TO HELP ADMINISTRATORS PLAN A SPANISH PROGRAM, AN 18-MONTH PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THREE DIFFERENT METHODS OF TEACHING SPANISH TO SIXTH GRADERS. FOR THIS EVALUATION, SUCH INDEPENDENT VARIABLES AS STUDENT, TEACHER, CLASSROOM, AND DISTRICT WERE CONSIDERED, ALONG WITH DEPENDENT VARIABLES OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN DIFFERENT SKILLS. PART I OF…

This report describes the educational program and reports on the evaluation of that program in relation to how the faculty members implemented the goals and objectives of the program. The evaluation is concerned with the content, coherence, and power of the curriculum. These qualities of curriculum-building and instruction were studied to…

A study involving four sections of a general psychology course at Delta College (Michigan) was conducted to determine: (1) the effectiveness of repeated, cumulative testing on long-term retention of information; (2) its effect on students' ability to generalize information learned as measured by the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) general…

This course of instruction contains materials designed to provide the trainee in an adult manpower training program with job-seeking and job-survival skills. Contents include a listing of course objectives and competencies by instructional units, a pre- and post-course test, and lesson plans for the two-section course. The ten units of the…