allow meaningful conclusions. (RH)

A test of predicted anxiety which focused on public speaking was given before and after two life skills courses in an English college. The students' own reports and observations by the author supported the results, which indicated a reduction of anxiety in the course which used simulations. (Author/LRW)

Examined relationship between advocacy of humanistic and confluent educational teaching values and nine humanistic, confluent patterns of classroom interaction. Describes the development and initial validation of a behavioral instrument, the Humanistic-Confluent Interactional Analysis Category System, for examining daily classroom interactive…