Greater access to scientific instrumentation, courses, and supporting materials through the Internet and Integrated Laboratory Network (ILN) has the potential to profoundly change the way in which instrumental sciences are taught. Increased access to instrumentation will provide better opportunities for students to learn and practice instrumental…

Simple slopes, regions of significance, and confidence bands are commonly used to evaluate interactions in multiple linear regression (MLR) models, and the use of these techniques has recently been extended to multilevel or hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) and latent curve analysis (LCA). However, conducting these tests and plotting the…

The assistive technology (AT) field acknowledges that different stakeholders vary in their perspectives of service delivery outcomes. While the literature delineates consumers, caregivers and providers as stakeholders with distinct views, very little research documents these unique perspectives. This study reports on the perspectives of (a)…

In this paper, our focus is on "young" mathematics teachers during their pre-service training because of the conditions that might enable them to develop professional uses of technology more easily than "older" teachers. By describing some aspects of teacher training in France, especially the distinction between level 1…

The National Survey of Academic Research Instruments and Instrumentation Needs is a congressionally mandated program that collects data concerning scientific research instruments and the academic departments and facilities in which they are located. This report analyzes overall instrumentation issues and trends in all the fields covered by the…

This guide defines a methodology for program monitoring and discusses positive results achieved in Pennsylvania by implementing Instrument-based Program Monitoring (IPM) in the field of child day care services. IPM uses checklists or special questionnaires to structure monitoring interviews and site visits. This method differs substantially from…

The author presents a brief statement giving reasons for followup studies of teacher problems and explains the procedure for conducting such studies, the instruments used for data collection, and the estimated costs of a follow-up program. The four reasons cited for investigating teacher problems are: (1) to expose teacher educators to current…

This packet of forms, instruments, and guidelines has been assembled to aid in the determination of the articulation status and needs existing in elementary-junior high school and junior-senior high school programs. The term "articulation" is understood to mean the smooth transition from one grade or subject area into the next with as little…

This technical specialty course is one of thirty-five courses designed for use by two-year postsecondary institutions in five nuclear technician curriculum areas: (1) radiation protection technician, (2) nuclear instrumentation and control technician, (3) nuclear materials processing technician, (4) nuclear quality-assurance/quality-control…

THE TEST OF BASIC INFORMATION (TOBI) IS A 54-ITEM, MULTIPLE-CHOICE PICTURE TEST DEVELOPED TO MEASURE PREACADEMIC, SCHOOL-RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE. IT CAN BE USED TO ASSESS PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS BY GIVING IT AS A PRE- AND POSTTEST. IT CAN BE ADMINISTERED INDIVIDUALLY, OR TO GROUPS OF UP TO 15 IF THERE IS 1 ADULT FOR 3 OR 4 CHILDREN, AND TAKES FROM 15 TO…

Descriptive information on evaluation instruments for measuring effective health education programs is included in this bibliography. The evaluation instruments are listed in five categories, four of which correspond to the school level for which the instrument has been designed--elementary, junior high, senior high, and college and nonstudent…

Part of a series of materials in the electrical engineering sequence developed under contract with the United States Office of Education, this laboratory manual provides 10 projects dealing with basic electrical instrumentation and measurement that would be appropriate for a first course. Exercises include activities involving (1) voltmeters,…

The current manual NO (x) sampling and analysis method was evaluated. Improved time-integrated sampling and rapid analysis methods were developed. In the new method, the sample gas is drawn through a heated bed of uniquely active, crystalline, Pb02 where NO (x) is quantitatively absorbed. Nitrate ion is later extracted with water and the…

This monograph, published as the first Yearbook of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS), focuses on three areas of the research literature relating to teacher behavior. The first section presents a review of studies concerned with instrument development for the analysis of teacher behavior in science classrooms. The…

To develop and test an instrument designed to measure change orientation in vocational teachers as a means of identifying potential innovators and teachers most receptive to change, 250 vocational teachers were divided into "early adopter" and "laggard" groups and were administered an instrument containing eight attitude subscales designed to…