The World Wide Web provides a convenient source of databases and examples of survey resources for those who teach research methods. For example, lottery numbers as sources of data, demographic-based search engines, and surveys and their results can be found on the World Wide Web. These can stimulate discussion and lead to student analyses…

The objectives of this study were to develop comparative research data on two library instruction methods in order to improve student skills in collecting information, evaluating material critically, and communicating effectively through writing, as well as to evaluate a methodology for the assessment of library instruction. The traditional…

This paper is a discussion of how videocassette tape recording is used and the results of its use, in general chemistry pre-laboratory instruction at the University of Southern Mississippi. (Author)

Focusing on ways to teach fourth-grade students the machine skills they need to make the computer a fluent writing tool, this study sought to identify the word processing skills that students need to learn and the ones that are most difficult, and the instructional approaches that work best in teaching word processing skills. The problems and…

The Stanford Research International (SRI) classroom observation system provides a description of the classroom environment with emphasis on interactions between teachers and students and among students. Included in the SRI observation system is the Five Minute Observation (FMO), which records classroom interactions into "frames"…

This social psychological laboratory activity permits the systematic observation of spontaneous human behavior as simulated on television and provides one way to effectively demonstrate and compare time sampling, event sampling, and trait rating techniques. The preparation involves videotaping a popular television show that depicts observable…

This report is an analysis of data collected by a special project which surveyed issues and resources in teaching undergraduate sociology. The data was collected from a questionnaire mailed to a sample of 682 chairpersons of departments of sociology in universities, colleges, and community colleges. The overall response rate was 65%. The…

The faculty of Dartmouth College was surveyed to measure the extent of instructional computing in undergraduate courses, including the total amount, the spread across the curriculum, and the variety of individual efforts. The on-campus teaching faculty received a short, four-question card asking if they had used computing in their courses. Those…

TO INVESTIGATE STUDENT TEACHERS' SELF PERCEIVED CHANGES IN THEIR MASTERY OF CURRICULUM CONTENT AND TEACHING METHODS, 313 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJORS WERE ADMINISTERED A SELF RATING OF MASTERY SCHEDULE AT SIX POINTS FROM THE START OF THE FIRST COURSE IN EDUCATION TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND YEAR OF TEACHING. THE SCHEDULE LISTED 8 CURRICULUM…

THE MISSOURI COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST WAS ADMINISTERED TO 1,341 COLLEGE FRESHMEN TO COMPARE THE PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS. SIGNIFICANTLY MORE BOYS THAN GIRLS SCORED BELOW THE 50TH PERCENTILE. THE INVESTIGATORS SUGGEST THAT MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE WHY GIRLS ARE MORE PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH AFTER 12 YEARS OF SCHOOL…

In this working paper on adult education in the Los Angeles area, future needs for university extension and other specialized educational services outside the formal educational structure of the state are discussed. Professional continuing education and the needs of housewives and retired persons, high school and university dropouts, persons…

The strategy used to construct the Field Instrument for Evaluation of Learning Devices (FIELD) is described. FIELD is a data collection instrument which can produce useful information concerning the cost, utilization, pattern, and overall effectiveness of presently operating or proposed multi-media systems in higher education. Part I is an…

The introduction of performance-oriented instructional procedures into Women's Basic Training (BT) at Fort McClellan and the revision of Army Training Program 21-121 to incorporate the philosophy and principles of performance-oriented training are described in the document. Results from a questionnaire regarding duties, activities, and attitudes…

One hundred and forty-four strategies and techniques on motivation and discipline in the vocational classroom are listed in the document. The items were generated and subsequently ranked by 130 vocational educators from the 50 States using the Delphi Technique. The total ranking of all items is presented in table 1. The items, grouped into common…

A working group, composed of both faculty and administration representatives from the State Board for Community Colleges and the community colleges, the Board of Trustees for State Colleges, the University of Maryland, and the private institutions, met together over a period of several months to develop the design of the study and the data…