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McNeir, Gwennis – Research Roundup, 1993
Outcomes-based education (OBE) is a controversial model of educational restructuring that defines learning as what students can demonstrate that they know. This document reviews four journal articles and one bulletin that reflect a range of perspectives on OBE's potential promise and problems. In "Organizing for Results: The Basis of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Taylor, Carolyn M.; And Others – 1979
This bibliography contains annotations of more than eighty books, review-and-synthesis papers, research reports, evaluation studies, and state-of-the-art essays. Titles are listed alphabetically within one of the following five categories: (1) data-base reports, (2) review-and-synthesis papers, (3) evaluation methodology, (4) empirical studies…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Data Collection, Educational Objectives
Ellis, Thomas I. – Research Roundup, 1988
Five selections summarize training methods for the principalship from the perspective that cognizance of the complexities of being a principal arises from practice, thus experiential learning should be incorporated into preservice and inservice training programs. The first selection, "Making Sense of Principals' Work," by Kent Petersen, is a…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Elementary Education, Inservice Education, Leadership Training
Bolland, Kathleen A. – 1979
As part of a project designed to identify appropriate and feasible methods of evaluating vocational education with respect to its outcomes, this bibliography contains descriptive and evaluative annotations of a selection of empirical studies of vocational education outcomes. Following a technical introduction discussing the methodological issues…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 14 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the effects of student generated self-management objectives on the frequency of higher cognitive verb and noun usage in classroom interactions; (2) a logarithmic solution to the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Communication, Communication Research, Debate
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 23 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of bibliotherapy on children's perception of the physically disabled, (2) factors related to spelling readiness, (3) parental role in children…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliotherapy, Creative Dramatics, Disabilities
Resources in Vocational Education, 1982
This volume consists of resumes of vocational and technical education curriculum products that were selected by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education (ERIC/ACVE) for inclusion in the July 1981 through June 1982 issues of "Resources in Education." Among the major types of documents abstracted are curriculum…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Agricultural Education