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Phillips, Donald – 1980
This report summarizes the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress 1977-78 assessment of mathematics. Chapter one provides general information about mathematics assessments and includes discussion of the objectives, samples, exercises, statistics, and background variables of the assessment. Chapter two considers changes in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary School Mathematics
Hotchkiss, Lawrence – 1979
This document was prepared in connection with a three-year longitudinal study of career expectations of high school students conducted to explain scientifically the process by which youth form career expectations, e.g., educational, occupational, and income expectations. Divided into six chapters, this document contains a theoretical rationale for…
Descriptors: Career Development, Concept Formation, Decision Making, Educational Research
Ellis, Susanne D. – 1980
A survey of 1978-79 bachelor's degree recipients in physics and astronomy was undertaken to determine the graduates' postbaccalaureate plans. Information is presented on: changes in four types of postbaccalaureate plans since 1970; the total number of physics bachelor's degrees granted in the United States; seven characteristics of the physics…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis
Kohn, David, Ed. – 1980
Statistical data on universities in Israel for 1978-79 are presented. Information is given on student characteristics, recipients of degrees, fields of study, candidates for degrees, the student body of Everyman's University, staff, budgets, and college facilities. Comparative data for previous years are included. (SW)
Descriptors: Administrators, Budgets, College Buildings, College Faculty
Garfin, Molly, Comp. – 1980
A directory on unionization among college faculty for 1979 is presented. It is noted that faculty unionization continues to grow at a stabilized annual rate of approximately 20 new bargaining agents per year. By the end of 1979, 406 faculty unions were recognized as having bargaining agents for faculty and staff and more than 330 collective…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Contracts
BIDDLE, BRUCE J.; SIMPSON, ANN M. – 1961
COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS WERE REPORTED FOR USE IN PROCESSING DATA ON TEACHER ROLES. INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL DATA-PROCESSING METHOD WERE--(1) A PROGRAM FOR TABULATING CONTINGENCY TABLES FROM DATA ON PUNCHED CARDS, (2) A PROGRAM FOR SELECTING AND COMBINING ROWS AND CALCULATING MANN-WHITNEY MEASURES OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Educational Research, Methods Research
FAGEN, STANLEY A.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE PATTERN OF PREDISPOSITIONAL AND MEDIATIONAL FACTORS RELATING TO DIFFERENTIAL MATERNAL SUCCESS IN COPING WITH THE CRISIS CREATED BY FATHER ABSENCE IN MILITARY FAMILIES WAS EXAMINED. MOTHERS IN 23 FAMILIES WHOSE HUSBANDS WERE ABSENT ON EXTENDED MILITARY TOURS, WERE ADMINISTERED AN EXTENSIVE BATTERY OF SOCIOMETRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS PRIOR TO…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Family Attitudes, Family Mobility
COLEMAN, JAMES S. – 1967
THIS STUDY POSES THE QUESTION OF HOW TO MEASURE THE DEGREE OF INEQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SUBGROUPS IN SOCIETY. IT EXAMINES AND REJECTS THE DOMINANT IDEA THAT EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IS PROVIDED BY A COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES WITH FREE AND OPEN ACCESS FOR ALL, SUBSTITUTING THE IDEA THAT IT IS THE INTENSITY…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Experience, Educational Background
BARKIN, DAVID – 1967
THE STATE AID TO EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN KENTUCKY, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE ARE INVESTIGATED WITH RESPECT TO THEIR COMPENSATION FOR DIFFERENCES IN THE ABILITY OF LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SUPPORT EDUCATION. A HYPOTHETICAL AID FORMULA WAS USED AS A STANDARD AGAINST WHICH TO MEASURE THE PRESENT EQUALIZATION SCHEMA IN EACH OF THE THREE STATES. KENTUCKY…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Charts, Educational Programs, Equal Education
PORTER, ANDREW; STANLEY, JULIAN C. – 1967
WHILE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO CONSTRUCT MEASURES WHICH HAVE VALIDITY FOR PREDICTING ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, MOST OF THESE TESTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FOR NATIONWIDE TESTING PROGRAMS AND MAY NOT BE AS COMPLETELY VALID FOR MEASURING THE APTITUDE OF MINORITY GROUP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUNDS. TO TEST THE…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Comparative Analysis
DYE, THOMAS R. – 1967
THE EFFECTS OF POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLES ON EDUCATIONAL POLICIES OF THE 50 STATES WERE EXAMINED IN THIS DOCUMENT. UTILIZING A SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK, THE AUTHOR EXPLORED NUMEROUS SYSTEMIC OUTPUTS SUCH AS PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES, PER CAPITA EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES, AND AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY. THE PRINCIPAL FINDING OF THE…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
ALLEN, DWIGHT W.; MCDONALD, FREDERICK J. – 1967
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS TO ASSESS THE USEFULNESS OF TELEVISION RECORDINGS IN IMPROVING TEACHING PERFORMANCE. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ARE (1) TO COMPARE THE EFFECTS OF SELF-EVALUATION OF A TEACHING PERFORMANCE WITH FEEDBACK PROVIDED BY A SUPERVISING INSTRUCTOR, (2) TO COMPARE THE EFFECTS OF REINFORCEMENT DELAY, AND (3) TO…
Descriptors: Feedback, Learning Processes, Literature Reviews, Models
State Univ. System of Florida, Tallahassee. – 1979
Mission statements of state universities in Florida are presented, as are statements of each school's interest in new academic programs and data for each university. The institutional statements were drafted in connection with systemwide planning guidelines by the Florida Board of Regents. Following each university role and scope summary are lists…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Planning, College Programs, College Role
Prather, James E.; Heery, Loretta L. – 1980
The relationship between performance on a core exam and various academic and background indicators among Georgia State University Master of Science in Urban Life graduate students was studied. Performance on the core examination was studied during 1971-79 to determine: (1) the relationship between core exam performance and core course graduates;…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Core Curriculum, Grades (Scholastic)
Toikka, Richard S. – 1978
A study was conducted to address the question of what impact the expansion of employment and training programs for youth (such as the Youth Employment Demonstration Projects Act of 1977) is likely to have on employment and unemployment of young people. The method used in the analysis was to specify a model (similar to the Markov model) of the…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs, Employment Statistics
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