Empowering teachers to use data effectively as part of a process of instructional improvement calls for schools and districts to engage in systematic collection and analysis of evidence as part of an ongoing school improvement cycle. In research and practice, the author has identified four steps school leaders--supported by central office--must…

What is meant by "knowledge" in vocational education qualifications and who decides? These are significant questions in a context where "skill" is the prevailing discourse. This paper reports on a research project, undertaken in 2010-2011, which investigated the role of national stakeholders in defining knowledge in vocational…

Some young people naturally flourish in school; others struggle due to difficult life circumstances. There is also another group of young people who have no substantial issues or barriers but are still at risk of disengaging from learning. Through research, it is known that the majority of young people who are not in education, employment or…

C. M. Lindvall's introduction to the IPI project is based--as is the project itself--on Robert Glaser's National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE) Yearbook chapter entitled 'The Design of Instruction'. The project concerns itself with identifying the proposed student terminal behaviors and structuring them into some meaningful total…

This study examined the extent to which Fishbein's Model of Behavioral Intentions was able to predict breast self-examination behavior. A questionnaire was administered to 350 women who were classified according to frequency of breast self-examination. Results are set forth. Implications for health educators are considered. (MT)

This paper discusses the need for early identification of children's character disorders, because by the time a character disorder becomes a serious problem in the home, school or community, the child is approaching adolescence and it is too late to treat it effectively. Thus the need for early identification in the school. Ten identifying…

This instructional unit is intended for use in training operations personnel and others involved in scram analysis at nuclear power plants in the techniques of root cause analysis. Four lessons are included. The first lesson provides an overview of the goals and benefits of the root cause analysis method. Root cause analysis techniques are covered…

This article addresses performance testing based on criterion-referenced measurement. A brief description of performance objectives is presented, followed by a discussion of the different types of performance tests: pencil and paper, identification, simulation, and work sample. Checklists and other types of rating scales are identified. (CT)

Presented is a proposal (submitted to the Canaan, Vermont School Directors) for low-cost inservice workshops to develop a minimum objectives system in language arts and mathematics (K-12). Pairing of learning objectives with a time criteria establishes a minimum rate of learning useful in determining children eligible for special services.…

This document is one of a series of modules in the Missouri Auto Mechanics Curriculum Guide, which is based on 144 basic auto mechanics competencies identified on the Missouri Auto Mechanics Competency Profile. The instructor's materials in this document are for a 13-unit secondary education course. The following units are included: (1)…

Presented is the 1972-73 report of the second year of the Essential Early Education Project in two Vermont school districts to identify 5-year-old children eligible for special education, develop materials for dissemination, and continue the home-based parent training program. Noted is the refinement and replication of survey and testing…

The handbook provides a guide for the development of a public school program for autistic and seriously emotionally disturbed (ED) children which reflects the experience and successful elements of the Orange County (Florida) School District program. Included are sections on program rationale and philosophy (providing equal education…

The trainer's manual was written for use with teachers in the field and provides guides for teaching a mini-course in developing individualized learning activities for students with learning disabilities. There are four sessions outlined, each having an overview of the goals, activities, materials, and time for the session; an outline of topic to…

This guide, which is one in the "Exploration" series of curriculum guides intended to assist junior high and middle school industrial educators in helping their students explore diverse industrial situations and technologies used in industry, deals with servicing products. Lessons on servicing products and evaluating those in need of repair are…