This system of student evaluation of teaching was developed for use at any teaching facility. Based on a 1964 study, the authors postulated that there are six "universal" dimensions of teaching that can be identified in diverse teaching situations. A random sample of 2,000 University of Minnesota students were asked to place…

The focus of this paper is on innovative evaluation, evaluation methodologies, and the development of evaluative instruments. Innovative evaluation is discussed as related to comprehensive evaluation, general evaluation with special emphasis, problems in comprehensive and general evaluations, and five components of an assessment model…

The special education training program at the University of Northern Iowa provides a systematically integrated program designed to develop professional personnel with the requisite competencies to (a) diagnose and teach; (b) organize and supervise programs; (c) evaluate instructional programs; and d) train professional educators to implement…

The relationship of training in and performance on open-ended vs. closed-ended math lab activities to the divergent thinking ability of 82 preservice elementary teachers was investigated. On the basis of scores on the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, the subjects were divided into three groups of divergent thinking ability. One-half of each…

This module is designed to instruct students and staff on methods for the successful use of the services of a school volunteer. Mini-Module 1, "Preparing for a School Volunteer," lays the foundation for the module and is divided into four objectives. By performing these objectives, the participant achieves the following: a) identifies the duties…

A draft of untested instruments and procedures for evaluating vocational/technical education programs, intended for discussion and use in field tests, is presented. The guidelines, criteria, and evaluation methods presented are divided into two major categories--institutional form and program form. Items within each category are grouped under the…

The report describes the need of working mothers for day care, the meaning of day care for employers in Government, business, and industry, the importance of employer-sponsored child day-care to the Department of Labor, and objectives of the Department's child day care center. The evaluation design provides for an analysis of the project as it…

This booklet serves as a basis for an experience-based group guidance workshop for school counselors. By providing activities, practice in methodology, and feedback, the workshop aims at the following objectives: (1) to equip counselors with specific techniques appropriate to group leaders; (2) to encourage counselor creativity in group guidance…

This document dealing with the System for Pupil Program Evaluation and Development (SPPED) is the second in a set of tools to be used by school personnel in developing curricula for their own reading programs. The material presented consists of: (1) a list of the descriptors for all criterion objectives and the generic objectives to which they…

To comprehend effectively, students must be taught how to analyze the particular comprehsnsion tasks before them in order to determine the specific thinking processes necessary for the solution of these tasks at the appropriate level of difficulty. Rather than teaching specific comprehension skills in an abstract, formulistic manner separated from…

Still photography is useful as a teaching aid for demonstrating the technical aspects of photocomposition. In analyzing still photographs of his own making or from magazines and books, the student learns to move beyond simple expression which may not interest others to a point where he thinks in terms of communication combined with the intent to…

Chaired by Bernard G. Guerney, Jr., this program on the development and evaluation of helping skills training included the following presentations: (1) "The Development of a Helping Skills Program" (Steven Danish); (2) "Paraprofessionals Assess the Training Program" (Barbara Wakshul); (3) "Research Conducted on the Training of Basic Helping…

The purpose of this study was to devise and test an approach to teaching composition that emphasized discovery, structure, writer's voice, and revision. The assumptions were that to write effectively the student must have a significant idea, that the idea must exist in some specific form, and that the human voice of the writer must come through…

Educational institutions were among the pioneers in the development of radio broadcasting. By 1938, over 300 colleges reported offering at least one course in radio. In more recent times the surveys compiled by Harold Niven for the "Journal of Broadcasting" show a continued interest in broadcasting courses. The trend is toward Communications or…

This report presents the results of a 1,044-person survey taken to determine public attitudes towards the concept of year-round schools in Guam. The study indicates the people of Guam will support a pilot 45-15 plan for two years in three elementary schools; and that variables such as sex, nationality, determination of leave schedules, and desire…