HONEYWELL USED AN AUDIO-PROGRAMED COURSE IN LISTENING SKILLS, CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF TAPED STATEMENTS OF VARYING LENGTH AND COMPLEXITY, WITH CONSIDERABLE NOISE, AND THE TRAINEE MADE A WRITTEN OR ORAL RESPONSE. IT TOOK 2.5 TO 3 HOURS TO COMPLETE, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 HOUR FOR PRE- AND POST-TESTING. THE FIRST GROUP SHOWED TWOFOLD TO THREEFOLD…

A 1965-66 SURVEY OF STATE SUPERVISORS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES WAS DESIGNED TO LEARN ABOUT CURRENT PRACTICES AND POLICIES IN THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN THE UNITED STATES. IN ADDITION TO CITING THE GENERAL EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 26 RESPONDENTS, THE REPORT CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC "LIVE" OR COMMERCIALLY…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY CENTER PROGRAM HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS MAY HAVE A QUIET PLACE TO STUDY AND WHERE THEY MAY RECEIVE HELP WITH THEIR SCHOOL WORK. SEVENTEEN CENTERS ARE IN OPERATION WITH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGE TUTORS. THE COORDINATOR IN CHARGE AT EACH CENTER IS A TEACHER FROM THE SCHOOL WHERE IT IS LOCATED. EACH CENTER…

A STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THE USEFULNESS OF AUTOMATED TEACHING PROCEDURES FOR HELPING MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN LEARN WORD RECOGNITION, READING, AND SPELLING. THE SUBJECTS FOR THE STUDY (66) WERE DRAWN FROM ESTABLISHED PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSES FOR THE EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED. SUBJECTS, RANGING IN AGE FROM 8-16 YEARS, WERE MATCHED AND…

A STUDY WAS INITIATED IN 12 SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FILMED CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS COURSES. CONTROL VARIABLES WERE USED TO INSURE COMPARABILITY OF EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS. ACHIEVEMENT, INTEREST, AND ATTITUDE SERVED AS THE STANDARDS BY WHICH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FILMED COURSES WERE JUDGED. BOTH GROUPS WERE…

The final report of a year-long study of the Hawaii English Program (HEP), a comprehensive language arts curriculum for the elementary grades, comparing the performance level in English of pupils in fifth-grade HEP and non-HEP classes and investigating the attitudes of pupils, teachers, and parents is presented in this volume. Sections in the…

The data collection procedures described in this report were designed to monitor and evaluate the performance of the Sexual Offenses Crisis Center in Annapolis, Maryland, for local, state, and federal agencies. After introductory material summarizing program evaluation criteria established by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, the…

This inservice training guide on nutrition activities for preschool and elementary school teachers consists of 14 lesson plans for two workshops and more than 20 related instructional handouts that can be copied for teachers. The first workshop for teachers provides a rationale for nutrition education ine elementary curriculum as well as…

Technical considerations associated with item selection and reliability assessment are considered in relation to criterion-referenced tests constructed to provide group information. The purpose is to emphasize test building and the evaluation of test scores in program evaluation studies. It is stressed that an evaluator employ a performance or…

A broad review of educational assessment during the past 40 years (1930's to 1970's) is presented. The review begins with the birth of the term "evaluation", when the depression made educators aware of the need for new programs and ways to appraise them, and continues into an explanation of the Eight-Year Study (1933-41), which gave attention to…

A branch library community analysis study identifies library users and nonusers, determines the area of service, and serves as a pilot project for a larger systemwide study. Significant findings suggest that users may be identified by their degree of participation in socio-cultural activities and adult education programs rather than demographic…

The participative management procedures used in establishing goals, objectives, and priorities at Bucks County Community College (BCCC) for 1978 and 1979 are described in this report. BCCC's mission statement is examined first as adopted by the Board of Trustees in 1977, and then the steps involved in securing staff paricipation in the…

This report provides information on feedback from a consultant panel concerning the initial phase of the ethnographic component of the multimethod evaluation of the Head Start Bilingual Bicultural Curriculum Development Project. Adjustments made as a result of feedback are indicated. The document is organized into several sections. First, a brief…

Designed for use by professional staff development personnel with pre-service and inservice educational personnel, this training manual was developed to train personnel to implement elementary school career education programs. This manual is divided into twelve chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of the Project FOCUS Manual. The…

This is part of a series of four modules intended to present guidelines to representatives from a community for evaluation of their school's secondary science programs. This module encourages the representatives to review, ponder, and evaluate the science curriculum in their schools for their children and students and then: (1) decide what it is…