The relationship between mathematics tests and the theoretical learning process was explored using alternative statistical methods and models. Data for over 1300 students in grade 5 using the mathematics subscales from the National Longitudinal Study of Mathematical Abilities (NLSMA) were analyzed. Results indicated that Bloom's taxonomy is weakly…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONTRASTING ORGANIZATIONAL TYPES CREATED IN THE LABORATORY SETTING AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THREE TYPES OF ROLE STRAINS--ROLE UNCERTAINTY, ROLE DISPARITY, AND ROLE INCOMPATIBILITY. THE TWO ORGANIZATION TYPES STUDIED DIFFERED IN DEGREE OF SPECIALIZATION, EMPHASIS ON RULES AND REGULATIONS, AMOUNT…

The hierarchy of positions in an educational organization makes it possible to have an orderly career, which is traced out through a series of related positions. A differentiated salary schedule provides the incentive to pursue an orderly career. Barriers to an orderly career are of five types: assessment, education, seniority, experience, and…

A year-long research project was conducted concerning chartering as a potential management and communications tool in vocational-occupational education. Chartering is defined as a management tool which allows two individuals in the same or related organizations, sharing different levels of the same mission, to achieve an understanding of each…

This pamphlet surveys the research and literature concerned with school organizational plans and their effects on learning. Focusing on vertical and horizontal organization and scheduling, this document lists 10 guidelines to improve organization for instruction and discusses exemplary practices and plans. An extensive bibliography is included.…

Charts development and describes features of multidisciplinary health studies course emphasizing experiential learning being introduced as part of Munn and Dunning development program. Suggests methods for easing tensions generated when aspects of school-based development are introduced into centrally controlled curriculum change to develop…

Considers organizational structures of academic libraries through writings of organizational theorists and related work by librarians and develops an organizational model based on this review. The model comprises a modified professional bureaucratic structure; flexible resource allocation; use of management information systems; export of…

Decision making was studied in 55 public secondary schools in New Jersey. Aston's methodology was used and showed that principals who shared decison making had teachers who were more loyal, satisfied, and described the authority structure as less rigid. A distinction was made between delegated and joint decison making. (author/dc).

Information is seen as a "crucial resource," and what this portends for citizenship and the education of citizens is discussed. The erosion of hierarchies, power and participation, education for integrative thinking, and core curriculum are addressed. (MLW)

Discusses how instruction in computer literacy will fit into the present school curriculum (particularly science) and the nature of an adequate scope and sequence for this subject area. A model K-12 computer literacy curriculum is presented with a corresponding scope and sequence chart. (JN)

The author explores the arena of decision making peculiar to school administrators. Dilemmas confronting school principals are discussed: (1) conflicting expectations and demands; (2) adversary position of the principal; (3) simultaneous dual interpretations of the school systems; and (4) duality of goals of the educational organization. Modes of…

A study focused on defining what is needed to build an occupational classification system using a skills-based concept. A thorough analysis was conducted of all existing classification systems and the new Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) content model so recommendations made regarding the revisions of the Standard Occupational…

In a study of error hierarchy, 10 native-speaker teachers of English and 10 non-native-speaker teachers evaluated 25 sentences containing 7 types of errors. It was concluded that error hierarchies are not inherent and "universal" but reflect the evaluators' own educational training. (Contains seven references.) (Author/LB)

Four studies examined developmental differences in the representation of basic-subordinate inclusion relationships in three-, five-, and seven-year olds and undergraduates. Found that even three-year olds showed rudimentary knowledge of the asymmetry of inclusion. There was a marked developmental gap between producing subordinate category names…

Prevention and intervention research studies often fail to include an assessment of program integrity, and when they do, it is often examined in a limited way. Further, despite efforts to reform the intervention research process to include community stakeholders more actively in every phase of investigation, current practice generally employs a…