A study was conducted to investigate the relationship between student participation in classroom discussion and the way these students rate their instructors. The general hypothesis of this research was that student participation in classroom discussion is rewarding and that it reinforces favorable attitudes toward the instructor. A total of 480…

Analysis of student responses in 1,200 undergraduate classes to a 40 item Course Evaluation Questionnaire yielded the following results. None of the eight demographic variables correlated .2 or higher with any of 30 items on course and instructor. Variables correlating .4 or higher with five preference criteria were: clarity of instructor's…

In this study, the evaluation of pupil creativity was partitioned into affective and cognitive components while teacher behavior was divided into classroom practices and teacher attitude. Nine hundred and forty-five fifth grade pupils from a small city district were studied for one year. The teacher attitude measure did not relate to creative…

A report on the direction of improvement for a state system of adult basic education (ABE) is presented. The following aspects of the education program are discussed: need for improvement, plan for an improvement evaluation, objectives of ABE, and analysis and interpretation of 19 ABE in the state. (CK)

Two general areas of instructional validation are discussed: internal validation, which occurs within the framework of a single environment, and external validation, which involves the comparison of two different environmental frameworks. Several sample and basic designs are presented which may be used to validate instructional material. Two…

Some theoretical concerns for competency-based evaluation instruments are discussed, and means of examining these instruments for validity and reliability are presented. The areas of concern include descriptions of the behavior, the level of response, and the nature of the evaluation. Two different types of instruments are examined to determine…

An evaluative summary and a consolidation of the findings of Project VOLAR studies on the attitudes and career intentions of army officers and enlisted personnel are contained in this report. Tables reflect the results of questioning at several army bases, and compare the results from the different bases. Attitudes and rankings are determined by…

A digest of findings from a national survey by Louis Harris and Associates of adult reading skills comprises this edition of Adult Reading Development, a publication of the National Reading Center. The study measured the ability of adults to respond to practical real-life situations such as reading direct-dial instructions in a telephone directory…

The mother of a 3-year-old girl who showed "autistic-like" behavior was cued via a FM wireless microphone to systematically approve and disapprove of her child's behavior. After baselines were taken on two categories of problem behavior (Pre-Academic and Social Behavior) the social contingencies were applied successively to each category. The…

Verbal description, recall, and recognition of complex meaningful pictures by children were studied, varying amount of stimuli and similarity of distractors. Across subjects (sex, ethnic group, and grade level) verbal measures were poor predictors of recognition accuracy. Across stimuli, amount recalled and recognition accuracy were both related…

This volume is the second in a series of compilations presenting abstracts and indexes of translations of technical air pollution literature. The 444 entries are grouped into 12 subject categories: General; Emission Sources; Atmospheric Interaction; Measurement Methods; Control Methods; Effects--Human Health; Effects--Plants and Livestock;…

Although it has been claimed that the Rasch model leads to a higher degree of objectivity in measurement than has been previously possible, this model has had little impact on test development. Population-invariant item and ability calibrations along with the statistical equivalency of any two item subsets are supposedly possible if the item pool…

This report contains the collective views of an international group of experts presented at a meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on the Education of Engineers in Environmental Health held in Geneva, 1967. Attention of the Committee focused on environmental health in terms of the relationship between man and the…

This book, written for engineering students and young practicing engineers, provides a systematic approach to the design of technical communication: the communication process, audience analysis, and the design and writing of technical reports. Focus is on the questions that a writer must answer in order to compose clear and effective reports: who…

Interim work is documented describing efforts to modify computer techniques used to recognize and process English language requests to an instructional simulator. The conversion from a hand-coded to a table driven technique are described in detail. Other modifications to a simulation based computer assisted instruction program to allow a gaming…