This document is a speech on the problems and issues involved in implementing a competency-based teacher education program as they were experienced at the University of Georgia. The author details the two initial phases of implementation which began in 1968: (a) individualizing the existing professional subject matter program for preservice…

Grades, as conventionally conceived and used, are failing the educational system. There are numerous mistakes made in the computation of grades and grade point averages. They become the end of the educational endeavor instead of an evaluation procedure. They are psychologically damaging to two-thirds of the students because of their inability to…

Developed in response to the need for a better understanding of how to measure and evaluate physical skill performance in an economical and practical manner, this book provides data which should augment the physical educator's evaluation skills. The objectives were to develop within the prospective physical education teacher a greater…

Learning Activity Packages (LAP) mostly relating to the Introductory Physical Science Text are presented in this manual for use in sampling a new type of instruction. The total of 14 topics are incorporated into five units: (1) introduction to individualized learning; (2) observation versus interpretation; (3) quantity of matter; (4) introduction…

A study was conducted to determine the relationships between student completion and time of day the class is offered, the content of the class, size of the class, grading procedure, and background of the teacher. A 17-item questionnaire was prepared for instructors of all daytime graded classes. Response rate was 89%. Results showed that student…

Articles written by members of the Commission on Composition which define how and why to teach composition at all school levels are contained in this publication of the National Council of Teachers of English. Each article is on a major topic and is not a committee report, but is based on the author's own philosophy and experience. Among the…

Guidelines for nonsequential, one-semester courses in French and Spanish for travelers, offered at the secondary level of instruction, are presented in this study. The courses are intended for those who wish a brief introduction to the language focusing primarily on selected phrases and expressions often used by travelers. The categories of…

Contents of this book include: (1) "Introduction: race and educational opportunity," Meyer Weinberg; (2) "Project 'Unique' and efforts to eliminate racial imbalance in Rochester, New York," Herman R. Goldberg and Raymond S. Iman; (3) "Project 'Apex': magnet schools for enrichment and exchange in Los Angeles," Albert…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a proposal made by the Advisory Council on Universities under the ministry of Education. The humanities and science departments of Finnish universities award the degrees of bachelor, master, licentiate, and doctor. This report deals with the first two. The lowest (BA or…

This study compared the attitudes toward competition in the 4-H Club program in Carroll County, Ohio, as seen by 4-H members, their parents, and 4-H advisors. A random sampling was used to compare the attitudes among the three respondent groups (211 of 278 4-H Club members responded to the questionnaire, 181 of 587 parents, and 32 of 35 advisors).…

This study investigated whether there was a significant difference in the mean achievement scores of second and third grade remedial reading pupils taught by two different programs. The approaches used were (1) a basal reader program in both regular and remedial reading classes and (2) a basal reader program in the regular classroom supplemented…

The grading patterns of teachers at Georgia State University were examined to ascertain the relationship between course discipline fields and grading patterns controlling for teachers' academic and personal attributes. The data base consisted of over 2,000 courses comprising more than 40,000 grades and 1,000 teachers from fall 1975. A methodology…

Continuous student assessment in Britain's Open University courses is based on CMAs (computer-marked assignments) and TMAs (tutor-marked assignments). To insure common standards are applied by all tutors, TMAs are monitored by two methods: staff inspection and statistical procedure. Use of the latter for standardizing grading is described fully…

Discussing G. Neuner's article on the reading comprehension test in issue no. 2, 1977, of this journal, the construction of the test, the distribution of points, problem design, and choice of texts are criticized. Suggestions for correcting are given. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Marco DeFunis' plight to be admitted to the University of Washington's Law School raises the question: Does one group's gain have to be another group's loss? (Author/JP)