The standardization and evaluation of methods of performance assessment represents an important area of concern. In this paper an approach that concentrates on two critical areas and the relationship between them is discussed. These are: (1) a task classification system; and (2) a performance measure classification system. An example is presented…

This document presents two kinds of data, gathered from several State reports, that pertain to higher education facilities. The first type of data reflects the standards and space utilization forecast used in planning higher education facilities; the second provides information about the utilization of existing facilities. Planning standards are…

The needs and capabilities of 4-year-old Head Start children were considered in development of classification and attention training curricula, including: (1) sensory exploration through object manipulation, (2) variety of high-interest materials, (3) change of pace during the lesson, (4) presentation of learning activities as games, (5) relating…

This paper relates racial allocation among and within schools to student behavior, attitudes, and test performance. The main objectives were (1) to relate grouping procedures to specific performance and behavioral criteria, and to attitudinal and perceptual responses of students, including their college plans; and (2) to examine the combined…

This book brings together articles by educators, geographers, social scientists, and those whose competence and interests cross two or more of these fields. Geography as a discipline has played an important part in social studies/social science education. These chapters are representative of current thinking on many facets of the interaction among…

It is pointed out that change in rural education has been slow to occur but that attention to change strategies can hasten the process of change. Discussion includes a perusal of the literature, slow rate of diffusion in education, innovation from within or without, relating research to practice, typology of linking roles, change strategies, the…

This paperbound edition consists of a series of lessons to be used in an English language and conceptual development program for 4 to 5-year-old Spanish-speaking children. The overall goal of the lessons, designed for use with migrant children, is to provide the child with the language and conceptual skills he needs to benefit from a standard…

This collection of papers on the Binandere languages of New Guinea consists of: (1) "The Structure of the Binandere Verb," by A. Capell--sentence structure and verb structure; (2) "Preliminary Notes on Orokaiva Grammar," by A. Healey, A. Isoroembo, and M. Chittleborough--phonology, verbs, adverbs, nouns, adjectives, pronouns…

This study analyzes the Object Categorization Test (OCT) and the Picture Categorization Test (PCT) to provide (1) psychometric analysis of the tests, (2) substantive analysis detailing variation in performance level as a function of age, race, class, and sex, and (3) normative data yielding frequencies of various score patterns. Data was taken…

An account of the dictionaries, great and small, of the English-speaking world is given in this book. Subjects covered include the origin of English dictionaries, early dictionaries, Noah Webster and his successors to the present, abridged dictionaries, "The Oxford English Dictionary" and later dictionaries patterned after it, the…

General developmental considerations, space and facility requirements, and facility equipment needs for the new humanities building are described and summarized. Net floor area and total net floor area are charted for each room facility, as study, office, classroom, conference/seminar area, or work area, of each department comprising the…

Four papers presented at an all-day workshop at Ohio State University focus on stimulating the physical development of mentally retarded children. Noted in the introduction is importance of cooperation between university training programs and facilities serving the mentally handicapped. Julian Stein discusses the physical and motor development of…

Part of the series "Managing Highway Maintenance," the unit explains how maintenance work should be described, measured, and classified. It is designed for supervisors who need to know the mechanics of describing work. The format is a programed, self-instruction approach in which information is presented in progressive segments or…

The benefits of clustering organizations into types were discussed, and a method for clustering life insurance agencies by climate profiles was presented. Clusters of life insurance agencies were identified on the basis of manager, assistant manager, and already-employed ("old") agents' climate perceptions. Agency success, including production of…

Providing an education that meets the needs of individual learners has generated a variety of programs to individualize instruction. This variety has motivated the development of a descriptor to relate features of instructional programs which offer individualization. This descriptor identifies, quantifies, and graphically represents the…