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Peer reviewedMullins, Anthony J. – American Biology Teacher, 1975
Descriptors: Biology, Classification, Field Studies, Instruction
Download full textTraudt, Paul J. – 1981
Qualitative research procedures may be characterized by the practice of empiricism that is sensitive to individual perspectives of reality. The many techniques that may be used are malleable and situation-specific in their design--contingent on those aspects of social phenomena that are chosen to be studied. Practical curriculum design for…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Curriculum Design, Field Studies, Higher Education
Held, Thomas H.; Kappelman, Murray M. – 1976
Computer assisted instruction is beginning to have an important role in the rapidly expanding field of continuing education for health science professionals. At the present time, there are 22 medical specialty boards, all of which require or are about to require some form of continuing medical education for re-certification, and studies are being…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Credit Courses, Field Studies, Health Education
PDF pending restorationWax, Murray; Wax, Rosalie – 1979
Anthropological fieldwork is characterized as the most human methodology of the social sciences. Fieldwork brings the researcher into intimate relationships with the host people and facilitates perception of the unexpected activity of general social processes and understanding the initially perplexing conduct of the hosts. Fieldwork also has…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Educational Anthropology, Educational Researchers, Ethnography
Center for Urban Education, New York, NY. – 1967
IN A SOCIAL SCIENCE FIELD RESEARCH PROJECT 80 YOUTH IN THE BEDFORD-STUYVESANT AREA OF BROOKLYN WILL BE TRAINED TO GATHER DATA ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY AND WILL BE TAUGHT TO CODE AND EVALUATE THEIR FINDINGS. FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, ONE-HALF OF THE TRAINEES WILL CONTINUE IN A 6-MONTH TRAINING PROGRAM IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION,…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Data Collection, Educational Programs, Field Interviews
STEVICK, EARL W. – 1966
THE ANTHROPOLOGIST, THE DESCRIPTIVE LINGUIST, AND THE AUTHOR OF A LANGUAGE TEXT HAVE DIFFERENT GOALS IN RECORDING LANGUAGES IN THE FIELD. THE ANTHROPOLOGIST/ETHNOGRAPHER, HOWEVER, CAN ASSEMBLE FIELD TAPES WHICH WILL NOT ONLY FULFILL HIS PURPOSE BUT WILL ALSO SERVE AS A BASIS FOR DESCRIPTIVE STUDY AND AS RAW MATERIAL FOR A PEDAGOGICAL TREATMENT OF…
Descriptors: African Languages, Anthropology, Diachronic Linguistics, Field Studies
Singer, Dorothy G.; Singer, Jerome L. – 1978
This study examined the ways in which the spontaneous imaginative play and other social behaviors of 3- and 4-year-old children are affected by the frequency and patterns of their television viewing. The subjects were 141 children from predominantly white middle class homes. Pretesting was done to get an estimate of IQ (Peabody Picture Vocabulary…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Imagination, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children
Scott, Myrtle; Eklund, Susan J. – 1979
Qualitative/naturalistic inquiry intends to discover whatever naturally occurring order exists rather than to test various theories or conceptual frameworks held by the investigator. Naturalistic, ecological data are urgently needed concerning the behavior of educational administrators. Such data can considerably change the knowledge base of the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavioral Science Research, Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education
Sproull, Lee S. – 1978
This paper describes a study of managerial behavior in educational organizations that focused on managerial attention as an organizational coupling mechanism. Structured observation was used to collect minute-by-minute time allocation protocols for five first-line education program managers over 20 working days, and these protocols were analyzed…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Educational Administration, Field Studies
Clark, Richard M. – 1976
Variables that schools can not directly control are predictors of a significant portion of the achievement differences of children, yet some schools seem to be operating significantly better or worse than predicted in regard to pupil achievement. This observation study represents an effort to look more closely at schools in which actual pupil…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education
Duffy, Larry R. – 1976
The report summarizes the results of a field test conducted for the purpose of determining the utility to Naval training of the Systems Capabilities/Requirements and Resources (SCRR) and the Training Process Flow (TPF) computer-based mathematical models. Basic descriptions of the SCRR and the TPF and their development are given. Training…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Field Studies
Cohen, Jerry L.; Fishbein, Martin – 1976
A field experiment was carried out at the Recruit Training Command, San Diego, to test the effectiveness of utilizing the PLATO IV computer-based, on-line system for behavior change training. Some 38 company commanders were randomly assigned to experimental (training) or control (no training) groups. Programs were developed to: (1) assess the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior, Behavior Change, Computer Assisted Instruction
Mascaro, Francis G. – 1976
This paper presents the findings of a field study designed to develop a descriptive and explanatory model of the on-the-job socialization of first-year elementary school principals by examining changes in their initial perspective during their first year in the principalship. The theoretical model that emerged from the study indicates that…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Attitude Change, Beginning Principals
MacNeil, M. K. – 1974
This is a discussion of the new American Psychological Association guideline to "Ethical Principles in the Conduct of Research with Human Participants" (1973) as applied to the study of natural groups in both the field and laboratory. Presented is a resume of some of the problems and solutions as they were encountered and resolved. Among the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Confidentiality, Ethics, Field Studies
Banathy, Bela H.; And Others – 1972
The development and field testing of an instructional product for the training of educational personnel in dissemination and utilization of research and development information is reported. A new role, that of the Educational Information consultant (EIC), is described. A modular training program, built around the five major processes delineated…
Descriptors: Consultants, Educational Programs, Educational Research, Field Studies
