The six learning modules described focus on specific competencies of vocational teachers. They are performance based, and involve participants in activities designed to integrate the theory of successful vocational teaching with its practice. Information is provided on course purposes and content and activities and resources involved in use of the…

A number of factors have contributed to the inflation of grades in higher education, including: the belief that grades traumatize and dehumanize students; the conviction that academic standards are unfair in light of the equality of each individual; teachers' hesitation to fail high-risk or open enrollment students; the influence of popular…

A peer-rating information system, designed to assess the ratings which peers make of each other's performance, is presented. An application of the computerized rating program, PEERRATE, to a graduate business course is described. Special features of the program are that: (1) rater bias is removed by considering only the intervals made by the rater…

Students in eleventh grade composition classes in an Ephrata, Washington, high school work in groups to evaluate each other's papers, enabling teachers to handle many more papers in much less time than usual and developing students' writing and evaluatory skills. The sequence used for each course assignment is as follows: (1) The class reads and…

FINDINGS OF THIS STUDY INDICATE THE NECESSITY OF REEXAMINING THE UNMODIFIED USE OF SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE LETTER GRADE DISTRIBUTION AS THE BASIS FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT LETTER GRADE DISTRIBUTION OF A CLASS. THE USE OF THIS SYSTEM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT FOR ANY SIZE SAMPLE OF STUDENTS, THERE WILL BE A HIGH CORRELATION OF I.Q.…

A BRIEF STUDY OF THE FRESHMAN ENGLISH CURRICULUM FOCUSES, FOR THE MOST PART, UPON STATE UNIVERSITIES. A DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF THE PHILOSOPHY UNDERLYING THE COURSE, INCLUDING SUCH MATTERS AS STAFFING AND ORIENTATION OF TEACHERS, ARTICULATION WITH FEEDER SCHOOLS, AND THE EFFECT OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RHETORIC, LOGIC, AND LANGUAGE STUDY. TEXT…

A TECHNIQUE FOR ORAL TESTING IN THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY IS OUTLINED. TO PROPERLY TEST STUDENTS' ORAL ABILITY, THE TEST SHOULD BE PREPARED LIKE THE LESSONS--CUE OR QUESTION, STUDENT RESPONSE, CORRECT RESPONSE. SO AS NOT TO REQUIRE EXCESSIVE GRADING TIME ON THE TEACHER'S PART, THE LABORATORY SHOULD HAVE FACILITIES TO START AND STOP STUDENT TAPE…

During the fall quarter 1972, a total competency-based educational research course was offered at Florida International University. At that time, the course was characterized by prescribed competencies, criterion-referenced evaluation, the absence of tests, credit-no credit grading, self pacing, unlimited recycling to criterion, and individual…

Directed study is an individualized on- or off-campus learning experience arranged between an undergraduate student and one or more University of Minnesota faculty members for academic credit in an area not covered by regular courses. The College of Liberal Arts Office for Special Learning Opportunities (OSLO) investigated the directed study…

The 1975 college bulletin describes the administration, college history, registration and general regulations, and general information regarding funds, library facilities, scholarships, and prizes. Details are given on tuition and fees, transfer students, degree requirements, rosters, grading, foreign students, junior year in Israel, and other…

This book is intended as a practical guide for the preservice and in-service education of teachers. The first chapter describes current practices in marking and reporting student progress. This is followed by guidelines for improving marking and reporting systems (Chapter 2), methods of assigning norm-referenced letter grades (Chapter 3), the use…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relative effectiveness of an oral response method of theme evaluation, using cassette tapes, and of the traditional marginal-interlinear-terminal response method. The sample consisted of ninth grade students in four English classes. In the two experimental groups cassette tapes were used in theme…

Research at the United States Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker, Alabama, sought to improve the school-wide training quality control system. Investigators studied: 1) the relation between the grades a student received from instructors and those he received from a checkpilot; 2) the effect of checkpilots' prior information about students' progress…

Five computer programs which teach concepts and processes related to social studies (in the main, economics) are presented. The subjects of the programs are the distinction between balance of trade and balance of payments; installment buying, loan payments, and savings accounts; flow of goods, services, and money between business and the consumer;…

Two experiments were undertaken to study the effects of nonintellective behavior upon essay grades. In the first experiment teachers were exposed to information depicting a stimulus boy as either aggressive or non-aggressive. Following this information subject marked either a creative or noncreative essay. The subjects consisted of eight teachers…