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Tallmadge, G. Kasten – 1977
The Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) is a joint USOE-NIE panel which reviews the evidence of effectiveness submitted for a variety of educational products and practices developed through federally supported programs. Studies show that school superintendents and other adopters prefer to initiate changes where there is assurance that benefits…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Diffusion
Download full textNewlove, Beulah W.; Hall, Gene E. – 1976
One simple and straightforward way to learn about individuals' concerns about an educational innovation is to ask them to respond to the question, "When you think about (the innovation), what are you concerned about?" This manual is intended to aid school officials in analyzing these open-ended concerns statements in order to effectively assess…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Van Valey, Thomas L. – Teaching Notes on Population, 1974
Demand for courses in population problems has increased along with growing public awareness and concern for population-related matters. This paper describes an undergraduate classroom experience which provides an alternative approach to teaching population problems by replacing usual educational materials with selections from science fiction…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Demography, Educational Innovation, Evaluation Methods
White, Sheida – 1994
This document presents an overview of the frameworks developed for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) at grades 4, 8, and 12 in reading, United States history, geography, mathematics, and science. The critical elements of NAEP framework material for the five subject areas are brought together for planning and policy formation…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation
Manning, Brad A. – 1974
The Trouble-Shooting Checklist (TSC) is an empirically-developed, descriptive instrument which is based on the responses of six educational change agents. It enables an agent to predict a given institution's success in adopting innovations by ordering its levels of concerns and innovation usage. It focuses on two types of innovation:…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adoption (Ideas), Change Agents, Change Strategies
Manning, Brad A. – 1973
The first section of this manual contains a selective review of organizational change literature which focuses on predictive institutional variables as they affect the adoption-diffusion process. The second section describes the development of the Trouble Shooting Checklist (TSC). The third section presents two Trouble Shooting Checklists (TSC-A…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adoption (Ideas), Change Agents, Change Strategies
