The identification, validation, dissemination (IVD) process represents a quality control effort whose ultimate purpose is to validate and disseminate projects of proven educational quality and significance. The IVD and the Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) processes are complementary, although their procedures and criteria are distinct. JDRP…

This part of the multimethod Head Start bilingual/bicultural curriculum evaluation (Juarez and Associates 1979), provides a description of the procedures followed to ensure and maintain the quality of ethnographic data over time. Data collection procedures, including ethnographic notes, time and event samples, implementation forms, phone call…

Six papers focusing on educational change in occupational education are presented. The first paper, by Ronald Havelock, provides a historical review of innovation research models and discusses how the various models have progressed culminating in the Linkage Model. The next three papers address conceptual issues in innovation research. The paper…

To assure continuing internal organizational accountability and to promote external communication and idea adoption, Outward Bound began in 1973 on ongoing procedure whereby its affective objectives were identified, analyzed, and evaluated. In a workshop situation teachers initially identified 3 to 6 major affective objectives; these, then, were…

Data from subjective reports, objective performance measures, and physiological studies indicate that flight training per se places a great deal of stress on the trainee. In military flight training additional stresses are involved that may markedly increase the importance of reaction to threat of physical harm. This paper reports efforts to…

Research at the United States Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker, Alabama, sought to improve the school-wide training quality control system. Investigators studied: 1) the relation between the grades a student received from instructors and those he received from a checkpilot; 2) the effect of checkpilots' prior information about students' progress…

Activities which study how water is used, contaminated, and treated or purified are presented in this curriculum guide, culminating in the investigation of a local water quality problem. Designed as a 12 week mini-course for students in grades eight and nine, the guide first presents a review of the content, objectives, major concepts, and sources…

In response to continued discussion of pollution and environmental issues, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designed this booklet to give interested citizens an idea of the scope of the agency's duties and responsibilities by providing a brief summary of its legal authority. An overview of the agency shows it is an independent,…

This report provides 5-year (1966-1970) trends for the following manpower planning factors: number of employees in each career field, grade distribution, age, length of service, education, employment of women, promotions, retirement, and losses. These data are intended as an aid to Veterans Administration (VA) management in assessing future…

Suggested are indirect and direct ways in which nurse educators can broaden their participation in quality assurance programs for patient care. Two of these are: appropriate preparation of their students and contribution of their own expertise to the process in the clinical practice setting. (Author/MS)

The author discusses the need for some sort of government control over the various "holiday" courses and language schools teaching English to foreign students and others in the United Kingdom, with implications for teacher and school certification. Changes in the theory and practice of English instruction are also noted. (MF)

Changes brought to higher education by telecommunications are outlined, including telecourses, teleconferencing, and instructional television. Problems of analyzing what methods work and don't work, what materials are appropriate, what methods of evaluation are effective, and what is sound education and entertainment are suggested. (MSE)

Discusses Arthur Andersen and Company's reasons for using high technology in job training, including its ability to improve productivity, provide training on demand, reduce training costs, and keep educational quality consistent. A Life Cycle Model which is used to integrate high technology into this accounting company's educational programs is…

Definitions are provided, fundamental goals and issues are described, and approaches to quality assurance are reviewed. These topics are oriented in terms of their relationship to dental education and comprehensive care. (MLW)

A survey of 349 editors reveals that few academic and professional journals follow recommended criteria for identifying a refereed journal. The effects of reviewing procedures on acceptance rates and their implications for promotion and tenure decisions are discussed. A standard for identifying refereed journals is proposed. (Author/MLW)