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Caffarella, Edward P. – Executive Educator, 1981
Offers a formula to refine enrollment projections at the school district level. The formula builds on the traditional cohort survival technique and is based on the assumption that what has happened in the past will continue to happen in the future. Instructions and sample projections are provided. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections

Soroka, Leonard G. – Science Teacher, 1990
Developed is a classroom activity that illustrates the scientific method. The importance of observation, interpretation, and prediction is discussed. The activity uses pictures of the surface of Mars. (KR)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Data Collection, Misconceptions, Observation

Reys, Robert E. – Mathematics Teacher, 1988
Presents activities where students visualize three dimensional figures, construct tables, discover patterns in the tables, and use the patterns to make predictions. (PK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Data Collection, Geometric Concepts, Geometry

Conroy-Kelly, Esther – Science Scope, 1991
Presents a hands-on activity in which students try to identify 15 unknowns using only their sense of touch. This method reinforces the science process skills of observing, collecting and recording data, and analyzing data tables while requiring few reading skills. (MDH)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Classification, Data Collection, Junior High Schools
Morrison, James L. – 1990
This handbook for institutional researchers focuses on describing methods and techniques for conducting and merging external and internal analyses in order to produce an expanded vision of alternative future environments. Such vision is needed for the formulation of strategic long-range plans. Section 1 begins with a discussion of how an internal…
Descriptors: College Planning, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning
Lieshoff, Sylvia – 1993
This paper examines the use of environmental scanning for institutions of higher education to achieve the following objectives: (1) provide early warning of changes that will have an impact on education; (2) define potential threats and opportunities to the institution or department; (3) promote a future orientation in faculty; and (4) alert…
Descriptors: College Planning, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Environmental Scanning