The relationship between students' evaluations and both cognitive and affective consequences of instruction was investigated. A total of 924 undergraduate students of the University of California at Los Angeles who had completed an introductory computer programming class were subjects. Responses to a 38-item evaluation questionnaire provided…

This report is a summary and review of a study on the effects of introducing an independent learning system in low socioeconomic (SES) schools. The report is organized into five sections. The first provides background information on the independent learning system, the research design and student variables of interest. The second section describes…

Methods of assessing professional competence involve both licensing procedures, as well as assessment based on satisfactory performance of tasks associated with a professional's duties. Relicensing and/or mandated continuing education courses should not be used to ascertain professional competence in place of a demonstration of acquired skills…

This series of 20 books by 21 contributing authors begins to incorporate in one place descriptions of the various instructional design formats and strategies which have been tried and tested with students. Each instructional design is described within a common layout of six basic sections to make it easier to locate the corresponding information…

This Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) report presents a comparative study of the work rates of kindergarten and first grade children in two classroom environments: a learning-center and a study-carrel environment. The subjects, seven matched pairs of kindergarten and first grade students, were chosen on the basis of the results of a…

Scores on the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory were related to scores on achievement and intelligence tests, and to socioeconomic level and to teachers' ratings of student behavior, in order to test the hypothesis that student self esteem would have a positive effect on academic achievement. There was a small but statistically significant…

One of three documents presenting performance objectives for prevocational courses, this document contains performance objectives for courses in home economics including food and nutrition, human growth and relationships, clothing and textiles, and housing and home management. (The other two documents present performance objectives for…

This general summary of the results of a library study conducted in Hawaii presents the major findings from the survey of residents, the library staff survey, the government agency survey, and the measurements conducted in five Hawaii libraries. Major recommendations for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of library performance are…

This study examines the effects of sex, socioeconomic status, birth order and birth spacing on the cognitive performance of 12-week-old infants. A brief review of research on neonatal cognitive ability is followed by a description of the study itself. The subjects, 189 three-month-old Caucasian infants (61 first borns, 58 second borns, and 49…

This study describes the processes involved in developing an observational system for analyzing teacher classroom behavior. Three-hundred-sixty sixth grade students reported their perceptions of their teachers by responding to a questionnaire and to the same questions during interviews. The students' perceptual reports were analyzed to determine…

An attempt was made to determine the increase in predictive efficiency attained by adding noncognitive to cognitive variables to predict clinical performance of medical school graduates in residency training. Fifty-six graduates, 45 males, and 11 females, in 33 reading programs representing various specialties, were evaluated by supervisory…

Eighteen lesson plans on human relations are presented in this performance- based curriculum unit for distributive education. This unit is self-contained and consists of the following components: introduction (provides overview of unit content and describes why mastery of the objectives is important); performance objectives; pre-assessment…

As a major step in an effort to provide programming to a broad population of training and development educators, a needs assessment was conducted among Northeast Ohio educators whose professional activities occur in health, government, nonprofit, and business organizations. Of 250 postsecondary education questionnaires, eighty were returned in a…

A project was conducted to strengthen the existing occupational guidance program in the St. Bernard Parish middle and high schools in Chalmette, Louisiana. Eight externship counselors were placed into a rotating externship with key businesses, industries, and trades within the surrounding communities so that a closer partnership could be…

This longitudinal study investigated the relationship of stress arising from medical problems of newborns to parent-infant interaction through the infant's first year. Significant interactive differences between full term and premature infants were found in feeding situations during the neonatal period and in floor play at eight months. The sample…