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Vermont State Dept. of Education, Montpelier. – 1979
This guide defines the basic competencies in reasoning and describes how to incorporate them into the educational program at all grade levels. Reasoning is the ability to approach day-to-day problems with intelligent decision-making skills. It is important for students to begin developing reasoning skills at an early age and in all subject areas.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Classification, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Morehouse, Ward – 1979
Relationships between mass-media coverage of international affairs and university-based expertise in international, language, and area studies are investigated. The report is presented in three major sections. Section I poses issues for debate: How important is media in informing the American public about world affairs? Does it really matter if…
Descriptors: Career Education, Continuation Education, Credibility, Cultural Interrelationships
Bettis, Norman C. – 1979
The process of constructing a test to assess geographic knowledge and understandings of fifth and sixth grade pupils is discussed. In addition, a draft of a test to measure geography skills and knowledge of physical and human geography is presented. The document is presented in three sections. In section I, information is presented on test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Objectives, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
HUNTER, STARLEY M.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE PRESENT STUDY, INVOLVING 129 DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES IN THE SOUTH END HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, BOSTON, WAS MADE IN 1964 TO ASSESS THE EXTENT TO WHICH SOUTH END FAMILIES HAD BEEN REACHED BY MASSACHUSETTS EXTENSION SERVICE PROGRAMS SINCE A PREVIOUS (1962) SURVEY OF NEEDS, THE MEANS BY WHICH THEY HAD BEEN REACHED, AND CHANGES IN ATTITUDES AND…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Behavior Change, Consumer Economics, Disadvantaged
WARREN, RICHARD D.; AND OTHERS – 1966
AN EXPERIMENTAL ACTION AND RESEARCH PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED DURING 1960-64 BY THE IOWA AGRICULTURAL AND HOME ECONOMICS EXPERIMENT STATION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR GENERAL MANAGERS OF LOCAL RETAIL FARM SUPPLY RETAIL BUSINESSES DEALING IN FERTILIZER AND…
Descriptors: Administration, Agricultural Supply Occupations, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes
Kaplan, M. – 1978
This study arose out of a concern of the Nedlands College staff about the lack of written objectives on the aims of the teacher education program. A survey was conducted among members of the staff addressing their expectations with regard to students. The final objective of the survey was to define good teaching and the aims and objectives of a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1979
This report summarizes changes in student performance in the areas of citizenship and social studies, as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. An initial assessment of citizenship was conducted in 1969-70, and an initial assessment of social studies was conducted in 1971-72. Both areas were reassessed in 1975-76. Because…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Citizenship, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment
Engel, Brenda S. – 1977
Intended for non-experts in evaluative techniques, this monograph presents suggestions and examples for assessing: (1) the child; (2) the classroom; and (3) the program or the school. Illustrative techniques of recordkeeping are presented. Methods of collecting data include documentation and formal records. Techniques to be used during evaluation…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Coastline Community Coll., Fountain Valley, CA. – 1979
Coastline Community College has developed a series of guides to assist adults who wish to obtain college credit or advanced standing in evaluating and verifying their non-college learning experiences. This guide lists the competency requirements of four courses within the General Office Practice program: Filing, Business Correspondence,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bookkeeping, Business Correspondence, Business Skills
Coastline Community Coll., Fountain Valley, CA. – 1979
Coastline Community College has developed a series of guides to assist adults who wish to obtain college credit or advanced standing in evaluating and verifying their non-college learning experiences. This guide lists the competency requirements of six courses in the Sales and Marketing Management program: Principles of Accounting, Salesmanship,…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrator Education, Advertising, Behavioral Objectives
Weber, Margaret B.; Argo, Jana K. – 1979
This study determined whether item forms ( rules for constructing items related to a domain or set of tasks) would enable naive item writers to generate multiple-choice items at three taxonomic levels--knowledge, comprehension, and application. Students wrote 120 multiple-choice items from 20 item forms, corresponding to educational objectives…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Classification, Cognitive Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests
Bernknopf, Stan; And Others – 1979
The effectiveness of a model for determining a minimal cut-off score for criterion-referenced tests was examined. The model, based upon techniques presented originally by Nedelsky and by Angoff, was first used in conjunction with a multiple choice test developed for use in certifying school counselors in Georgia. A "knowledge estimation panel" was…
Descriptors: Counselor Certification, Court Litigation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores
Gottwald, Henry – 1967
The study was designed to identify the present status of public knowledge concerning mental retardation, and to relate certain population and demographic characteristics to the data. Data were collected through field interviews and questionnaires with precoded probable responses. Descriptive responses are presented for the sample of 1,515 subjects…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes, Demography, Educational Background
Steiner, Elizabeth – 1977
The paper defines and classifies educology and examines its merit from the perspective of philosophy of science and its significance for the methodology of educational inquiry. The term educology implies a body of knowledge with scientific merit that is unique to the description and explanation of teaching-learning processes. Chapter I discusses…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Definitions, Degree Requirements, Education
Leifer, Aimee Dorr; Lesser, Gerald S. – 1976
Information about what very young children know about careers is reviewed in order to determine levels of knowledge and to trace the development of career awareness. Then the following career awareness curricula for very young children are described: public and commercial television, instructional television, commercial film, and classroom-based…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Education, Childhood Attitudes
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