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Download full textBaenziger, Betty – 1977
By using word problems relevant to agricultural occupations, this workbook presents a concept-oriented approach to competency development in seven areas of basic mathematics: (1) the expression of numbers as figures and words; (2) the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; (3) ratios and…
Descriptors: Addition, Agricultural Education, Basic Skills, Charts
Paul, Douglas A. – 1977
The purpose of this review is twofold--to summarize the major models of educational change and to present a series of generalizations based on recent empirical studies about educational change. In the first section, previous reviews of the change literature are presented in order to establish a broad perspective concerning research in this area.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Bibliographies, Change Agents, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Collea, Francis P.; Nummedal, Susan – 1979
Presented is a report on a course for undergraduate students which is designed to increase their intellectual abilities early in their college careers. The report gives the characteristics of concrete thought and formal reasoning, followed by an explanation of the process involved in data collecting and the data itself. The authors suggest that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Science
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1979
Eight social studies skills and strategies for their implementation at the secondary level are outlined. Each skill is presented in a separate chapter which defines the skill, offers a rationale for its inclusion, and provides sample activities. Chapter I focuses on listening and speaking skills. Activities emphasize using a recording to develop…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Citizen Participation, Communication Skills, Content Area Reading
Sheehan, Bernard S.; Hillman, Barbara J. – 1979
The student traceback model is described and is used to demonstrate various concepts relative to institutional research methodology. The methodology of the problem-solving institutional researcher includes a wide spectrum of how-to's: how to anticipate issues in higher education and estimate their practical institutional impact; how to develop the…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1979
This manual was developed to help principals identify and monitor human barriers (intentional and unintentional social behaviors that produce negative reactions) in their schools. It is also intended to help administrative staff, teachers, other school-site staff, students, parents, and community members and groups become aware of school-related…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Intergroup Relations
Lesh, Richard, Ed.; And Others – 1979
This collection of nine papers, prepared for a conference held at Northwestern University in 1978, presents varied perspectives on applied problem solving. Assessing applied problem solving, planning for interest and motivation, developing a theory, reviewing research findings, considering learning disabilities, analyzing through information…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Mathematics, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Research
STENZEL, ANNE KATHERINE – 1963
RESEARCH IDENTIFIED CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE GIRL SCOUT VOLUNTEER TRAINERS AND DEVELOPED CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING EFFECTIVENESS. TWELVE PROBLEM SITUATIONS, SECURED THROUGH A CRITICAL INCIDENT TECHNIQUE, TESTED EVALUATIVE JUDGMENT AND WERE SCORED FOR PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION. FORCED CHOICE QUESTIONS TESTED CONTENT VERSUS GROUP ORIENTATION.…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Critical Incidents Method, Doctoral Dissertations, History
Robinson, John, Ed.; Barnes, Neil, Ed. – 1968
Based on papers and discussions at a national conference organized by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the University of Aston in Birmingham in July 1967, this book outlines the principles of modern industrial training, based on task and skill analysis, and looks at the part that new learning resources can play in implementing these…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Business Responsibility, Educational Media, Educational Radio
Lake, Dale G., Ed. – 1968
Investigators from seven universities and the National Training Laboratories cooperated in a research project to help 15 school systems improve their effectiveness. Utilizing questionnaire response data from approximately 5,000 adults and 6,000 fifth and 11th grade students, the project analyzed problems of planned change in schools, evaluated the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Jensen, Kai – 1968
Simple and complex learning and problem solving situations were employed with mentally retarded children and adults. In the Rotation-Discrimination Complex and the Size-Discrimination Simple experiments, upper and lower test achievement subgroups were subjected to two basic types of visual discrimination at different levels of task complexity.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept)
Walsh, Victor; Golins, Gerald – 1976
Directed at the inquiring practitioner, this paper defines the Outward Bound (OB) process; presents a summarial schema of that process; and provides examples of process application. The OB process definition encompasses the following: the learner must demonstrate motivational readiness (appropriate manifestations of willingness and ability to…
Descriptors: Achievement, Activities, Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Objectives
Volkmann, Christina S. – 1978
This informally written handbook for elementary school teachers describes typical classroom behavioral problems and proposes ways of dealing with them. The "problem" student is identified as one who requires the teacher's personal energy or reactions, drawing attention away from the remainder of the class and creating added burdens for the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques, Discipline Policy
Insua, Ana Maria; Rimoldi, Horacio J. A. – 1976
College students were presented with a series of four problems, each presented in four different formats: verbally, in abstract symbols, in negative abstract symbols, and in geometric figures. Problem-solving performance was evaluated in terms of the sequence of questions that a subject asks in order to solve a problem. They were also tested by…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Body Image, College Students, Emotional Adjustment
Hansen, Patricia A.; And Others – 1977
The document explains how to develop learning package activities. Learning packages are self-instructional and self-paced learning systems that enable a learner to achieve objectives by becoming involved in individually selected activities. The document is presented in three sections. Section I introduces the rationale behind learning packages and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
