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Phelps, William R. – 1980
In 1979 the National Research Council established a panel to study testing of handicapped people for selection and placement purposes in educational and employment settings. The study involved the review of relevant literature, solicitation of pertinent information from organizations representing handicapped persons and from professionals involved…
Descriptors: Blindness, Change Strategies, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Ford, Susan F.; Campos, Sandy – 1977
Validity data (prediction of first-year grade point average) for colleges participating in the Admissions Testing Program Validity Study Service (VSS) and based on students entering college in 1964 through 1974 are summarized for the following predictors: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)--verbal score, SAT--mathematical score, high school record,…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Colleges
Schrader, William B. – 1976
A trend analysis was undertaken to determine the extent to which Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) candidates were applying to various groups of colleges in 1960-61, 1966-67, and 1973-74. Its relevance to the question of the SAT score decline involves the effects of two developments on the SAT candidate group: (1) the widening of access to higher…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Download full textSmith, Kenneth; And Others – 1977
The urban, ethnically Hawaiian child typically experiences great difficulty in learning to read English. In order to determine whether phonological confusion is a source of dialectical interference, the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) Phone Discrimination Test (KPDT) was developed for the one hundred twelve students in the KEEP school…
Descriptors: Creoles, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Diglossia
Brown, Mark E.; Zirkel, Perry A. – 1977
This paper offers a two-step review to be used in designing dominance assessment plans and in determining appropriate instrumentation. The first step provides a classification system of dominance instruments according to testing specificity and strategy. The second step suggests criteria by which such instruments can be evaluated and selected.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Smith, Ian D., Comp. – 1980
This second of the two-part proceedings of an Australian conference on youth schooling and unemployment contains 25 research reports and texts from two symposia on alienation from school to work, and youth in transition. Focus of the papers is on educational practices and specific problems in the area of educational research. Topics covered in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities
California State Univ., Los Angeles. National Dissemination and Assessment Center. – 1978
This journal consists of guides to instructional materials and articles on subjects of interest to teachers in bilingual education programs. The following articles and regular features appear in this issue: (1) "Evaluation of the Impact of ESEA Title VII Spanish/English Bilingual Education Program: Abstract and Summary of Findings"; (2)…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Asian Americans, Biculturalism
Brown, H. Douglas, Ed.; And Others – 1977
A selection of 27 papers presented at the 1977 TESOL convention is presented. Part one contains the four plenary-session papers which present: a comprehensive view of the teaching-learning process and related interdisciplinary research; the scope of research on language teaching; some of the larger issues in bilingual education; and a perspective…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Black Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design
BELBIN, R.M. – 1965
A SURVEY WAS PRESENTED OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON AGE CHANGES IN HUMAN CAPACITIES, ESPECIALLY IN LEARNING ABILITY AND ADAPTABILITY, AND DESCRIBED VARIOUS METHODS USED TO TRAIN WORKERS OVER 40. THE ROLE OF MEMORY, MOTIVATION, RIGIDITY, AND INTELLIGENCE IN DETERMINING THE LEARNING EFFICIENCY OF MATURE ADULTS WAS ASSESSED, ALSO DIFFICULTIES CAUSED BY…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age, Age Differences, Anxiety
Military Testing Association. – 1976
The 75 papers included in these conference proceedings discuss testing conducted by the different brances of the armed forces. The importance of relating necessary job skills to the skills measured by the tests administered to the job applicants is emphasized. Various evaluation methods--including peer rating, aptitude testing, adaptive testing,…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conference Reports
Direct linkHoward, Caroline; Schenk, Karen; Discenza, Richard – Information Science Publishing, 2004
"Distance Learning and University Effectiveness: Changing Educational Paradigms for Online Learning" addresses the challenges and opportunities associated with information and communication technologies (ICTs) as related to education. From discussing new and innovative educational paradigms and learning models resulting from ICTs to addressing…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Universities, School Effectiveness
Burns, Anne, Ed.; Hood, Susan, Ed. – 1995
The collection of papers on course design includes reports of teaching practice and classroom research by teachers of English as a second language. Papers include: "Teacher Researchers: Perspectives on Teacher Action Research and Curriculum Renewal" (Anne Burns); "From Curriculum to Courses: Why Do Teachers Do What They Do?" (Susan Hood); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Classroom Research, Competency Based Education
Hudelson, Sarah, Ed. – 1995
The handbook is designed as a practical reference for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers, curriculum developers, teacher trainers, and student teachers. It provides basic information on the background of ESL programs and current information on publications, standards, and special materials for elementary and secondary school ESL. It does…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Childrens Literature, Course Content, Curriculum Design
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Bilingual Education. – 1994
The manual provides a framework for two days of training in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instructional methods for monolingual special education teachers at the early childhood level in New York City (New York) schools. The materials help teachers without ESL certification provide mandated ESL services to Limited-English-Proficient (LEP)…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Bilingual Education, Caregivers, Classroom Techniques
Miller, Edward, Ed. – Harvard Education Letter, 1995
This document is comprised of volume 11 of the Harvard Education Letter, published bimonthly and addressing current issues in elementary and secondary education. Articles in the volume's six issues are: (1) January-February--"The Old Model of Staff Development Survives in a World Where Everything Else Has Changed" (Miller), "Giving…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making
