Partly a reply to Hans P. Guth's The Monkey on the Bicycle: Behavioral Objectives and the Teaching of English" Y English Journal," vol. 59, no. 6 (September 1970), pp. 785-927I. (RD)

The need for relevant objectives and sound evaluation in the social studies is discussed. (SD)

Implementing a system of management by objectives in a school system causes the board, the superintendent, and all members of the team to become active rather than reactive. (RC)

This booklet explores some of the issues concerning five major problems regarding educational accountability. These are problems of skills and behavioral objectives, intelligence and holistic behavior, the nature of learning and the causes of behavior, humanistic goals of education, and professional accountability. General comments about methods…

The process of using paired comparisons in the Decision Matrix allows individuals involved in setting priorities to consider the pros and cons of each in reaching a rational decision about objective priorities. (Author/IRT)

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Tyler identifies major hangups in the behavioral objectives movement. For example, he states that an educational objective does not need to be specific in order to be clear, attainable, and capable of assessment.'' (Author)

Explains how the observation of overt behavior can be used as an indicator of knowledge of concepts or other internal changes in learning. (Author/DR)

Assessing educational outcomes is a matter of great importance for everyone in a society that relies primarily on public schools to shape the next generation of citizens. Given the vital nature of this task, it is imperative that the researchers who undertake it have an informed understanding of the measures used to evaluate educational outcomes.…

This single case study (Yin, 2009) compares an established urban physical education/ sport/physical activity program with two models: Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program/CSPAP (AAHPERD, 2013; CDC, 2013); and Lawson's propositions (2005) for sport, exercise and physical education for empowerment and community development to determine…

A major function of instruction in psychology is to convey complex phenomena in a manner accessible to students. Instructors using well-designed teaching activities can help to make complex material accessible. We content analyzed teaching activities reported in the first 33 years of "Teaching of Psychology." We identified 15 general teaching…