This organizational analysis of Windsor minor hockey was conducted as a pilot study into the policy decision making process in a sports organization. The study was divided into three phases. In the first phase the organization was audited and provided with information about various feedback channels. In phase two observations, available…

The Career Education Advisory Committee's primary objective was to review the progress of the Des Moines, Iowa, junior high schools in implementing career education into their curriculums. Ten junior high schools were visited and findings analyzed under the following general headings: (1) types of career education activities (redesigned curricula;…

In a memorandum to the Chief of Planning and Program Development, Teacher Corps, the Program Development Specialist for the Pontiac Urban Corps in Oakland examines the role of the program development specialist. Although the program was successful in that 31 beginning teachers were placed and modules were developed in three discipline areas, the…

Research paradigms are not the proper channel for educational evaluation. Evaluation and research differ in many areas, including purpose, methods, goals, groups, and desired outcomes. Research is strictly controlled, has the purpose of gathering information and making generalizations about completed studies or events. Evaluation is a process…

This visitation form for the reading task force of the California Right to Read program consists of eight categories. "Needs Assessment" asks for information on student performance, teacher performance, resources, and decision making; "Reading Programs" includes philosophy, goals, objectives, and priorities; "Program…

These guidelines for conducting a manpower utilization study are designed for independent use or in conjunction with any existing work measurement program for determining manpower requirements. Although the instructions are complete enough for use by themselves, a bibliography of publications is included to provide additional background…

What contributions do driver education and training programs make to the Nation's highway safety program? An answer to this question was sought through a synthesis of four feasibility studies concerning the effectiveness of current or proposed driver education programs. These preliminary investigations failed to identify any clear proof that…

This review of a research institute's evaluation of the national Follow Through program asserts that both the contracting office and the research institute failed to adequately specify the kind of study intended and the functions which it proposed to serve. One of several kinds of evaluation studies might have been undertaken: (1) a research…

The use of simulation and games for learning at all levels of school has grown rapidly in only a few years. In this paper the author attempts to define what such activities are intended to do, how they are best used, and what precisely they are. He points out the differences and similarities between games and simulations. Some theories of learning…

Development, field trial, and dissemination are three vital stages that precede the general adoption of an educational innovation. Development should include a clear definition of the innovation, the identification of its essential elements, and a description of its operational characteristics. Field testing should incorporate a provision for…

The several research studies reported in this book are based on data supplied over a two-year period of nearly three thousand learners from a state college, three separate junior colleges, and a military installation. These studies attempted to assign relative figures of merit to the popular techniques of Skinner, Crowder, and Pressey, and also to…

A panel was formed for the purpose of evaluating those attributes of instructional film and instructional television programs which affect learning behavior. This is the fourth of a series of general, special, and varied reports of a project whose aim is to examine the "Conditions, Requirements, and Variables Affecting the Quality of Complex…

This document is the second in a series of evaluative reports directed to evaluation needs of Home Start planners and administrators. It focuses on implementation data about programs gathered during local site visits conducted in the spring and fall of 1972. The two basic evaluative questions asked are: (1) What was Home Start intended by its…

This formative evaluation study of Home Start uses a case study approach. A brief case study focuses on the administrative structure and staff resources and responsibilities of National Home Start. Also included are reports on seven local programs developed after two field visits had been made to each program. In the first visit, objectives chosen…

The purpose of this study was to determine if the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) which was developed by the U. S. Navy as a management tool could be applied to a library process. Several chapters are devoted to an explanation of the tool and its advantages and limitations. Its potential value in library management is also…