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Glazerman, Steven; Nichols-Barrer, Ira; Valant, Jon; Burnett, Alyson – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2018
More than ever, school districts and other organizations need to provide parents with information about school quality and their school choices. Across the country school choice is expanding in ways that provide opportunities--and challenges--for parents to select the schools that best fit their children's needs. The federal Every Student Succeeds…
Descriptors: School Choice, Evidence Based Practice, Information Dissemination, Parent Education
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Wainer, Howard – 1982
The past decade has seen a substantial growth in methods and schemes for the display of multivariate data. This paper encompasses a sketch of the history of multivariate displays, from the pre-Columbian Quipu to Chernoff's Face; examines a number of techniques; describes their construction; illustrates their use; and comments on their efficacy.…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Display Aids, Graphs, Multivariate Analysis
Simcox, William A. – ABCA Bulletin, 1984
Describes an approach to generating graphs that represent the relationship between pieces of quantitative information and play upon the reader's perception of those relations. (AEA)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Charts, Graphs, Higher Education
Ekhaml, Leticia – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1998
Graphs, bars, charts, and diagrams have been used by designers, writers, and scientists to communicate. Now, research suggests that graphic organizers benefit teaching and learning. This article describes graphic organizers: sequential, conceptual, hierarchical, cyclical, Venn, fishbone or Ishikawa, squeeze and stretch, why-why, t-chart, KWL…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Flow Charts, Graphic Organizers, Graphs
Ciolfi, Quentin P. – 1992
While most microeconomics curriculums contain no reference to the use of microcomputers, spreadsheet packages adapt well to microeconomics courses. This presentation examines the following topics in the context of a microeconomics course: (1) The Microcomputer Spreadsheet Package--LOTUS; (2) The Spreadsheet Anatomy--cells, commands, menus; (3)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Economics Education, Educational Technology
Bers, Trudy H. – 1999
This monograph is a guide to effective presentation of report data and information from institutional research. The work focuses on several types of presentation: the written report (alternative ways for presenting information, appearance, and the audience); graphic displays or charts (to present words or data in an organized or symbolic fashion;…
Descriptors: Charts, Computer Graphics, Design Requirements, Educational Research
Morris, Lynn Lyons; Fitz-Gibbon, Carol Taylor – 1978
Because reporting the results of a program evaluation requires an effective presentation, this booklet contains prescriptions and hints for formal and informal reporting, either written or oral. Chapter 1 discussed the evaluator's role and presentation of formative and summative evaluation reports. Chapter 2 is a detailed and standard outline for…
Descriptors: Audiences, Charts, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)