In the spring of 1979, an experimental study was conducted to evaluate the possible effects on preservice teachers of Reflective Teaching, a new instructional alternative for teacher education that features peer teaching and evaluation. One of the hypotheses about Reflective Teaching stated that, as a result of engaging in Reflective Teaching,…

Commonality analysis was used to look for school effects in gains in reading test scores for 877 fourth to sixth grade children in Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I remedial reading programs. The four groups of predictor variables that were investigated were background, mental ability, parental involvement, and school program. Commonality…

The reliability and validity of the Student Opinion Survey of Teaching (SOST) were assessed, and normative data were provided for judging its value in the evaluation of faculty teaching. Data were collected from 2,229 students enrolled in 93 classes taught by 53 instructors in 12 academic disciplines at the University of Windsor, Ontario. Internal…

Student and test characteristics were examined by multiple regression analysis and discriminant function analysis to explain why 171 political science undergraduates scored differently on essay versus objective final examinations. Student characteristics included: (1) patterns of creative, crystallized, and fluid abilities as measured by the…

Two quantitative enrollment projection techniques and the methods used by researchers at the Ohio Board of Regents (OBR) are discussed. Two quantitative approaches that are typically used for enrollment projections are curve-fitting techniques and causal models. Many state forecasters use curve-fitting techniques, a popular approach because only…

Data collected during the standardization of the 1976 Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) were examined to provide information on sex differences in prereading skills. The MRT are designed for administration either at the beginning of kindergarten or between kindergarten and first grade. Performance on the six subtests and the total test on both…

Sex bias in college faculty salaries is examined in this book. Part 1 contains the following four chapters on the use of multiple regression to detect and estimate sex bias in salaries: "The Assessment of Salary Equity: A Methodology, Alternatives, and a Dilemma" (Thomas R. Pezzullo and Barbara E. Brittingham); "Detection of Sex-Related Salary…

Perceived ethnic discrimination was studied by surveying 388 members of the Latino community in Chicago (115 Puerto Ricans, 162 Mexicans, and 111 Cubans). A factor analysis of how these Latinos perceived the treatment they got from 19 private and public social organizations (such as churches, libraries, and landlords) produced four dimensions of…

In this seven year longitudinal study predictors of achievement for first graders were measured against actual school achievement of the same students in the seventh and eight grades. Three sets of variables were obtained in the first grade. Achievement history, family environment, and mental health were used as measures. Mental health was…

Seven liberal arts colleges participated in exploratory studies designed to determine the predictive value vis-a-vis freshman grades of scores from a 208-item, self-report inventory, the Personal Values Inventory (PVI). The PVI was developed to yield scores relatively independent of traditional measures of scholastic aptitude but at the same time…

Differences in salaries by sex were studied among the faculty of Maryland public higher education institutions. Focus was on the overall pattern, with consideration of the issue of promotion to rank at the University of Maryland and the state colleges and universities. The scope of the study was limited to full-time, permanent faculty, and data…

Discriminant function analyses utilizing Washington Pre-College (WPC) aptitude/achievement variables and Vocational Interest Inventory scores were performed to predict graduating major for June 1975 University of Washington graduates in 11 majors. Using both types of pre-college measures classified more graduates correctly than utilizing the…

This study reports the evaluation of the effects of a mandated busing program which integrated the student body in a K-8 suburban school district. A two phase, three year study gathered evaluation data on achievement, classroom instruction, student and staff attitudes, perceived classroom environments, and student behavior incidents. Evaluation…

The Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study (BTES), Phase II, was a research project on effective teaching behavior--what teachers do that significantly affects what and how pupils learn. The purposes of Phase II were to (1) develop an assessment system for measuring teacher and pupil behaviors and other factors which could influence each of them and…

A prospective longitudinal investigation related 76 maternal and infant variables to performance on the Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) at age six. The 1,245 study subjects have been followed since birth. Their distribution on measures of intelligence and socioeconomic status is essentially normal. Subjects with high MRT scores were found to…