Describes a process for evaluating the effectiveness of formal courses or segments of training instruction, including lessons or modules. Topics discussed include focusing on objectives; objective and test item evaluation; on-the-job training; task levels; transfer of training; presentation evaluation; and evaluation of instructional…

Two sections of an introductory educational psychology course given at the University of Akron were restructured using some nontraditional elements. Student evalutions of the course's content and structure and student achievement measures were used to analyze the effectiveness of the changes. The statistical analyses are detailed. The results are…

Results of the evaluation of a faculty development program for dental faculty are presented, along with a course outline. The purpose of the program is to help improve the teaching skills of new or recent dental faculty through two semester-long courses. The fall course consists of seven learning modules consisting of self-directed instructional…

This first in a series of six learning modules on instructional evaluation is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in identifying and establishing the criteria for student performance and relating these criteria to other steps in the instructional process. The terminal objective for the module is to establish…