This training module on the troubleshooting of an electromechanical system, The Westinghouse Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) controlling a pneumatic robot, is used for a troubleshooting unit in an electromechanical systems/robotics and automation systems course. In this unit, students locate and repair a defect in a PLC-operated machine. The…

To code and analyze research data on videotape, a methodology is needed that allows the researcher to code directly and then analyze the observed degree of intensity of the observed events. The establishment of such a methodology is the next logical step in the development of the use of video recorded data in research. The Technological…

Based on the concept that library use measurement should have as its basic starting point the individual patron, a method of data collection and analysis has been developed that explores individual patterns of borrowing over time. The method accounts for the number of visits on which borrowing takes place, number of items borrowed per visit, and…

A 2-to-the-kth-power mirror-image design is defined as one in which repeated observations of subjects occurs among the levels of a usual 2-to-the-kth-power design, but there is the restriction that no subject may receive a given level of any factor more than once. Such a restriction might arise, for example, if a subject's response is expected to…

The Figure Location Test (FLT) developed by Donlon, Reilly and McKee to provide a machine-scorable test of the cognitive style called field dependence-field independence, was administered as the experimental section of the October 1976, Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Aptitude Test at about one third of the centers in the United States. Initial…

A study was conducted to evaluate six goodness-of-fit procedures using data simulation techniques. The procedures evaluated included the weighted average absolute deviation (WAAD), the mean absolute deviation (MAD), Bock's chi-square (BCHI), Yen's chi-square (YCHI), Wright and Mead's chi-square (WCHI), and the likelihood ratio chi-square (LCHI)…

This paper is devoted to an analysis of the "Standards for Evaluation of Educational Programs, Projects, and Materials" as they apply to qualitative data. The most difficult ethical problem arises from the conflict between the right to privacy of research subjects and the right to know of audiences. There are two technical points in the…

Article focused on what children know and do not know about the arts. Author investigated developmental trends across the ages, the depth of understanding of individual subjects, and the frequency of specific conceptions about art objects by children. (Author/RK)

A test of the concept of horizontality was devised to examine the performance of a sample of 861 Australian school children in grades 1 to 6 tested in their classrooms. (Editor)

The purpose of this paper was to examine what effect active community service, incorporated in an urban studies program, would have on students' attitudes toward school. Seven different categories of student attitudes were analyzed. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the contribution of factors such as: (1) high school science background; (2) interest in geology; (3) teacher characteristics; and (4) geology course background to performance on a measure of geology achievement. (Author)

This study illustrated the information that organizational documents can provide on the effectiveness of educational planning. (Author)

This article attempted to understand what the POI measured and to learn the meaning of personal experience. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which students with A, B, C, and D grade averages in high school perceived that they had the skills of self-direction and to determine the relationship between these skills and student achievement. (Author)