Describes redesigning of a genetics course on the basis of Pella's referents, Banathy's system, and Bloom's taxonomy in effort to evaluate affectively behavioral changes among reference groups of science and nonscience majors, in addition to genetics students. Indicates preference of learning environment to course content in results analysis. (CC)

Subjects were 15 instructors and 342 students in elementary education courses in a midwestern university. In most classes students associated desirable course objectives with those stated for the courses; in the majority of classes students differed from their instructors in assigning ranks to stated course objectives; in approximately half the…

Most geography teachers are unaccustomed to writing test questions to measure cognitive skills. This paper gives examples of such questions and discusses test design, item classification, and styles of presentation in relation to course objectives. (NH)

A report by the Educational Resources Information Center at the National Council of Teachers of English; includes ERIC abstracts of documents pertinent to this topic. (SW)

Discusses a study which determined that learner and course goal congruence are necessary variables of successful courses. In selecting course goals, learner goals must be identified and considered if the program is to be effective. (JOW)

The modification of an entire undergraduate curriculum to the concept of meeting explicit educational goals and objectives is reported. This system clarifies the student's responsibility in a course, permits rapid restudy, aids evaluation by faculty, and allows for easy reorganization of courses. (JT)

Presents a list of objectives drawn from results of a questionnaire sent to secondary and college chemistry teachers to indicate which ideas or concepts should be required of every student completing a secondary level chemistry course. Reviews rationale for the study and lists statements used in the questionnaire. (SK)

Industrial arts' unique role is to teach students to think and to act, augmented by tools, machines, materials, processes, energy, and communications, to meet their present and future needs and to extend their potential. (Author/SK)

Faculty committees wrote educational objectives for all 23 courses in their undergraduate medical school curriculum. The objectives were used for evaluation of curriculum, student knowledge, and attitudes. (CP)

This outline for a high school yearbook course provides a course description and lists student responsibilities, behavioral objectives for each of nine areas, and resource materials. (GT)

Discusses the relationship between student assessment and instructional improvement. Describes the development and administration of a Teaching Goals Inventory, which helps teachers clarify what they want their students to learn and helps institutions discover teaching priorities among departments and within the college as a whole. (DMM)

In 1998, the University if Northern Colorado's General Education Council began to discuss ways of improving assessment of the general education program. Their search ended in a formal implementation of course-embedded assessment in all general education courses beginning in fall 2001. Course-embedded assessment is a classroom-based process that…

Art shares common qualities with other endeavors, such as gardening or sports, that allow people to celebrate life. This conceptualization of art can bring aesthetic education into students' lives. (JH)

Response article Nr.1 on a special topic: "The Means-Ends Problem of Education in the Humanities. See AA 502 148 and AA 502 150 for the main article and response article Nr.2, respectively.