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A GUIDE TO ASSIST PROJECT DIRECTORS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO DEVELOP INCREASINGLY MORE SYSTEMATIC AND THOROUGH EVALUATION DESIGNS FOR GREAT CITIES SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IS PRESENTED. THE TESTS, QUESTIONNAIRES, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS AS WELL AS METHODS OF DATA TREATMENT ARE LISTED ACCORDING TO THE MAJOR EVALUATION AREAS. THREE BASIC AREAS ARE TO BE…

A RATIONALE FOR FITTING BOOKS TO THE PUPIL BASED ON BOTH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE IS PRESENTED. THE GOAL OF PLACING STUDENTS ON THEIR PROPER INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL IS NOT ACHIEVED GENERALLY IN A SCHOOL UNLESS IT IS MADE A MATTER OF POLICY AND IMPLEMENTED IN WELL-DEFINED WAYS. THREE SCHOOL-WIDE PROCEDURES CONCERNED WITH DETERMINING…

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMY IN COLLEGE STUDENTS IS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONAL AND INSTRUMENTAL INDEPENDENCE AND THE RECOGNITION OF INTERDEPENDENCE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONAL INDEPENDENCE INVOLVES DISENGAGEMENT FROM, AND REBELLIOUS FEELINGS TOWARD AUTHORITY FIGURES AND LEADS TO MATURITY WITH RECIPROCAL RESPECT FOR ADULTS AND…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP THE PUPIL'S INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, ECONOMIC COMPETENCY, CREATIVITY, SENSE OF VALUES, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND ABILITY TO LIVE AND WORK WITH OTHERS. TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THESE GIFTED PUPILS IN A LARGE URBAN DISTRICT, SEVERAL APPROACHES ARE UTILIZED. THESE APPROACHES INCLUDE…

THE ROLE OF GUIDANCE IN EXPANDING THE OPPORTUNITIES OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED YOUTH WAS DISCUSSED. SEVERAL GOALS, ALONG WITH METHODS OF THEIR IMPLEMENTATION WERE FORMULATED IN THE DISCUSSION. SCHOOLS SHOULD ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HELPING ALL STUDENTS TO FULFILL POTENTIAL ABILITIES. INSERVICE TRAINING FOR SCHOOL STAFF COULD ALERT…

A COURSE IS PRESENTED FOR STUDENTS WHOSE NEEDS WOULD NOT BE SERVED BY REGULAR 9TH GRADE MATHEMATICS. GENERAL MATHEMATICS AS TREATED HERE IS MORE THAN ARITHMETICAL COMPUTATION. IT CONTAINS ELEMENTS OF ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, AND TRIGONOMETRY. THE AIM IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENT THROUGH--AN APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF…

The author maintains that student personnel work must give up its isolated position in the college community and begin to integrate with other departments. This paper presents the author's Three-Year Program for student development with a detailed account of programming for Year I. It includes such topics as campus life-career education and…

If the concept of student development is to be implemented successfully, positive action must be taken that addresses the organizational parameters of the higher education bureaucracy. Personnel who traditionally have been committed to the personal development of students, now also must devote their professional skills to the organizational…

Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring (CAM), a new evaluation method, systematically and comprehensively measures student achievement. The unique characteristics of this model are described in detail, as are those of two more familiar models, classroom testing, and curriculum program evaluation. The amount and quality of information available from…

This study assesses the effect of informal faculty-student interaction in small groups on college students. The central hypothesis states that behavioral development of college students is enhanced by informal contact with faculty beyond normal associations during regular classroom periods. The sample consisted of 60 volunteer men and women…

The hypothesis that tests of precollege aptitude/achievement are poor predictors of later college grades because of uneven changes in aptitude development over these years was investigated. A battery of 11 tests administered before college entrance was readministered to 59 female and 67 male college seniors. Correlations obtained from high school…