Divided into five parts, this document presents the projections of the Job Opportunities Forecast for the Washington State Labor Market through 1985. (A separate document, CE 018 690, discusses the methodology behind the forecasts.) Part 1, which serves as an introduction, describes the occupational information presented in the forecast and lists…

This curriculum guide outlines the mathematics objectives of each of the grades K-8 under the headings of operations, sentences and problem solving, numbers and numeration, measurement, geometry, statistics, and applications. Examples of each of the objectives are given. High school minimal skills are listed. The sequence of mathematics courses…

This study investigates the effect of attitudes toward mathematics-related coursework, previous mathematics coursework, student sex, spatial ability, and masculinity-feminity of interest pattern on statistics achievement. Subjects were 188 student volunteers from inferential statistics classes taught at a midwestern university during 1977-78.…

The Inter-American Center for the Teaching of Statistics (CIENES), Santiago, Chile--an educational unit of the Organization of American States (OAS)--was evaluated. Elements which were assessed included operating costs and program results; methods of meeting user needs more effectively; identification of possible duplication; and ways in which…

The Multi-Attribute Utilities Theory (MAUT), a model for the evaluation of public postsecondary programs, is presented and is applied to a study of WINNERS (Women's Inner-City Educational Resources Service) with an analysis of the effects of the model on the program. The first chapter provides an overview of the MAUT approach, outlining 16 steps…

This guide represents the final experimental version of an extended pilot project which was conducted in the United States between 1973 and 1976. The manner of presentation and the pedagogical ideas and tools are based on the works of Georges and Frederique Papy. They are recognized as having introduced colored arrow drawings…

This report covering the period 1976-1978 is the most recent in the series of reports prepared for the International Conference of Education held periodically in Geneva, Switzerland, under the auspices of the International Bureau of Education, UNESCO. Part 1 describes the present organization and administration of education in the United States.…

In this paper, the author (1) weighs the educational value of an oral language program which attempts to teach standard dialect to speakers of a nonstandard dialect and (2) considers the probable success of such a program, given the present social trends. He voices the following objections: (a) teaching a speaker of nonstandard dialect the…

DATA WERE SECURED BY PERSONAL INTERVIEW FROM 152 FARM-BASED BUSINESSES TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES FOR MAKING A SURVEY OF NONFARM AGRICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN AREA. SEVEN MAJOR OCCUPATIONAL FAMILIES WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE AGRI-BUSINESS COMPLEX. A TOTAL OF 2,811 EMPLOYEES WAS CATEGORIZED INTO NINE LEVELS OF…

The study reported here was performed to develop the Productivity Measurement System (PMS), a method for measuring the productivity of State employment service agencies (SESA) that utilize other productivity measures besides placements, which is the measure used in the current system, Research Allocation Formula (RAF). Chapter 1 covers the purpose…

The Instructional Strategy Diagnostic Profile (ISDP) was designed to enable instructional developers and evaluators to predict the effectiveness of, and prescribe improvements for existing instructional materials. Experimental studies were conducted in introductory college statistics and physics classes to validate the ISDP and its accompanying…

Test items, all referencing the same instructional objective, are not equally difficult. This investigation attempts to identify some of the determinants of item difficulty within the context of a first course in educational statistics. Computer generated variations of items were used to provide the data. The results were used to investigate the…

This report of employment and job projections in Missouri for 1974 through 1980 is divided into two parts. The first part describes in detail the methods and data sources which have been used to generate employment and job opening projections. The concepts of projections versus forecasts and employment projections versus demand projections are…

The study examined the labor force participation of Ontario secondary school students during the summer of 1973. A sample of schools stratified by region, size of community, and school type was taken. Within each school in the sample, students in levels 2, 3, 4, and 5 completed questionnaires. The tables presented in the report are based on the…

This pamphlet was designed to describe occupations in the area of statistics to high school students. A variety of applications of statistical techniques in the solution to ecological, political, and biological problems are described briefly. General opportunities for statisticians in ten professional areas are listed, and many others are…