An instrument was developed to measure the perceptions of principals toward problems related to educational vouchers (EVs). Thirty-four items concerning freedom of choice, equalization, segregation, church and state issues, and enrollment and recruitment were originally chosen through a literature review. Seventeen graduate students in…

A study examined the effectiveness of the Reading Recovery Pilot program of the school district of the city of Saginaw, Michigan. Thirty-five of the original 55 students in the program were successfully discontinued from the program--they read with a 90% or greater level of accuracy materials being used in the classroom and use the kinds of…

A pilot project attempted to measure reactions of participants to the Technology Education Division program at the national convention of the American Vocational Association in St. Louis (December 1992). After a review of the literature, a Conference Reaction Model was developed and subjected to peer review. After several revisions, a pilot…

A pilot case study addressed how a reader engages aesthetically with text. The main thrust theoretically is from the notion that "there are possible worlds other than the one we inhabit." Four subjects were chosen out of a total of 63 subjects in grades four through six in an elementary school in Western Canada. Out of the four subjects,…

This paper first examines different conceptions of collaborative research. It then reviews problems and benefits in collaborative research as perceived by teams of researchers and teacher center/teacher personnel in 14 projects funded by the Teachers' Center Exchange at the Far West Laboratory. Criteria for effective collaborative research are…

The state of Connecticut initiated a statewide program of systematic needs assessment for children's mental health services in 1986-1987. A stratified random sample of children ages 6 to 11 was drawn from registration lists of all public, private, and parochial schools. Of 79 schools, 56 were sampled, and 54 agreed to participate in the survey.…

This paper reports on a computer conferencing pilot project initiated by the Consortium for the Development of Professional Materials for Vocational Education and developed at the Center on Education and Training for Employment at Ohio State University. The report provides an introduction to computer conferencing and describes the stages of the…

The purpose of this research was to design, create a prototype, and evaluate an Educational Data Acquisition System (EDAS) for use in secondary school science laboratories. The prototype of EDAS consisted of a microcomputer, data acquisition interface, sensors, software, and documentation. It provided the teacher and students with a…

This paper provides an overview of a prototype simulation-centered intelligent computer-based training (CBT) system--implemented using expert system technology--which provides: (1) an environment in which trainees can learn and practice complex skills; (2) a computer-based coach or mentor to critique performance, suggest improvements, and provide…

A project was undertaken to provide computer-assisted instruction (CAI) to 92 native adult students in the Keewatin region of the Northwest Territories of Canada. The project's principal goals were as follows: attract and maintain the interest of a greater segment of the target population, produce faster progress in academic training, help program…

This report on the development of the Charleston County School District (South Carolina) U.S. History Area Examination outlines: (1) the preliminary planning activities to initiate the development of the test; (2) the development of test blueprints and test specifications; (3) the review of specifications for clarity, completeness, accuracy, and…

The preferences of a group of 35 randomly selected undergraduate and graduate students for different text density on computer screens were examined in this study. The displays, which ranged from 53% to 22% density, were generated using the Apple IIe microcomputer. Students were shown a pair of screens of different densities and asked which screen…

In September 1988, seven pilot school boards in Dumfries and Galloway Region, Scotland, met for the first time. The pilot scheme sought to learn about the functioning of school boards before they came into statutory existence in the 1989-90 school year. The seven schools represented a cross-section of Regional schools and ranged from a one-teacher…

An instrument was developed for use in evaluating the effects of environmental education (EE) programs on young children's attitudes. The instrument consists of pairs of drawings; students tell which picture in a given pair they like better. In developing the instrument, assumptions were made that second- and third-grade students have…

It's a happy village populated by folks who speak both Spanish and English, and boys and girls can now visit it via public television. (Editor)