This study investigated the relationship between teacher behavior and pupil reflective dialogue in the classroom assuming that social problems provide a natural springboard for inquiry through classroom discussion. It was hypothesized that different teacher strategies promote different types of class interaction. Discussion styles were to be…

A conceptual model of individual assessment through the use of biodata responses with minimal input information is outlined. The process is considered especially applicable to industrial psychology. A scored autobiographical data form, which measures the individual's past behavior and experiences, provides for assignment to a specific subgroup…

A review of trends in the teaching of foreign language during the last decade focuses on the predominance of the audiolingual method and current criticism by leading theorists of its theoretical foundations. Discussion of a psychological model of learning explores the relationships of motivation, cognition, evaluation, and response formation. The…

A curriculum hierarchy evaluation (CHE) model was developed by combining a transfer paradigm with an aptitude-treatment-task interaction (ATTI) paradigm. Positive transfer was predicted between sequentially arranged tasks, and a programed or nonprogramed treatment was predicted to interact with aptitude and with tasks. Eighteen four and five…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether option weighting improved the internal consistency and intercorrelation of the subtests. The differential option-weighting scheme employed in this study is based on one devised by Guttman. The tests were first scored with Guttman-type weights and then with conventional correction-for-guessing…

This paper proposes an Evaluator Development Program to meet the need for improvement and development in educational evaluation. The objective is to enhance effective evaluation processes in elementary, secondary, and higher education through the institutionalization of evaluator roles within differential settings. The program involves the…

Research in education has not been relevant because: 1) Decision makers have been making decisions without research findings and see no need for this kind of information now; 2) Research findings in the local schools are usually made available to the decision-maker or administrator after the decisions have been implemented; 3) Researchers feel the…

This book contains four papers by noted educational planning experts that, together, cover practically all the implications of undertaking 'futurological' studies in education. Louis Emmery, in his "Alternative Educational Futures and Educational Policy-Planning," summarizes the three papers that comprise the remainder of the document and stresses…

Contemporary approaches to research and practice in the administration of organizational change tend to emphasize systematic aspects of the process, focusing on the orderly sequencing of such activities as goal-setting, planning, and execution. This emphasis has given rise to efforts to identify and describe overall strategies of organizational…

The growing emphasis on planning and evaluation in educational institutions has resulted in rapid implementation of various strategies. Participant-consultant observations were used to focus on the problems of the implementation. Organizational conflicts were identified, and coping strategies were developed by an external agent. Several…

The materials in this resource unit for Grade Nine focus on farm problems as a case study for supply and demand analysis. The unit emphasizes a problem-solving approach. Students define the farm problems, set up and test hypotheses about causes of the problems, and investigate courses of action. An outline of the content of the unit precedes…

Discovery of which learner characteristics or aptitudes interact with different methods of instruction is the objective of this research study. A model is used to match the cognitive, motivational, value, and sensory orientations of the student with forms of presentation considered compatible with characteristics of the learner. Description of the…

This booklet is one in a series which describes a competency-based teacher education program developed by the staff of the Department of Vocational and Applied Arts Education at Wayne State University. This booklet discusses instructional systems and accountability, which are two important facets of the program. Part I describes a model of the…

In this speech, the author asserts that training educational administrators has historically tended to fall within the practitioner-intellectual continuum. As a result, programs have followed one of two models: the "prescriptive" and the social science, with an unjustified dichotomy between theory and practice. The authors have,…

In this paper, the authors report on a project designed to enhance an educational system's capability for introducing and regenerating change and to develop and evaluate one specific strategy for implementing "second generation" planned change. The operation model views teachers as the key variable in the introduction of planned change.…