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Parmenter, Trevor R. – 1978
The paper presents a systems model for the evaluation of prevocational preparation programs for the learning disabled in Australia. The need for accountability in the area of the development of programs for the prevocational preparation of the learning disabled is discussed. Various approaches to evaluation are explored, and a systems model is…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Conceptual Schemes, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Monkowski, Paul G.; Kelley, Marie E. – 1979
An individualized program for teaching writing skills was initiated for high school students in a writing laboratory program. The major goal was to develop a systematic, individualized approach for teaching 300 specific writing skills. Major characteristics of the program included evaluation of student writing to diagnose and prescribe…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Research, Individualized Instruction, Learning Laboratories
Kucha, Deloros H. – 1977
A study was conducted to evaluate the traditional method (physician, nurse) versus a systems approach method of providing health education. The objectives included the following: identify cost-effective and feasible ways of delivering patient education; guarantee an important resource for the professional in fulfilling his/her patient education…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Health Education
MILLER, DONALD R. – 1967
THIS PAPER INVESTIGATES VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR SOLVING EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS--(1) THE SYSTEMS CONCEPT, (2) THE RELIABILITY OF THE ASSUMPTIONS ON WHICH THE SYSTEMS APPROACH IS BASED, (3) THE LIMITATIONS INHERENT IN THE SYSTEMS APPROACH, (4) THE HUMAN ELEMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SYSTEMS APPROACH, (5) THE WAYS THE…
Descriptors: Charts, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Human Resources
HEGER, ROBERT J. – 1968
THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF SUPERINTENDENTS AS RELATED TO THE SYSTEM THEORY OF ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE WAS THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THIS STUDY. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO ANALYZE SUPERINTENDENTS' DECISION MAKING AS RELATED TO MODIFYING AND INITIATING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN IDAHO, (2) TO TEST A THEORY OF ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE AS RELATED…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Agents, Decision Making, Educational Change
Hick, Basil L. – 1965
A total energy system is a means for providing all of the varied energy requirements for a total plant from a single fuel source. This report evaluates some of the factors which are related to the development and use of total energy systems. The factors include--(1) initial and ultimate size of plant, (2) type and source of fuel, (3)…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Building Innovation, Controlled Environment, Educational Facilities Design
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Baird, Leonard L. – 1976
Given the importance of colleges and universities as social institutions, it is surprising that there are few theoretical ideas about how colleges operate or theories of how to implement change. The range of theoretical systems available to measure the college environment varies with the level of analysis, with the person whose environment is…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Environment, Environmental Research, Environmental Standards
Wallace, Terry H. Smith – 1977
This paper describes a systematic approach to composition instruction and provides evidence of that system's successful implementation. The approach is based on Benjamin S. Bloom's Taxonomy and has five stages: presenting the student with reasons for learning the material, listing immediate and long-range instructional objectives, preassessing…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Organization, English Instruction, Higher Education
Lamoureux, Marvin E. – 1975
In adult education, program planning and administrative management are important areas within which economic analysis may contribute to effective and efficient decision making. The adult education administrator is faced with a dual economic task: (1) to prove beforehand that his programs will pay for the operating budget he is demanding; and (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Economics
Gingold, William – 1976
This paper outlines an approach designed to provide an accurate and efficient cost accounting system for use in schools and other social service organizations. In his discussion, the author presents a detailed step-by-step description of how to establish, plan, and operate the system. The basic element of the system is the Daily Event Record…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accounting, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Harris, David A.; Parsons, Michael H. – 1975
Adjunct (part-time) faculty comprise 35 to 45 percent of the teachers in two-year colleges, yet receive virtually no systematic assistance in professional development. In 1972, Hagerstown Junior College (Maryland) initiated a program of staff development for adjunct faculty to remedy this deficiency. The program is designed to familiarize adjunct…
Descriptors: Consultants, Faculty Evaluation, Inservice Teacher Education, Part Time Faculty
Haynes, Felicity – 1975
In the last few decades there has been a move in philosophy of education toward a concept of pragmatic rationality. This paper examines whether the move away from systematicity, fixed guiding principles or logical systems, makes this notion of pragmatic rationality so broad that it can encompass any procedure of selection which involves rules, no…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Toomb, Kevin; And Others – 1975
The Florida Assessment and Diffusion System (FADS) represents a systematic approach to organizational change, emphasizing the interpersonal communication dimension of the change process. FADS encourages a systems approach to change, but is flexible enough to allow for procedural changes in response to specific user needs. The model assumes a…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Decision Making, Interpersonal Relationship
Huenecke, Dorothy M.; Stansbury, George W. – 1975
This publication is a programmed workbook designed for use by students in a course on a systems approach to educational staff development. The workbook is one element in an educational program developed by the Georgia Department of Education that combines use of the workbooks with televised programs broadcast on the statewide educational…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Inservice Education, Models, Postsecondary Education
Nwagbaroacha, Joel O.; And Others – 1975
PPBS is a process by which priorities among the kinds of services a college may provide are weighed, objectives are stated in operational terms, alternative means to accomplish the given objectives are analyzed, and a choice among competing means is made according to criteria for efficient utilization of resources. This manual attempts to…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgets, Evaluation, Guidelines
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