The goal of the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study (BTES) is to identify teacher behaviors which are related to student learning. This report focuses on the relationship between the amount of instructional time devoted to mathematics in grade 2 and student achievement in mathematics. Achievement tests were administered in nine classrooms before…

This module for the classroom teacher is intended to help the teacher realize specific aims in instructional practice. Objectives outlined for the teacher are: (1) to be able to distinguish between broad goals and instructional objectives; (2) to be able to identify the characteristics of an instructional objective; (3) to be able to describe the…

Junior high schools boys performed forty trials on a ball roll up game in order to determine whether competition, initial ability level, and social reinforcement interact to influence the performance of a perceptual motor task. The analysis of the data demonstrated: (a) the competition, initial ability level, and social reinforcement factors did…

One experiment investigated the relationship of goal setting and locus of control to the work performance of mentally retarded adults and a second experiment was a semi-replication study done on college adults. Two main effects were studied: (1) Method of goal setting (whether a worker set his own goal, had a goal set by a supervisor, or simply…

This study examined the relationship between self-concept and two measures of academic performance, achievement and attrition. The Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS) was administered to 158 female junior college freshmen. data were collected on achievement (GPA), attrition (Drop nontransfers, Transfers, Persisters), academic ability (SAT), and…

The Extended Campus-Field Approach to Elementary Teacher Education Preparation and Placement Program (ECFE) at Brockport, New York, represents an Articulated Campus-Field program already in operation at the Faculty of Education. The ECFE approach is an interdisciplinary undertaking consisting of four phases for operation incorporating sixteen…

This report is concerned with the effects which varying types of interracial experiences have on the academic performance, aspirations, and racial opinions of students. At the same time, it considers the relationships between these outcomes and a variety of factors other than interracial experiences. The study was conducted in all of the public…

The performance and career progression of a sample of 20,705 airmen were monitored throughout their initial tour of service. For comparative purposes, this sample was divided into high school graduate and nongraduate groups and further subdivided by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFOT) mental categories. Points of comparison included:…

A series of experiments are described which were conducted to further refine experimental paradigms for the investigation of information processing skills relevant to pilot training. A series of tasks have been developed and studied which attempt to measure the individual's information processing capacity as well as his susceptibility to…

Instruments and questionnaires developed for gathering data on students and the schools they attend should be assessed. This was done for those instruments and questionnaires used in the reading assessment of the first year of the Minnesota Educational Assessment Program. General findings are: (1) Student socioeconomic status is strongly…

An investigation was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of a reading and study skills program for students taking a great number of courses that require quantitative reasoning, as well as other skills. Subjects were 53 freshmen enrolled at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. All of the subjects had failed one or more courses. A…

This is an elaboration of a 1967 to 1968 study that attempted to control various intervening variables thought to affect the outcomes of secondary reading improvement programs. Examined were the effects of the variables of race, sex, secondary school attended, college board scores, chronological age, family head's educational level, choice of…

The data collected for the study was used to test the hypothesis that a direct relationship exists between the amount of formal library education of a high school librarian and the librarian's performance on the job. The amount of library education was defined in terms of a Master's degree in library science for one group and an undergraduate…

Achievement test scores and measures of district and pupil characteristics were analyzed for all California school districts. Achievement test scores were found to be highly correlated among each other. The best single predictor of achievement scores was a measure of family poverty. Scholastic aptitude scores were not used as predictors.…

The purposes of this paper were: (1) to present a discussion of the uses of learning modules as part of a total effort in compentency-based teacher education programs, (2) to discuss the major components of learning modules in competency-based programs, and (3) to relate some personal considerations and concerns in the development and use of…