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Download full textEnger, John M.; And Others – 1992
This paper compares the response rates of university graduates on the following three formats of a questionnaire: (1) a two-page questionnaire that is to be returned with an accompanying self-addressed stamped envelope; (2) a format using smaller type and condensed format to present the questionnaire items on a single page that is to be returned…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Graduates, Comparative Testing, Educational Attitudes
Norback, Judith Shaul; And Others – 1992
As part of a job literacy analysis project, 63 entry-level and mid-to-executive level secretaries were interviewed from business, government, and health care settings to describe the literacy requirement skills, tasks, and materials of their jobs. In the 1-hour interview, the job incumbent and interviewer reviewed examples of different types of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Entry Workers, Job Analysis
Ott, Attiat F. – 1992
A survey instrument developed in 1991 by the Massachusetts Job Council to ascertain basic information regarding funds spent on job training and to provide state policymakers with information about those being served and what services are being provided was used as a model to develop a program assessment instrument. The program assessment…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Coordination, Data Collection
Morrison, James L. – 1990
The focus of the session summarized in this paper was on how postsecondary educational institutions can better anticipate the future of higher education by using the "alternative futures approach to planning" model. The alternative futures model processes the best available information obtainable so that plausible alternative futures in…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Ericson, Britta, Ed. – 1992
This book offers eight papers presented by specially invited delegates. The papers and their authors are as follows: "Dyslexia and Its Consequences in the Life of Dyslexics" (Hanna Jaklewicz); "Visually Related Reading Problems--Diagnosis and Treatment" (Ivar Lie); "How to Prevent Vision Problems among Children in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Children, Childrens Literature, Dyslexia
Wilkinson, L. David; And Others – 1994
In the 1992-93 school year, in response to a request from the Board of Trustees of the Austin Independent School District (Texas) (AISD), the district's Office of Research and Evaluation conducted a retrospective examination of the 1991-92 AISD programs to determine cost-effectiveness when possible. This report describes the review process.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Lyman, Barbara Gallow, Ed.; Payne, Emily Miller, Ed. – 1993
This proceedings document focuses on research and program development in developmental education and instruction in mathematics, reading, and writing. Papers are: "Down in the Trenches: Tutors Learning about Learning" (Jace Condravy); "Expanding the Role of Developmental Education in Research Institutions" (Patricia Dwinell and others);…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Developmental Programs, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Mattoon, Joseph S. – 1992
A review of the literature was conducted to describe the field of program evaluation, to identify useful sources of information on the topic, and to outline concepts and methodologies that have been proposed for planning and conducting evaluations of education and training programs. The results of the review showed that the failures of early…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Planning, Educational Research, Educational Resources
Watkins, Ruth V., Ed.; Rice, Mabel L., Ed. – 1994
The fourth volume in a series on communication and language intervention focuses on specific language impairments in children, and contains papers presented at a 1992 conference. Papers include the following: "Specific Language Impairments in Children: An Introduction" (Ruth V. Watkins); "Studies of Genetics of Specific Language Impairment" (J.…
Descriptors: Children, Early Identification, Evaluation Criteria, Family (Sociological Unit)
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1993
A 1-year demonstration project was conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to help remove or reduce barriers to the participation of low-income family day care homes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). FNS funded six grantees to conduct a demonstration of three different strategies.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care
De La Rosa, Mario R., Ed.; Adrados, Juan-Luis Recio, Ed. – 1993
The lack of information on the extent and nature of drug use and abuse among minority youth has limited the development of culturally relevant and effective interventions for this group. These papers present research findings and information about research methodology directed at this target group. Papers include: (1) "Integrating Mainstream…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, American Indians, Blacks
Boone, William; Svec, Michael – 1993
Characteristics of objective measurement and how to develop an objective instrument are discussed. Objective measurement can be thought of as that type of measurement in the social sciences that parallels the measurement that takes place in science. The following are aspects of scientific measurement that should be transferred to the measurement…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Models, Objective Tests, Preservice Teacher Education
Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto (Ontario). – 1994
The Task Group on Gender-Focused Research was established to raise awareness and interest in gender as a variable in addictions research at the Addiction Research Foundation (ARF) in Ontario (Canada). Recognizing that much of the research on substance abuse has focused on males, the Task Group was charged with providing a basis for the development…
Descriptors: Drug Addiction, Drug Education, Females, Foreign Countries
de Jong, John H. A. L.; Stoyanova, Fellyanka – 1994
A study of item response theory in language testing research investigated the influence of sample size on (1) the statistical test of data-model fit and (2) the invariance of parameter estimates. Data were drawn from a 1993 administration of the examination of Dutch as a second language to about a thousand candidates, using results from only the…
Descriptors: Dutch, Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory, Language Research
Brindley, Geoff – 1991
This preliminary study investigated the perceptions of the research process of teachers who had newly become researchers and, in particular, it sought to explore the relationship between teacher-conducted research and professional growth. Six experienced English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers were…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Language Research
