This module is designed to acquaint Child Development Associate (CDA) interns with several techniques used in making observations of children. It is expected that the intern will use the practice exercises in the module not as an end in themselves, but as a springboard for developing regular habits of skillful observation. Objectives are…

This packet identifies and explains the questionnaires and coding used in DeVault VIII, a subsystem of the Texas Student Information System designed to generate data for local utilization and for fulfillment of the federally-mandated Vocational Education Data System (VEDS) student and employer follow-up requirements. The report first explains the…

The purpose of this survey was to identify procedures and practices of child welfare and related agencies of each state in the United States regarding out-of-state placement of children and reception of non-resident children for therapeutic, educational, physical and psychiatric services. An overall view emphasizing functions and responsibilities…

This volume describes the methods and results of the congressionally mandated study of the nature and extent of sex discrimination and stereotyping in vocational education, and efforts which are being made to eliminate inequities. Following an introduction to the report, part 2 presents the findings and their interpretations organized into six…

Three questionnaires are offered as language planning aids. These instruments measure variables in language background, language behavior, and language policy, particularly in situations where two or more dialects of languages are used. The first questionnaire asks 60 questions designed to form a language background profile of an individual. The…

This report reviews the effectiveness of national evaluation activities undertaken by the United States Office of Education, Office of Evaluation and Dissemination (OED) with regard to Title I compensatory education programs. Three major evaluations undertaken by the OED and technical assistance activities developed by the OED are described and…

THIS INTERIM REPORT DESCRIBES AND EVALUATES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COLLEGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CAP), WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED TO COUNSEL DISADVANTAGED AND NEGRO STUDENTS ABOUT POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM INTERVIEWS, CORRESPONDENCE, AND FILED REPORTS, AND FROM QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO 1197 COLLEGE…

APPLICABLE TO THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO CONDUCT A LABOR FORCE SURVEY, THIS MANUAL OUTLINES AND DESCRIBES SURVEY PROCEDURES WITH AS LITTLE TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGY AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE WITH THE CHIEF STATISTICIAN IN THE SURVEY. LABOR FORCE CONCEPTS TRADITIONALLY USED IN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES ARE MODIFIED FOR…

This is a report on the data collection activities of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972(NLS). This phase of the operation involved the first follow-up contact with the 22,654 seniors selected for participation in this study. The fieldwork for the first follow-up was scheduled between July 1973 and January 1974; it…

The development of a prototype system is described which merges the strengths of computer assisted instruction, data gathering, interactive learning, individualized instruction, and the motion in color, and audio features of television. Creation of the prototype system will allow testing of both TV and interactive CAI/TV strategies in auditory and…

This paper is concerned with the research and development work that is being undertaken in applying interaction analysis to the training of university lectures. Interaction analysis or the systematic observation of lecturing is a technique that has been used in conjunction with microteaching to facilitate the trainer's job in shaping the teaching…

In 1970, the Illinois Legislature passed bills requiring that elementary school districts institute procedures to identify and treat preschool children who, without such intervention, would not progress satisfactorily in a normal school environment. Efforts in this regard resulted in the screening instrument called Developmental Indicators for the…

Appalachian Education Satellite Project (AESP), using the ATS-6 satellite, has designed a variety of multi-media learning activities intended to upgrade the quality of instruction in Appalachia. Four modes of communication (televised programs, four-channel audio review, four-channel data collection and analysis, and VHF-teletype relay system) were…

This document defines a wide range of measures of the outcomes (results or impacts) of postsecondary education institutions and their programs and suggests procedures for acquiring the data needed for each measure. The outcome measures described are ones identified by a survey of institutional and state-level decision makers as providing the…

The reporting booklet contains the reporting forms which collect basic enrollment, staff, and building facilities data from school heads, viz., principals and/or directors for the Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) Census Data System (CDS). CDS, one of two major subsystems of the integrated management information…