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Download full textFisiak, Jacek, Ed. – Papers and Studies in Contrastive Linguistics, 1990
Fourteen articles are presented in this volume on contrastive linguistics. The articles and authors are as follows: "A Brief Falsificationist Look at Contrastive Sociolinguistics" (K. Janicki); "The Locus of French Gender Control" (W. A. Bennett); "On the English Perfect Tense and Current Relevance Implicatures" (J.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Danish, English
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 1989
The purpose of this 1-day hearing was to assess the level and effects of bias based on gender and race differences affecting standardized tests. The focus was on examining the role of standardized tests with respect to educational and employment opportunities for women and minorities. Testimony or statements from 14 witnesses are presented.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Admission (School), Classification, College Entrance Examinations
Berns, Robert G. – 1990
A study explored the relationship between job satisfaction and teacher turnover of practicing and former vocational education teachers in Northwest Ohio. Factor analysis, discriminant analysis, and an instrument with 38 job satisfaction indicator statements were used to determine these relationships. A total of 745 of 1,025 practicing teachers and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Change, Career Planning, Classification
Dwyer, David J., Ed. – 1986
Representatives from major institutions teaching African languages convened to discuss the design of African language textbooks and to propose guidelines for the writing of new textbooks and evaluation of existing ones. Conference papers include: "Language Acquisition Theory and Materials Construction" (Stephen Krashen); "The Structures of Verbal…
Descriptors: African Languages, Berber Languages, Classification, Difficulty Level
Lofstrom, Jonas – 1982
Sociolinguistic Studies in a Data Base of Spoken Swedish (Sprakdata) is a project to describe the language from a semantic-communicative point of view. The purposes are to (1) investigate the possibility of grouping informants based on results of a semantic-communicative analysis of recorded spoken language and (2) examine possible…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Oriented Programs, Correlation
Herzog, Martha; Shaw, Victor – 1983
The development of an indirect oral proficiency test for foreign languages by the Defense Language Institute is described. The technique uses taped questions to elicit answers, also taped, that are evaluated according to the Foreign Service Institute's oral proficiency rating scale of 0 to 5. Tape recordings are used because of the large numbers…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arabic, Audiotape Recordings, Class Size
Patton, James R., Ed.; And Others – 1988
The current status and future directions of the field of mental disabilities in Iowa are discussed in the following papers, among others: "Regular Education Initiative and Its Impact on Mental Disabilities" (Carol Bradley); "Mild Mental Retardation Across the Lifespan: Current and Future Considerations" (James Patton);…
Descriptors: Classification, Delivery Systems, Educational Practices, Educational Trends
Frick, Theodore W. – 1986
The sequential probability ratio test (SPRT), developed by Abraham Wald, is one statistical model available for making mastery decisions during computer-based criterion referenced tests. The predictive validity of the SPRT was empirically investigated with two different and relatively large item pools with heterogeneous item parameters. Graduate…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Classification, Comparative Analysis
Widen, William C. – 1982
After conducting a comprehensive evaluation of its curriculum, staff at the Westinghouse Nuclear Training Center in Zion, Illinois, undertook a research and development project aimed at upgrading the center's curriculum to the competency-based format. Included among the main activities of the curriculum development process were the following:…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Classification, Competency Based Education
Gregersen, Edgar A. – 1977
This is the first comprehensive study in English of African languages in the context of their cultural setting. It may be used as a basic text in survey courses on African languages as well as a supplemental text in practical language courses. No linguistic background is necessary for understanding this book--the basic concepts are explained,…
Descriptors: African Culture, African Languages, Anthropological Linguistics, Cultural Context
Wilkins, David – 1976
This paper discusses the theory and practice of the notional syllabus, three specific problems arising from it, and an experimental course proposed as one way of implementing it. Basically, a notional syllabus aims to organize language teaching in terms of the purposes of communication. Its foundation is a system of notional categories and the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classification, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conceptual Schemes
Mangano, Joseph A.; Corrado, Thomas J. – 1978
To assess the relative importance of selected educational needs for adult students in New York's two-year colleges, samples of faculty/staff, younger (17-24) traditional college students, and older (25+ years) re-entry adult students were administered the Survey of Student Needs, a 75-item questionnaire tapping the following five facets of the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Ancillary Services, Classification, College Curriculum
PDF pending restorationLyson, Thomas A. – 1979
Agricultural situs can be applied to the analysis, description, and examination of career lines, occupational families, and opportunity structures in the agricultural sector. A proposed situs classification of three categories, or parallel agricultural career ladders was examined in terms of production agriculture, agribusiness, and agricultural…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Production
DAVIS, O.L., JR.; PFEIFFER, ISOBEL – 1965
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE AND NOTE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN THE COGNITIVE OBJECTIVES OF EXAMINATIONS USED IN NINTH GRADE COURSES IN A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS FOR 1963-64 PREPARED BY INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS OR BY TEACHERS AS MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES WERE ANALYZED BY TEST ITEMS ACCORDING TO THE TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Algebra, Biology, Business Education, Civics
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1967
A TOTAL OF 272 SCHOOL ALIENATED YOUTH--DROPOUTS AND POTENTIAL DROPOUTS--WERE SERVED BY THE CENTER BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1965 AND JUNE 1967 IN THE FOLLOWING VOCATIONAL AREAS--AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, CHILD CARE, FOOD SERVICES, HEALTH SERVICES, RETAILING SERVICES, OFFICE OPERATIONS, MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, AND LANDSCAPING AND…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Classification, Counseling
