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Download full textBrennan, Robert L.; Stolurow, Lawrence M. – 1971
A replicable process for improving instruction through the consistent use of student data collected before, during, and after instruction is proposed. A rational analysis of different types of error rates (theoretical, base, posttest, instructional) and discrimination indices (base, posttest) leads to a set of rules for identifying test items and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Criterion Referenced Tests, Decision Making, Discriminant Analysis
Kapfer, Philip G.; Ovard, Glen F. – 1971
An Individualized Learning Package (ILP) is a method for translating traditional curriculum guides and teacher lesson plans into an individualized set of student lesson plans which permit each student to progress continually through the curriculum at his own optimum rate. An ILP offers alternative ways of achieving stated behavioral objectives and…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Behavioral Objectives, Continuous Progress Plan, Curriculum
Ball, Samuel; And Others – 1973
An evaluation of the first year of "The Electric Company" is provided. Volume 1 is comprised of the following chapters: I. Introduction; II. Preparing for the Evaluation (Research Design and Sampling Procedures; Field Operations; The Treatment--the in-school viewing treatment, the at-home viewing treatment, and the content of The…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Television, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
Callenbach, Carl Anton – 1971
Two hypotheses were tested in this study: that second grade students who receive instruction and practice in nonsubstantive test taking techniques will achieve higher standardized reading test scores than second grade students who do not receive this instruction and practice both immediately following treatment and four months after treatment. The…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 2, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Incidental Learning
Wurster, Stanley R. – 1976
The principal purpose of this 1976 project was to establish a two-class preschool for American Indian children two to six years old at Fort McDowell, Arizona. Discussion groups including parents and younger children were utilized to provide parental participation, develop child rearing skills, heighten problem solving abilities, and improve…
Descriptors: American Indians, Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Family Counseling
Zimmerman, Robert – 1997
This document sets out one segment of a comprehensive approach intended to assist institutions of higher education in developing and carrying out alcohol abuse and other drug prevention programs. Social marketing is described as a tool of environmental management, that seeks to produce a specified behavior in a target audience. Intended for a…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Behavior Change, Change Agents
MacDowell, Michael A.; And Others – 1977
The paper reviews the design of a model for teaching about work in social studies. Developed in 1974 at an inservice economic education workshop sponsored by the Illinois Council on Economic Education, The World of Work Economic Education Program orients existing curriculum materials around fundamental economic principles. It was hypothesized that…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Cognitive Objectives, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Vocational Education. – 1968
POST-HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL STUDENTS WAS DEVELOPED, IMPLEMENTED, AND EVALUATED IN FIVE SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF ITS ABILITY TO PROVIDE DIRECTION IN ESTABLISHING PRE-TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. READING SKILLS, STUDY SKILLS, MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE WERE OFFERED AS LEVEL A FOR ENTERING TRADE STUDENTS AND LEVEL B FOR ENTERING TECHNICAL STUDENTS.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Grade Equivalent Scores, Mathematics
Diagnosis of Pupil Achievement in the Individually Prescribed Instruction Project. Working Paper 15.
Cox, Richard C.; Boston, M. Elizabeth – 1967
Diagnostic instruments of the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) Program measure pupil achievement in the IPI learning continuum. The IPI system employs the instructional unit to define progress in mathematics, reading and science. At the start of a school year, placement tests are administered to start the pupil in appropriate learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education
Clausing, Gerhard; And Others – 1973
This follow-up report to 'Individualized German Instruction at the College Level--A First Appraisal,' by Gerhard Clausing et al in "Foreign Language Annals," October 1972, employs a more rigorous analysis of pretest and posttest data than the first study and focuses specifically on test results involving the individualized and basic…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Curriculum Development, Diagrams
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1987
In anticipation of the base-year survey of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), a field test of the questionnaire and test items was conducted in 1987. NELS:88 is a national, longitudinal study designed to provide trend data about the critical transitions of young people as they develop, attend school, and enter the work…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Biographical Inventories
Berry, Christine – 1973
Fifteen fifth grade students designated disruptive by their classroom teachers in the State College Area School District of Pennsylvania were divided into three groups and exposed to three weeks of differing lead-up activities followed by a week of residential outdoor education activities at Pennsylvania's Stone Valley Outdoor School. Employing…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Techniques, Discipline Problems
Wolverton, John B., Jr. – 1976
A quasi-experimental design was employed to determine the effects of a workshop, designed to familiarize teachers and counselors with a technical institute in the North Carolina Community College System, on knowledge and attitudes related to the programs and practices of the institution. Subjects were assigned to experimental and control groups by…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Attitudes
Smith, Robin; Kozacik, Mary – 1975
The paper describes the evaluation of a packet of 48 Adult Basic Education (A.B.E.) instructional units, designed to help the A.B.E. learner read the newspaper with more facility and interest. The extent to which planned activities were carried out (process) and the extent to which program objectives for changing performance of the project…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
Alabama State Univ., Montgomery. – 1971
A Federally-sponsored summer institute, the 1971 adult basic education (ABE) teacher training institute at Alabama State University was an in-depth study directed to the identification and solution of crucial problems of rural poor adults. The 100 institute participants, representing 16 states, were ABE administrators and teachers and personnel…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
