Six eclectic basal readers were evaluated to determine what basal readiness programs are teaching kindergarten and early first grade children. Each lesson was analyzed to discover the main purpose of instruction as stated in an objective or skill and the actual requirements placed upon the child during instruction. Using the recommendations from…

Analysis and assessment of young children's spontaneous writing and drawing in daily journals may focus on three significant dimensions: what, who, and how: what stands for thought and meaning; who, for person; and how, for form. These categories may be further divided. Thought and meaning include theme(s), organization, and vocabulary; person…

This study investigated the effect of a set of predictors of success in both the undergraduate English program and in all other subjects. Academic data for the graduates of an Arab university's English department during three years were analyzed. The predictor variables examined were: (1) total scores on the secondary school certificate…

This paper reports on the degree to which teacher educators have addressed the current calls for reform in teacher education. The data were taken from the Institutional Questionnaire of the Research about Teacher Education (RATE) Project of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). The 90 respondents, each representing…

A project was conducted at Sumner High School in Sumner, Washington, to establish districtwide policies and procedures for granting equivalent credit for English, mathematics, science, and social studies skills taught in vocational education courses. Using as a guide the Washington Commission on Vocational Education's 1986 booklet entitled…

As learning-disabled high-school graduates apply for and enter postsecondary schools in increasing numbers, college administrators and staff must make program changes and adjustments to accommodate these students. This literature review examines the state of the art of services being provided to learning-disabled students within junior colleges,…

A description is provided of Florida Community College at Jacksonville's institutional assessment process. Part I explains the role of institutional assessment in a cycle of planning, research, and marketing, and establishes the scope, purposes, and uses of the assessment. Part II presents an overview of the three phases of the assessment process:…

Criteria for determining quality in continuing education at the college level are addressed. After considering conceptual and practical difficulties to assuring quality in continuing higher education (CHE), the background characteristics, capabilities, and performance of adult learners and traditional college students are compared. The following…

These appendices accompany a study that was conducted to determine whether the state and federal performance standards for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs have influenced Service Delivery Area (SDA) and service provider decisions about program design and implementation practices in ways that have affected the clients served, the types…

A training evaluation system should address four major areas: reaction, learning, behavior, and results. The training evaluation system at GPU Nuclear Corporation addresses each of these areas through practical approaches such as course and program evaluation. GPU's program evaluation instrument uses a Likert-type scale to assess task development,…

Results of the 1981-1982 survey of the National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs (NASSGP) are presented. Data are included on: amount and number of awards to undergraduates for need-based scholarship and grant programs by state; the number of financial aid applicants and recipients, total dollars awarded, rejections based on no…

Results of the 1983-1984 survey of the National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs (NASSGP) are presented. Data are included on: amount and number of awards to undergraduate and graduate students for both need-based and non-need-based scholarship and grant programs by state; number and amount of awards for competitive and…

Results of the 1984-1985 survey of the National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs (NASSGP) are presented. Data are included on: amount and number of awards to undergraduate and graduate students for both need-based and non-need-based scholarship and grant programs by state; number and amount of awards for competitive and…

A guide for group discussion leaders that may be useful for medical school teachers is presented. One objective is to help the teacher know when group discussion is appropriate. It is suggested that both the lecture method and group discussion can facilitate cognitive learning but at different levels, and that group discussions are helpful if…

Perspectives on the context and results of the investigation conducted by the National Commission on Excellence in Education are presented. It is noted that the Commission's analysis sought to determine the extent to which colleges fail to set and maintain high standards, and the extent to which they fail to make their measures and benchmarks of…