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Blum, Stuart H. – 1975
Student reaction to a one-semester course in educational research, a required course in the master's degree program in teacher education at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, was obtained through administration of a questionnaire from 1965 through 1973. Students most valued lecture and question sessions on writing style, form and…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Educational Research, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Doyle, Walter – 1979
Research on classroom teaching is discussed within the conceptual framework of the analysis of student classroom tasks. Three types of learning tasks are illustrated: understanding; memory; and routine problem-solving according to an algorithm. It is contended that most classroom research projects study teachers' and students' actions, rather than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
Webster, Raymond E.; And Others – 1979
This study examines the usefulness of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) in predicting the reading achievement of 74 disabled readers in grade 3 on the word recognition subtest of the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT). The WRAT word recognition subtest was used because previous research has demonstrated a high positive…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1966
PROJECT CONCERN IS A 2-YEAR EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN WHICH OVER 250 DISADVANTAGED YOUNGSTERS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE FIVE ARE BUSED FROM THEIR INNER CITY SCHOOLS TO FIVE MIDDLE CLASS SUBURBAN SCHOOL SYSTEMS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE CHANGE IN MILIEU, WITH OR WITHOUT SOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WILL CREATE POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE…
Descriptors: Black Students, Bus Transportation, Control Groups, Disadvantaged Youth
Cameron, Ben – 1977
The three objectives of this evaluation plan are: (1) to assess the impact of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I Migrant Program on the basic skill attainment and school attendance of participants in the second, fourth, and sixth grades; (2) to validate the migrant student counts used in the allocation of funds to the states;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Johansson, Britt – 1980
An English summary of a study on nursing education which was written in Swedish is presented. Standards of medical and surgical knowledge required of student nurses were evaluated based on all written test items in medical and surgical nursing set during one year at Swedish schools of nursing. The views of teaching staff and student nurses on…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Degree Requirements, Educational Assessment
Madras, S.; And Others – 1978
Utilizing a computerized model, this paper presents a five-year financial plan for the board of education in North York (Ontario). The model assumes that the present organizational structure and policies of the board will continue and that a zero inflation rate will prevail for the next five years. It assesses financial implications for the future…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education
Boldt, R. F. – 1978
Problems of obtaining a representative sample for a national survey are discussed, and the experiences of Educational Testing Service are used as examples of some methods used to cope with these problems. It is suggested that researchers: (1) capitalize on some existing program; (2) establish in the minds of the possible examinees and the possible…
Descriptors: Bias, Data Collection, Educational Research, Motivation
Kim, Jin E.; And Others – 1976
"The State of the Art" is a bibliographical essay current to 1975 consisting of 300 items relating to home-school-community relations. This literature was examined in order to (1) provide a conceptual framework for home-school-community relations, (2) develop a classification scheme for existing theory and practice, and (3) suggest further…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Cooperative Planning, Family School Relationship, Literature Reviews
Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1978
Various approaches to introductory courses in social work research in Canada are described. Objectives of the report are to promote informational exchange among instructors in schools of social work, to provide data on common practices employed in the instruction of introductory research, to encourage innovation and experimentation, and to aid in…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Curriculum, Comparative Education, Computers
Raffeld, Paul; And Others – 1979
The RMC Model A (norm-referenced) for evaluation of Title I programs is based upon the equipercentile assumption--that students maintain their percentile rank over a one-year period, provided that no special instrucional intervention is introduced. The control group, essentially the sample used to standardize the achievement test, represents the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Critical Path Method, Elementary Education, Error of Measurement
Micek, Sidney S.; Lenning, Oscar T. – 1979
Projects of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) conducted to develop techniques and strategies for describing and analyzing outcomes are discussed. It is suggested that the information will assist decision-makers in understanding and using outcomes information in their planning and management decisions. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Colleges, Decision Making
Scott, Ralph – 1979
Extensive research into the effects of racial balancing within schools has yielded little evidence that minority or majority children benefit from such endeavors. A productivity model developed by Walberg illustrates the type of comprehensive design needed to schematize learning and raise the quality of education for students of all races. This…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Community Support, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Baenen, Nancy – 1978
This booklet provides a summary of purposes and goals of the Education for Parenthood Project, along with a summary of the evaluation services to be implemented in order to effectively make decisions about funding and possible project modifications. Decision questions are outlined, and information needs are elaborated. A method for disseminating…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Day Care, High School Students
Tatham, Elaine L. – 1977
The author describes her career development from mathematics instructor to director of institutional research at a large community college. She discusses the impact of mathematics on her career, illustrates her present job by describing three recently completed research projects, and strongly recommends that mathematics instructors encourage some…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Community Colleges, Demography, Enrollment Projections
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