During the last few years, a number of economists have studied the effects of employing different teaching resources on the performance of economics students. Despite widespread interest in the impact of various inputs on the amount learned by students, little attention has been devoted to the choice of output measure. This paper argues in favor…

The study grew out of a concern for a way to develop positive attitudes in children towards environmental problems. It was conducted using 29 student teachers, 15 of whom were arbitrarily assigned as the experimental group. This group participated in instructional sessions designed to assist them in implementing a special program - Elementary…

An evaluation of the MACOS social studies curriculum program was conducted during 1969-70 in six elementary schools. Three schools were randomly chosen to participate in the MACOS program while three others served as a comparison group. Teachers of the former schools received training in the appropriate procedures for utilizing the relevant…

Two groups of students registered in the fall and spring semesters, respectively, of an undergraduate history course taught by the same instructor, evaluated the course by means of the Illinois Course Evaluation Questionnaire. Students registered in the spring were informed that the results of the evaluation would be used for consideration of the…

This paper constitutes an analysis of "Honey Bee Communication: An Enquiry into Two Concepts of Animal Behavior," a unit of classroom discussion modules developed by the Patterns of Enquiry Project at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. The conceptual framework of the analysis consists of four major items: (1) descriptive…

This paper presents a history of course and teacher evaluation procedures and proposes methods to make such evaluations effective. It is stated that some teacher rating procedures ignore the student's responsibility to learn. Reference is made to the "Joint Statement on Rights and Freedom of Students," which while upholding the right of a…

The results of a student evaluation of a television course on tests and measurements offered by the Extension Service, California State College, Los Angeles, California, are presented. The evaluation form, which was general in nature, was completed by 157 students who finished the course. Questions asked were: (1) How did you find out about the…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for the final reports of the project evaluation and development model.) This document provides a detailed outline of the contents of the final evaluation program plan and brief notes about the contents…

Project VOICE tutoring service at the Washington Technical Institute (WTI) sent an eight-item evaluation questionnaire to students who had used its tutoring service in 1970. The survey was designed to assess the effectiveness of the service from the students' point of view and discover new ways to strengthen the program. Two hundred questionnaires…

Analysis of student responses in 1,200 undergraduate classes to a 40 item Course Evaluation Questionnaire yielded the following results. None of the eight demographic variables correlated .2 or higher with any of 30 items on course and instructor. Variables correlating .4 or higher with five preference criteria were: clarity of instructor's…

A number of different methods have been used by instructional television (ITV) projects to obtain audience feedback, and some of these are now being used in the ITV system in El Salvador. We know that pretesting programs on a representative sample can bring considerable gains in learning. Another feedback source can be a classroom of pupils in the…

This document presents an evaluation of the readings course program at New College at Hofstra University. Under this program, students divise an independent study project under the supervision of the faculty member. Readings courses may range from conventional readings and research to field work or the production of creative works. The student's…

The purpose of this study was to examine the reasons students dropped ITV courses (college credit courses shown on commercial or educational television) offered by Los Angeles City College in Spring, 1972. The courses offered were: (1) History of Art 1-A, and (2) Law for the 70s (Law for the California Layman-Law 30). A questionnaire was mailed to…

It is the thesis of this paper that much of the present concern over course evaluation has come about because evaluation has become synonymous with the use of a single questionnaire instead of the broader process of evaluating the course as an educational program. An attempt is made to redefine course evaluation in light of recent work on…

A self-paced, individualized, multimedia physics course developed by the New York Institute of Technology for the U. S. Naval Academy with funds provided by the U. S. Office of Education is evaluated. Student performance is measured by "core problems." A core problem is a terminal objective in problem form. The student uses his results…