Pilot research using a draft version of the Mathematics Inventory is discussed in this report. The Mathematics Inventory is a self evaluation instrument which covers five major subject areas: elementary algebra, intermediate/advanced algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, and coordinate geometry and functions. The instrument is…

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL OCCUPATIONAL VARIABLES OF LAW AND SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS WERE IDENTIFIED AND MEASURED. THE JOB ANALYSIS AND INTEREST MEASUREMENT (JAIM), A SELF-DESCRIPTION INVENTORY DEVELOPED FROM STUDIES OF MATURE WORKERS, WAS GIVEN TO 495 FIRST OR SECOND YEAR STUDENTS AT FIVE SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK AND 244 FIRST YEAR OR GRADUATE LAW…

Five high schools and three middle schools participated in a career education project conducted during 1974-75 in the Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island. The program was designed to aid students in the development of maximum awareness of self and of community. During the first project year, an awareness of the concept of career education…

The Tigard School District, Oregon has designated two schools as models in a long-range career education plan which includes developing programs and processes for career awareness at the elementary level and career exploration at the junior high school level. A team selected by the Oregon Board of Education carried out a formative assessment…

TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ON ACCULTURATION, THIS PILOT STUDY ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN EXTENT OF EDUCATION BETWEEN THOSE WASHO INDIANS WHO WERE ACCULTURATED AND THOSE WHO WERE NOT. WHEN IT WAS FOUND THAT THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF TWO TENTATIVELY SELECTED GROUPS WAS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT,…

Based on recent study on availability of publications in two developing countries, this article outlines methodology for similar studies in a wide range of settings. Acquisition and interlending policies, barriers to availability, and survey of interlibrary loan demand are discussed. Checklists for discussions, coding instructions, and…

The Private Institution Pretest Finance Survey (Pretest Survey) of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) was sent to a sample of 1,000 private colleges and universities for the fiscal year 1996. As of May 1997, the Bureau of the Census, administering the survey, had received and completed edit checks for about 50% of the…

Describes the results of two pilot studies involving readers' spontaneous responses to short stories during the actual reading process. Analyzes the responses to show the nature of the reading process in the individual. Bibliography. (RW)

Discussion of the effectiveness of learner control in computer assisted instruction focuses on a study of undergraduates at Cornell University using an interactive videodisc lesson on waterfowl identification. Opportunities for students to modify the delivery of the program are described, and the effects of student expectations of control on…

Describes a pilot study to help develop instruments appropriate for a full-scale assessment of the Blacksburg, Virginia, community network. A brief overview of the methods employed in the pilot evaluation is given. The results of focus group interviews, lessons learned, and future plans are presented. The 17-item focus group questionnaire is…

Objective: To pilot test the acceptability and efficacy of contextual emotion-regulation therapy (CERT), a new, developmentally appropriate intervention for childhood depression, which focuses on the self-regulation of dysphoria. Method: Two samples of convenience (n = 29, n = 2) served to verify some CERT constructs; it was then operationalized…

A pilot study investigated the relationships of career indecision, communication anxiety, and attrition of university students. Ten honors students from a college of arts and sciences were invited to a 3-day intensive focus on career decision making. The honors students reported satisfaction with the 3-day program. Information from these students…

The National Conference of Bar Examiners commissioned American College Testing, Inc., to help them in the development and evaluation of a performance test for use in bar admissions decisions. Because it was recognized that candidate perceptions would provide valuable information, a candidate-perception questionnaire was developed to be…

Two pilot projects undertaken in 1987 by the Open Education Faculty (OEF) of Anadolu University (Eskisehir, Turkey) were designed to determine whether distance education students would benefit from watching videotapes of the educational programs if they were made available at Video Education Centers. A project conducted in Konya, Turkey, was…

Preliminary guidelines are presented to provide a methodology for conducting user studies in the information field, particularly in developing countries. Topics covered include: user needs in planning a national information system; the identification of user groups; the design and organization of user studies, including background research survey…