In February 1998, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) developed and published a report called "An Action Strategy for Improving Achievement in Mathematics and Science" which laid out a series of strategies for improving achievement in mathematics and science. To facilitate the implementation of some of…

The use of the Remote Associates Test (Mednick & Mednick 1967) is recommended as a way to increase student involvement and enthusiasm in a beginning psychology course. The procedures and results of the test are analyzed as a classroom model for the teacher. (Author/DE)

A system was developed for program evaluation throughout the university. It provides the user with guidelines, procedures, materials, and resources to conduct evaluations for the improvement of teaching skills and methods, course development, and administrative decisionmaking about curricular matters. The evaluation process is intended to be…

This self-diagnosis inventory for social studies teachers is intended to help teachers analyze and evaluate their social studies programs and practices in terms of recent findings in order that teachers, departments, and schools may better establish explicit priorities for efforts to improve classroom instruction. The inventory is designed to…