The author studied the degree of agreement between selected groups of businessmen and educators on the level of communication skills necessary for satisfactory performance in a business career. The findings of this study were based on data collected from 109 businessmen and 127 educators. A list of statements concerning course content and…

This study analyzes the costs of instructing new Canadians -- those students identified as learning English as a second or special language on a regular basis -- as of January 12, 1968. All teachers involved with teaching new Canadians were asked to give their salary levels and to list all their students by name, birthdate, mother tongue, estimate…

The three concerns of this study were: (1) the ability of students in grades seven, nine, and eleven to recognize ambiguity in sentences at the lexical, surface structural, and underlying structural levels; (2) the relative difficulty of perceiving ambiguity at each of these levels as determined by differential processing times; and (3) the…

Several experiments investigating the relationship between frequency of testing and learning are reviewed, and features of design which could have influenced outcomes are discussed. A study on test frequency is presented, in which relevant variables, apparently not considered in previous research, are controlled. Results indicate that moderate…

This report describes the development of the 1969-70 Michigan Educational Assessment measures used in assessing the levels and distribution of educational performance for Michigan's districts, schools, and pupils. The report has four sections. The first section contains a brief description of the 1969-70 assessment program, including a statement…

The Monte Carlo method was used, and the factors considered were (1) level of main effects in the population; (2) level of interaction effects in the population; (3) alpha level used in determining whether to pool; and (4) number of degrees of freedom. The results indicated that when the ratio degrees of freedom (axb)/degrees of freedom (within)…

THE SCOPE AND EFFECT OF GENERAL ART OFFERINGS, DESIGNED FOR NONPROFESSIONAL STUDENTS OF ART, WERE STUDIED TO IDENTIFY CURRENT PRACTICES IN ART INSTRUCTION AS A PHASE OF LIBERAL EDUCATION. DATA WERE COLLECTED VIA SCHOOL BROCHURES, COURSE OUTLINES, AND ATTITUDE/OPINION POLLS AMONG DEPARTMENT HEADS, STAFF MEMBERS, AND STUDENTS AT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.…

Six Arizona county libraries were chosen to participate in a study to investigate the effect of grants on local library funding support. The criteria set for choice of these libraries were: (1) the county library must be the strongest library in the county, (2) the library must have been chartered as a county library for at least three years prior…

Results pertaining to methodological aspects of an aptitude-treatment interaction study are presented. One treatment group in the study was given imagery instructions, the other had no imagery instructions. Each treatment group consisted of seven fifth-grade classes. Among the aptitude variables there were two versions of a paired-associates…

Campbell (l969) argued for the interrupted time-series experiment as a useful methodology for testing intervention effects in the social sciences. The validity of the statistical hypothesis testing of time-series, is, however, dependent upon the proper identification of the underlying stochastic nature of the data. Several types of model…

Twenty-three teaching competencies identified as "essential" in a state-wide teacher survey by Florida's Council on Teacher Education (COTE) are reexamined as an aid in producing valid and assessable programs for teacher education. Three hundred and fifty central Florida teachers were questioned to rate the competencies on an…

The P.E.P. Report 1969-1973 focuses on the various findings and activities of the Program Evaluation Project. The study in this chapter was designed to conduct a statistical analysis of the Goal Attainment Score, and estimate variance components due to choice of material in the followup guide, followup interviewer bias or error, and the client's…

The seven Barber Scales of Self-Regard assess levels of normal development in seven separable components of an integrated self-concept. The purpose of this study was to find out if males or females develop more quickly in a Scale or the Scales, or do the two sexes develop at a comparable rate. The sample included 173 children from middle class…

The study was designed to investigate the effects of Numerical Control Technology and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (NC/CAM) in American industry on industrial education and engineering technology education. The specific purpose was to identify a data base and rationale for curriculum development in NC/CAM through a comparison of views by…

Designed to contribute to planners' understanding of the state of the art and to the improvement of health manpower planning, this monograph describes and evaluates various methods used to determine present and future health manpower supply and requirements. The methodologies presented, chosen after a review of the documents identified in the…