Results of a survey using norm referenced tests of reading and mathematics for a large sample of sixth grade students throughout Texas are reported in detail. Statewide results are reported in terms of percentile ranks of average partial and total scores and in the percentage of students in each quarter of the norms. For each of 20 districts in…

This study provides preliminary evidence as to the validity of measures derived from the "Tests of Scientific Thinking" (TST). The TST and the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) were compared with regard to their relationships to interests, self-appraisals, and accomplishments of students during their first year of graduate work in…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on occupational opportunities related to human development is the first in a set of four modules on establishing occupational programs in human development. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on occupational preparation for jobs utilizing housekeeping skills is the second in a set of two modules on occupational programs related to home management. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on low income housing is the first in a set of three modules on housing in economically depressed areas. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019 901-967.) Following…

A study was conducted to determine the relationship of students' attitudes toward evaluation of a modular program in Foundations of Education sponsored by the College of Education of the University of Maine at Orono. A 71-item questionnaire eliciting attitudes toward the modular program, faculty members, and method of instruction was administered.…

Undergraduates in five classes were asked to rate their instructors on four general items, and on twenty-four behavior-specific items describing instructor involvement. Three reliability coefficients differing in error score assumptions were calculated for different numbers of students and items, to permit comparison of the reliabilities of both…

This Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) report describes two studies on the effects of student-teacher interaction on student performance. Study I explored the relationship between three kinds of teacher behaviors (modeling, teacher attention to individual students, and praise-giving to individual students) and the pupil's academic…

To evaluate the current societal role of voluntary and/or obligatory development services and their potential both at home and for global cooperative relationships, data from field surveys, institutional inventories, and individual interviews were analyzed from both developed and developing countries to classify major development service types,…

Each volume of this three-volume set is divided into two major sections. The first section presents the narrative report of a study designed to assist Michigan vocational agriculture teachers in implementing local competency-based vocational agriculture programs by (1) developing student performance objectives; (2) identifying up-to-date reference…

Each volume of this three-volume set is divided into two major sections. The first section presents the narrative report of a study designed to assist Michigan vocational agriculture teachers in implementing local competency-based vocational agriculture programs by (1) developing student performance objectives; (2) identifying up-to-date reference…

Each volume of this three-volume set is divided into two major sections. The first section presents the narrative report of a study designed to assist Michigan vocational agriculture teachers in implementing local competency-based vocational agriculture programs by (1) developing student performance objectives; (2) identifying up-to-date reference…

Faculty interviews were used at Kansas State University to identify 24 environmental, student, and faculty variables that were believed to moderate student ratings of teaching effectiveness. The relationship of these variables to criteria derived from the Instructional Development and Effectiveness Assessment (IDEA) System of KSU was examined.…

Since the spring semester of 1969, Kansas State University faculty have used the Student Evaluation of Instruction and Courses program known today as IDEA--Instructional Development and Effectiveness Assessment. Voluntary participation in the system has grown from less than 80 classes in 1969-1970 to more than 1,600 classes per year in recent…

The generalizability and concurrent validity of the FLOAT (Formal Lecture Observation Assessment Inventory) were studied. College instructors were rated, using the FLOAT, by their students and by trained observers who viewed videotapes of the classes. The teachers were also asked to evaluate themselves. A previous study of interrater reliability…