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Osborn, William C.; Ford, J. Patrick – 1976
A synthetic performance test is a job performance test that has been degraded to some degree in the range of tasks covered or in the fidelity of stimulus/response features. Since further development is needed before synthetic performance testing is valid and efficient, this research project focused on three objectives: to (1) identify problems…
Descriptors: Adults, Group Testing, Intelligence, Job Analysis
House, Gary D. – 1979
The equivalency of achievement results obtained under Title I evaluation models A1 and C1 was examined. Data were reading comprehension and arithmetic scores on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, administered to fourth, sixth, and eighth grade students in St. Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis Public Schools had traditionally used Model A1, a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Age Differences, Arithmetic
Taylor, Nancy D. – 1978
The purpose of the project described here was to devise and test a low-cost model for increasing undergraduate career information in the University of South Florida sociology department. The initial formulation of the model described information exchanges initiated by the sociology department with alumni, community organizations, and other…
Descriptors: Alumni, Career Exploration, Career Planning, College Students
Mitchell, Maurice – 1979
The theory of comprehensive educational development is explored in terms of a plan for its implementation at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC). The report first discusses the curriculum development model proposed by Taba in 1961 and identifies its curricular, instructional, and faculty development components. A rationale for a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Planning, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Download full textD'Amico, Joseph J.; And Others – 1980
This booklet presents information to help teachers understand three influences on children's citizenship development and offers practical suggestions to enrich their citizenship education experiences. The three influences on citizenship development are role models (people that children imitate); institutional environments (children's physical,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Class Activities, Educational Resources
Koch, Jean, Ed. – 1977
Proceedings from the International Summit on Prevention of Mental Retardation from Biomedical Causes are provided. After a list of participants and summary of the highlights of the conference, the keynote address by H. Moser is presented. The following 13 papers are provided along with workshop recommendations and a list of main points elicited…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Biology, Conference Reports, Congenital Impairments
Bell, James – 1980
In response to a low passing rate in a general psychology course taught at Howard Community College (MD), as well as to student and instructor dissatisfaction with the course, a systems model was developed and applied to improve course quality. The development of the model involved nine steps: (1) enumerating precise skill objectives which could…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Community Colleges, Course Evaluation
Drummond, Norman W. – 1978
The paper explores special education in Australia during the period 1970-80. Separate sections discuss the following aspects: (1) beginnings of special education in Australia, (2) early developments in public provision for the education of handicapped children, (3) progress in the provision for special education during 1970-80 (including such…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy
Patience, Wayne M.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1979
An experiment was performed with computer-generated data to investigate some of the operational characteristics of tailored testing as they are related to various provisions of the computer program and item pool. With respect to the computer program, two characteristics were varied: the size of the step of increase or decrease in item difficulty…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Error of Measurement
Barry, Lois – 1980
The writing institute for college writing program directors described in this paper based a student-centered freshman composition course on the central premise that students can only learn to write by writing, since writing is an activity or process. The basic assumptions about the structure of writing classes on which the institute participants…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Descriptions, Educational Philosophy, Inservice Teacher Education
Goodwin, Judy – 1980
Philadelphia's Follow Through program in 14 schools was evaluated in terms of its educational, staff development, parent involvement, health services, and social services components. Cross-sectional reading and mathematics achievement data indicated that the Follow Through participants outperformed the non-Follow Through Title I group.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Compensatory Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Frary, Robert B.; Giles, Mary B. – 1980
This paper describes the development and investigation of a new approach to determining the existence of bias in multiple-choice test scores. Previous work in this area has concentrated almost exclusively on bias attributable to specific test items or to differences in test score distributions across racial or ethnic groups. In contrast, the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Goodness of Fit, Guessing (Tests)
Peters, Milton; Didham, James R. – 1980
An in-house market analysis was used to determine which resources in a small, private, liberal arts college influence prospective students to matriculate there. The purpose was to evaluate and improve the use of recruitment resources. The responses of inquirers, applicants (matriculating and nonmatriculating) and matriculators were compared on…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, College Choice, College Role
WINTERS, WILLIAM K. – 1967
THIS NOTE IS CONCERNED WITH THE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL ASPECTS OF DYNAMOD II. ITS PURPOSE IS TO DESCRIBE THE ANALYTICAL ASPECTS OF THE MODEL AND TO SHOW HOW IT IS IMPLEMENTED AND USED IN A TIME-SHARING ENVIRONMENT. THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE MODEL IS DESCRIBED, AND THE VARIABLES DEFINED IN THE PROGRAM AND THE PART THEY…
Descriptors: Age Groups, College Faculty, College Students, Computer Oriented Programs
BYARS, LLOYD L.; NUNN, GEOFFREY E. – 1967
THIS ARTICLE OUTLINED THE CURRENT STATUS OF QUANTITATIVE METHODS AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH (OR), SKETCHED THE STRENGTHS OF TRAINING EFFORTS AND ISOLATED WEAKNESSES, AND FORMULATED WORKABLE CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING SUCCESS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMS. A SURVEY OF 105 COMPANIES REVEALED THAT PERT, INVENTORY CONTROL THEORY AND LINEAR…
Descriptors: Business Education, Cognitive Processes, Educational Problems, Employer Attitudes
