Implication is that Campbell's Design can be a useful technique for investigators. (Authors)

Purpose of the study was to identify children at the end of the kindergarten year who showed potential educational, maturational, and neurophysiological problems, and to design a two year reading and remediation program to fit their individual needs. (Authors)

Purpose of this survey was to assess the attitudes of pupils in grades three through eight toward the Study of People and Social Development Programs in which they were participating. (Authors)

Study involved the development of a carefully sequenced, two-year program in dramatics and public speaking for kindergarten and first-grade children and an investigation of the effects of the program on children's acting and speaking. (Authors)

Discusses control of management information systems and finds a similarity in management of research and development activity. Part II will appear in AEDS Journal, Volume 4, number 2, December 1970. (JF)

Many institutions develop institutional goals, but few continue to the next step--assessing the extent to which the institution has achieved its goals. Some methods for assessing progress toward achieving goals are described.(MLW)

An evaluation of an elementary teacher education program using the responsive evaluation method is described. Responsive evaluation uses observer judgment and flexible data collection methods. The problems involved in each of the strategy's 12 steps are discussed and the influence of the university setting on the program is considered. (Author/MSE)

The article suggests that accuracy data alone provide insufficient information upon which to base instructional decisions, particularly for severely handicapped students. It discusses the merits of data that relate behavior to a time base. Characteristics of various time-based measures are described and data collection examples are presented.…

Four audiovisual programs about cancer and cancer treatment were evaluated. Cancer patients, their families, and friends were asked to complete questionnaires before and after watching a program to determine the effects of the program on their knowledge of cancer, anxiety levels, and perceived ability to communicate with the staff. (Author/MLW)

Program evaluation is seen as an organized process of collecting and disseminating information to assist administrators and faculty in making judgments about the value of academic departments and programs. The decision-making process depends upon the network of people designed to implement the system of program evaluation. (MLW)

This paper reports a qualitative study of what difference it makes to the participants to have completed the Supported Work program. For the majority, Supported Work brought steadier jobs, higher wages and fringe benefits, increased self-confidence, and independence. (Author/CT)

Three standard techniques for the analysis of geographic data are presented and their use in evaluation is discussed. These three techniques are: geocode analysis, trend surface analysis, and social area or ecological analysis. (CTM)

Presents a theoretical model which helps identify significant predictors of employability of vocational graduates. Discusses the decision to hire, multiple linear regression methods, reasons for poor predictability, and interpretation of the results. (CT)

Summarizes the findings of an investigation of a self-teaching scheme of selected topics in physics and chemistry used with students taking courses in catering, hotel/catering, and institutional management and diploma in home economics. Two complementary experimental approaches are used: statistical analysis of the data and semistructured…