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Weingarten, Kenneth; And Others – 1972
This report describes the development and pilot testing of a low-cost, generalizable, quality-assured, peer-instructional model suitable to the training needs of men of varying measured aptitude. The report presents a brief overview of the project, followed by a detailed description of the APSTRAT model and the considerations that led to its…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Enlisted Personnel, Individualized Instruction, Job Skills
Westinghouse Learning Corp., Annapolis, MD. – 1969
The purpose of this technical report is to describe the media and presentation variables selected for inclusion in the instructional system for the United States Naval Academy leadership course (see the final reports which summarize the course development project, EM 010 418, EM 010 419, and EM 010 484). Considerations for the selection of these…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Autoinstructional Aids, Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Design
Florida Community Junior Coll. Inter-institutional Research Council, Gainesville. – 1972
A study was conducted of the following aspects of post-secondary occupational education in Florida: the State level administrative structure, program planning and development, program implementation, program evaluation, and the characteristics of students in these programs. Questionnaires were completed by faculty and administrators, and the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Career Planning, Community Colleges
McCall, Robert B. – 1972
Function of attention in infants is explored. Assuming (1) that infants respond differently to novel situations than to familiar ones; (2) that the infant's pattern of response is a partial reflection of the process of acquiring a perceptual memory of the stimulus, and (3) that sex differences may occur in the rate of habituation, 120 infants…
Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, Age Differences, Attention, Bibliographies
Borich, Gary D. – 1972
Statistical procedures are presented for determining ordinal and disordinal aptitude-treatment interactions with linear and curvilinear data. The paper presents a method for testing the homogeneity of group regressions for a single aptitude and provides models for expanding this test to linear and curvilinear regression planes. Procedures are…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Factor Analysis, Interaction
Boldt, Robert F. – 1972
This paper describes several situations in which generalization of statistical results is not possible by representative sampling but which is attempted using corrections for selection of groups. The situations include hiring, admissions, differential classification, guidance, test score equating, and test score scaling. Evidence of inaccuracies…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, Competitive Selection
Maltby, Gregory P., Ed.; And Others – 1972
The format of this monograph follows essentially the arrangement of the day-long conference on Serrano vs. Priest: a major paper presentation, followed by a panel of three respondents, and subsequent general discussion involving the audience and conference participants. The editors have attempted to provide both the formal and the extemporaneous…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Kuznik, Anthony E.; And Others – 1973
A questionnaire was developed to obtain the following information about students who transfer from four-year colleges to two-year colleges: (1) demographic; (2) reason for leaving four-year institution; (3) future plans; and (4) comparison between institutions. The majority of reverse transfers came from families with income over $7,000 whose…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Counseling, Postsecondary Education
Hathaway, Walter Ennis, Jr. – 1972
The nature of the relations between traditional psychometric and Piagetian instruments is analyzed, in order to provide information relevant to the question of which type of test or combination of them will provide the most useful information to those seeking to construct and maintain optimal learning environments. Four hypotheses are posed: (1)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Citations (References), Cognitive Development, Correlation
Stamm, Colleen P., Ed. – 1971
The 33rd annual American Industrial Arts Association (AIAA) convention was held in Miami in 1971. Topics for the AIAA general session addresses were: (1) "Technology--and a Time of Crisis-II," and (2) "Goals, Accountability, and Action for the Industrial Arts." Twenty-four addresses from sessions of the American Council of…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Communications, Conference Reports, Construction (Process)
Wanger, Judith – 1972
The quality and utility of NCEC information analysis products, including ERIC clearinghouse products, PREP reports, and EMC bibliographies, are evaluated. The chapters in this volume of the evaluation study are as follows: I. Introduction, which describes the NCEC information analysis products, issues to be addressed, study approach, and report…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Resources, Evaluation Methods
Hendrickson, Andrew; Aker, George F. – 1972
The third in a series of institutes for the development and improvement of educational programs for older persons dealt with three basic concepts: (1) the need for educational forms other than the classroom; (2) the use of educational processes in the older years as a continuation of education throughout life, rather than as a separate segment;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation
Haglund, E. A., Comp. – 1961
Information for the second complete school year under the agreement between the Nevada Department of Education and the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the orderly and equitable termination of the Johnson-O'Malley Program in the State of Nevada is presented in this annual report. Termination, over a 5-year period, of the student transportation and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, American Indians, Annual Reports
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1972
This report consists of nine chapters, each of which, with two exceptions, is devoted to what the Office of Education accomplished toward meeting one of its priorities in the fiscal year 1971. The exceptions are: Chapter 1, The Condition of Education--the Commissioner's personal assessment of education in the nation, which reaches into fiscal year…
Descriptors: Administration, Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Career Education
Lindeman, Richard H.; And Others – 1972
Developed by the Advanced Systems Development Division of International Business Machines (IBM) in consultation with two professors, the Educational and Career Exploration System (ECES) includes information on 400 occupations and 300 post-high school majors. Designed for the high school student and for use with a computer terminal, the system…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Exploration
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