The validity of the equipercentile hypothesis of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS) norm-referenced evaluation model was examined. The California Achievement Test, Reading, was administered as a pretest and posttest to 3,224 seventh and ninth grade students. The equipercentile hypothesis predicts that the posttest percentile…

Intended for use by cooperative education program coordinators, this module deals with the rights of cooperative education program enrollees as they are specified by Michigan minimum wage legislation. Specifically, the module deals with two Michigan laws--Act 154 of Public Act of 1964, as amended and Act 390 of Public Act of 1978. Designed to be a…

One in a series of core instructional materials for apprentices to use during the first or second years of apprentice-related subjects training, this booklet deals with basic safety. The first section consists of an outline of the content and scope of the core materials as well as a self-assessment pretest. Covered in the four instructional…

This article describes a multicultural counseling course designed specifically for school counselor trainees. Results from a course evaluation are also offered and described. Analyses of the pre- and post-tests indicated an increase in the four dimensions (i.e., multicultural knowledge, multicultural awareness, multicultural skills, and…

It has been assumed that combining living in a native speech community with formal classroom instruction creates an ideal learning environment for foreign language learners. This study examines the extent to which formal instruction affects the oral discourse of advanced learners in target-language speaking environments. From a discourse…

The pretest-posttest design referred to as Design 2 by Campbell and Stanley (1963) is commonly used in educational research and evaluation. The tenability of the assumption of a zero population difference commonly used with this design is questioned. A nonzero population estimate based on the mean difference observed in test-retest reliability…

Sixteen Caucasian, fourth-grade, low ability math students participated in an experimental classroom intervention designed to improve their self-concepts. After pretesting with the How I See Myself Scale (HISMS), students each day for 8 weeks began class with a self-enhancing activity. Specific classroom exericses aimed at increasing children's…

This book of pretests and review exercises is designed to accompany the Engine Tune-Up Service Student Guide for Unit 6, Emission Control Systems, available separately as CE 031 220. Focus of the exercises and pretests is inspecting, testing, and servicing emission control systems. Pretests and performance checklists are provided for each of the…

The present study examined the impact of an experience with adults in sex-role reversed occupations upon elementary school children's sex-stereotyped beliefs. Subjects were 68 children in first, third, and fifth grades from a parochial elementary school in San Leandro, California. The adult occupations test, a paper and pencil assessment…

The purpose of this study was to test the impact of an affective education program designed to improve the ability of elementary school students to interact with socially and culturally different peers. The curriculum consists of an annotated collection of approximately 40 techniques and activities, together with related audiovisual materials.…

A large-scale and a small-scale simulation of the reallocation of students into and out of an originally-selected treatment group were performed. It was postulated that both the scores on a selection test and teacher ratings are measures of student needs in the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS). In the norm-referenced model, three…

This two-part module was prepared to assist instructors in designing and implementing a peer tutoring program. After introductory material and the presentation of a rationale for peer tutoring, Part I begins by stating learning objectives and providing a pretest. It then presents an overview of peer tutoring, outlining a systematic tutoring…

Students who were candidates for teacher certification at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville were administered the Bogardus Social Distance Scale to determine the effect of a state mandated human relations course on their attitudes toward ethnic and racial groups. The scale was administered to these students and three control groups which…

The Bilingual Individualized Instructional Management System operated in one Detroit (Michigan) public school. Materials and assistance were also offered to one parochial school. The approach employed a comprehensive and individualized learning system to provide concentrated instruciton to 150 children in grades Kindergarten through five who were…

This fifty item multiple choice test was developed by Portland Public Schools, Maine, to assess middle school students' understanding of the concepts presented in the "Responsibility" unit of the "Law in a Free Society" materials published by the California Bar Association. These materials deal with eight concepts for…