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Leinwand, Gerald – 1978
The booklet is designed to aid social studies teachers in developing and implementing curriculum to help students understand other cultures and the dynamics of world affairs. Presented in nine chapters, the booklet stresses the importance of factual knowledge, questioning techniques, and selective curriculum content. Chapter I discusses how to…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources
Download full textBanta, Trudy W.; And Others – 1981
The Tennessee Nutrition Education and Training (NET) program is part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture effort to develop a coordinated nutrition education program for children from preschool through grade 12. For this second-year evaluation, researchers associated with the University of Tennessee collected data for the evaluation of program…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Scientific Life in Indian and African Universities: A Comparative Study of Peripherality in Science.
Eiseman, Thomas Owen – 1980
This paper examines how the careers and research activities of university scientists in India, Nigeria, and Kenya are influenced by factors related to practicing science in developing nations. Data are derived from interviews with engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and zoologists in Indian, Kenyan, and Nigerian universities. Estimates are that…
Descriptors: African Culture, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Assessment
HOOD, PAUL D.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THREE ALTERNATIVE LEADERSHIP TRAINING SYSTEMS WERE STUDIED TO EVALUATE WHAT MIGHT BE THE MOST FEASIBLE METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AND TRAINING POTENTIAL JUNIOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE IN THEIR ARMY CAREERS. TRAINING OBJECTIVES WERE DEFINED AND TRAINING MATERIALS AND ASSESSMENT DEVICES WERE DEVELOPED AND REFINED FOR APPLICATION IN…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Attitudes, Behavior Rating Scales, Course Content
Moschis, George P.; Churchill, Gilbert A., Jr. – 1977
The article describes a study of consumer education materials and practices, and suggests guidelines for developing economic education material and programs. Objectives of the study were to (1) assess the effectiveness of consumer-related courses in junior and senior high schools, (2) examine the extent to which students learn consumer-related…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Consumer Education, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development
Furfey, Paul Hanly; Harte, Thomas J. – 1964
In order to study the interaction of the deaf and the hearing, surveys were made in Frederick County, Maryland. Eighty deaf persons were studied by social casework techniques, and 1017 hearing persons were interviewed. Specialized data were obtained from interviews with manufacturers, merchants, health personnel, and clergy, data which indicated…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitudes, Clergy, Community Attitudes
Dressel, Paul L.; Nelson, Clarence H. – 1956
This folio of test items, contributed by a number of colleges and universities from their course, placement, entrance, or other institutional examinations, was compiled to aid teachers in constructing tests. Only those science courses offered in the first two years of college are represented by the scope of the items. The test items may also serve…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Classification
Ochoa, Anna S. – 1976
The ethics and conduct of social studies teachers are discussed and the values that should guide their classroom behavior are articulated. Two sources of values are integrated to derive the value base for ethical conduct. The first source utilizes the three criteria for education presented by the educational philosopher, R. S. Peters--character…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Democratic Values, Educational Philosophy
Wentworth, Donald R. – 1976
Economic literacy and economic efficacy are addressed by examining basic goals and assumptions of economic education and by suggesting areas that need systematic attention and investigation. To clarify goals, an operational definition of economic literacy must be developed and used in a criterion-referenced testing instrument. A definition of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior, Consumer Economics, Criterion Referenced Tests
Heidemann, Winfried – 2001
Traditionally characterized by a mixed human capital and human skills and resources model, the German education and training system has come under pressure from structural changes in economy and society. The emerging "new economy" is more than the sector of information technology industries. Beyond global action and rapid exchange of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Economic Change, Economic Progress
Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Bailey, Phillip; Daley, Christine E. – 1997
This study investigated predictors of foreign language anxiety in 210 university students enrolled in French, Spanish, German, and Japanese language courses. Several instruments were used to gather information on student characteristics, study behaviors, attitudes, and language anxiety experience during the fourth week of the semester. Results…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Anxiety, College Freshmen
Minnema, Jane; Thurlow, Martha; Bielinski, John – 2002
Two focus groups of test and measurement experts were held to explore the use of out-of-level testing for students with disabilities. The participants (n=17) included state and federal level assessment personnel, test company employees, and university professors. A content analysis of the narrative results indicated that there was no clear…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adaptive Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Disabilities
Brown, Richard Harvey, Ed.; Schubert, J. Daniel, Ed. – 2000
This collection of essays is authored by social scientists who are concerned primarily with relationships between academic knowledge and political power, rethinking the traditional view of politics and science as mutually exclusive fields of study. Chapters are organized into three parts: "Introduction"; "The Institutional Politics of Knowledge…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Discourse Analysis, Educational History, Educational Policy
Garrick, John, Ed.; Rhodes, Carl, Ed. – 2000
This book, which contains 15 chapters by various authors, aims to conceptualize new ways that knowledge is being "legitimized" through various formal and informal workplace-based research practices. It examines the new legitimations critically, and analyzes possible directions for future developments in work-based research and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Business, Education Work Relationship, Educational Research
Launier, Ray – 1997
An increasing percentage of college students are perceived by faculty as underprepared in the basic academic skills, study skills, commitment, and disposition toward learning needed to succeed in college. This report presents background information and findings of a campus-wide survey of Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) students to identify and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average
