This paper concerns itself with a diverse set of applications of the Operationalization of Fuzzy Concepts (OFC) procedure -- a systematic method for breaking a fuzzy statement of intent, a goal, or a fuzzy concept, into observable, measurable components. The paper assumes that the reader has some prior familiarity with the technique. The…

This book provides material to design and carry out a health science program at the elementary level with outcomes which are clearly defined and measurably effective. Chapter one describes health problems that justify the school health program. In chapters two and three the processes of curriculum and the sources of data that are basic to…

An introduction to a collection or bank of reading objectives devised to aid school personnel in planning, conducting, and evaluating instructional programs, this manual contains: an "Introduction" which discusses the rationale for the System for Pupil and Program Evaluation and Development (SPPED), the development of the SPPED reading objectives,…

This document is one part of a critique series that deals with the development and evaluation of course goals in six subject matter areas for grades K-12. The series provides an initial pool of course-level goals that are expected to be of considerable value in assisting educators with goal definition related to curriculum planning and…

This study reports the results of a project testing the extent to which a systematic analysis of objectives, procedures, and evaluation can benefit literature teaching in the Swedish Comprehensive School (the compulsory nine-year school for pupils between seven and sixteen years of age). Following earlier reports on goal document and requirement…

The authors describe the development of a curriculum evaluation scheme: the history, literature search, categorization scheme, development of objectives, technical problems, and the future of the model. A sample of the category scheme is included, as well as some performance objectives, definitions of operational verbs used in the objectives, and…

Article addressed the question of whether or not behavioral objectives are useful as an educational tool for the music educator. (Author/RK)

Author attempts to show the Philadelphia bilingual program, Let's Be Amigos, funded under Title VII, was indeed changed as the program staff came to grips with the problem of building-in accountability. (Author/CB)

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)

An attempt to attain various high level aims such as "training the mind,""developing judgment," and "achieving independence" within the framework of a first-year physics laboratory course is described. Evaluations of the course and the effectiveness of consequent improvements are discussed. (Author/MLW)

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)

Students in special schools or classes can follow mainstream curricula if sufficient support is provided through objective-based curricula. Identified are types of special education curricula, elements of curriculum planning and organization, characteristics of an objectives-based curriculum, specification of curriculum objectives, and suggestions…

The educational model presented in this document synthesizes behavioral and developmental orientations in order to address certain school problems of low-income children. These problems include poor reading, math, and language arts skills; insufficient problem solving skills; and inadequate parent involvement and influence in children's formal…