Some of the major principles of the evaluation process are analyzed to provide a better understanding of the basic requirements for any type of evaluation in educational programs in schools. Of major concern is the role of a given value system in the establishment of goals and in the subsequent assessment of their attainment. Through an awareness…

The objectives of this study were: (1) to determine if a student's attitude toward his role as a rater of teacher behavior could be changed to become more positive as a result of his orientation to that role; (2) to determine if the choice of the student to continue to rate could be influenced; and (3) to determine if the inter-rate variability…

This study examines the hypothesis that the interaction between a student's achievement orientation and the teaching style to which he is exposed differentially affects both the amount of learning that takes place and the degree of expressed satisfaction with the scholastic environment. One hundred students, selected because of their extreme…

This manual is intended to provide guidelines for firms in the precast concrete industry in planning their training programs particularly with reference to new entrants into the industry. Details for preparing training syllabuses for various job specifications are given--mould makers in timber, steel, and glass fiber; makers; finishers; site…

Program budgeting is an extension and refinement of budgeting processes developed during the last half century. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the theory, philosophy, and techniques of this new process, and to develop a conceptual framework for its use. An account of the historical development of Planning Programming Budgeting Systems…

Classroom treatment for the disabled reader in which the child is permitted to make reading errors and then to develop control over them is described. Homeopathic treatment emphasizes meeting the child's reading needs as they develop rather than determining causal factors and providing drastic remediation. A goal-oriented process of instruction is…

This study sought (1) to explain variations in (a) faculty acceptance of the junior college role and (b) the degree of faculty consideration for their students and (2) to see if those who accept the junior college concept also show a higher degree of consideration for students. It was hypothesized that faculty members acquired their attitudes to…

This study was made to determine junior college aims as (1) expressed by faculty and administration, (2) defined by administration, occupational, non-occupational, and combined faculty, (3) differing in occupational and non-occupational faculty, (4) colleges develop faculty understanding of them. Two forms were used; replies came from a specialist…

Many Peace Corps volunteers, returning to see with new eyes and feel with new nerves the sorrows of our own cities, are finding jobs as teachers in inner-city schools. Of the 50 percent sent overseas to teach, more than two thirds are young liberal arts graduates lacking orthodox teaching credentials, but by 1965 many states began recruiting them,…

This guide provides ideas for organizing and conducting orientation and inservice parent education programs in nursery schools (particularly cooperatives). It outlines items to be included in parent orientation meetings and enumerates the goals of a community nursery school. Also discussed are suggestions for working with children, some excerpts…

The orientation guide of the Colorado Extension Service is to be used in conjunction with the Supervisor's Guide to provide a more systematic introduction to the work for new employees. It covers personal and family needs; office and organizational procedures; techniques in meeting the people; the Extension organization, position, job, duties, and…

The guide is intended to assist Extension Service Supervisors plan and carry out activities to help their subordinates adjust to new jobs and become meaningfully productive as soon as possible. Modification to fit specific requirements is recommended. The orientation process is described, and its seven phases are treated separately: personal…

The success of an orientation leader depends upon three things: an understanding of the college, an understanding of the entering student, and an ability to communicate and empathize. The purpose of this report is to examine the psychological world of the new student through the words he uses, the meaning they hold for him, and the impact they…

This handbook presents an orientation program for volunteer reading teachers. Four units covered include an overview of the volunteer tutoring program, the classroom teacher's public relations role in the program, implementation of the tutoring program, and the classroom teacher's administrative or managerial role in the volunteer tutoring…

England is in the process of changing to the metric system of measurement. This manual was prepared to help in the metrication training of persons who are directly involved in manipulations of metric units in their jobs or who are required to work with them. A method of organizing and controlling the training is outlined which provides for…