This study investigated the effects of novelty on young children's exploration of commonplace, 3-dimensional objects. The exploration of novel and familiar objects was compared and the pattern of the exploration of the novel object over a period of time was examined in order to test two hypotheses: (1) that novel objects elicit more exploration…

Three basic conceptual issues that underlie studies of the content of instruction are explored in this paper. These include the need to reach a common definition of the concept of content of instruction, to undertake a serious analysis of the taxonomies presently employed in studies of content, and to critically examine the units of observation…

Although single case studies might be useful to evaluators for a variety of purposes, there are no generally accepted ways for drawing inferences about the generality of findings from a case study. Single case studies are defined in this paper as either studies of single events, or disaggregated studies of multiple events. The data may be…

In these appendices different aspects of the case study approach to organizational change are covered. A comparison is made between on-site interviews and telephone interviews as methods of data collection. It is concluded that in spite of the great disparity in costs, the use of personal interviews is a necessary method for data collection.…

This resource guide, one of seven related documents, provides step-by-step guidance to help schools evaluate an adopted program. It offers an overview of the approaches most useful for evaluating a schoolwide or districtwide program adoption. It emphasizes that evaluation should be addressed from the first day of planning to provide data for…

Three different approaches to metaevaluation are described and shown to have been applied to the study of Project Follow Through. These approaches include evaluation of primary evaluations, integrative meta-analysis in which results from several primary evaluations are combined, and secondary analysis involving the independent reanalysis of the…

The purpose of this handbook is to encourage and assist women's studies directors and faculty to perform or obtain evaluations of their programs in order to assist in their decision making needs, and to know how, when, and to what ends program evaluation can be used. Evaluation is defined and described. Five major approaches are listed:…

A variable rule of /s/ deletion that operates in many varieties of Spanish is examined. A descriptive apparatus is posited that may be helpful in systematizing quantitative data from studies of phonological variability. Empirical data from the speech of informants show that ordering relationships among constraints on variable phonological rules…

Procedures are outlined for estimating changes in parenthood and marital status for respondents of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). Seven key variables that summarize the information on parenthood and marital status are estimated: number of children as of the first week of October in 1973, 1974, and 1976, a…

THE REACTIONS OF 11 SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS TO THE IDEA OF A SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION CENTER WERE PRESENTED. SUPERINTENDENTS WERE ASKED TO COMMENT ON THEIR PRESENT COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS. REACTIONS WERE OBTAINED ON SUCH TOPICS AS REFERENCE SERVICE, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS LIBRARY, BOOK EXAMINATION CENTER, CENTRALIZED CATALOGING AND PROCESSING,…

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT UNIT COSTS ARE MEASURES AND STANDARDS OF BUDGETING AND ARE USED TO DIRECT ATTENTION TO PROBLEMS AND AID IN THE SOLUTION OF THOSE PROBLEMS. UNITS FOR COSTS COULD INCLUDE STUDENT CREDIT HOUR, DEPARTMENT COSTS, COST BY LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION, ETC. COSTS IDENTIFIED WITH INSTRUCTION WOULD BE FACULTY TIME. WORKLOAD AND COST…

THE STUDIES EMBODIED IN THIS REPORT PROPOSE SOME STATISTICAL METHODS OF ORDERING AND ATTAINING RELEVANCY TO HELP THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER CHOOSE AMONG SUCH VARIABLES AS TESTS AND BEHAVIOR RATINGS. CONSTRUCTION OF A MODEL FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CONTINGENCY TABLES, DETERMINATION OF THE MOST APPROPRIATE ORDERING PRINCIPLE IN STEP-DOWN ANALYSIS FOR THE…

A WORKING MODEL CAPABLE OF RANKING INDIVIDUALS IN A RANDOM SAMPLE FROM A MULTIVARIATE POPULATION BY SOME CRITERION OF INTEREST WAS DEVELOPED. THE MULTIPLE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT OF RANKS WITH MEASURED VARIATES AS A STATISTIC IN TESTING WHETHER RANKS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MEASUREMENTS WAS EMPLOYED AND DUBBED "QUASI-RANK MULTIPLE CORRELATION…

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN VARIATIONS IN METHODOLOGY ON THE ANALYSIS OF EXISTING SETS OF DATA IN THE AREAS OF ABILITY OR INTELLIGENCE AND MOTOR PERFORMANCE OR PHYSICAL FITNESS. USING CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THEORY AND METHODS OF FACTOR ANALYSIS DIFFERENT TREATMENTS OF VARIOUS SETS OF DATA, THREE RELATIVELY NEW MODELS…

The organization of data at the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is undergoing a significant transition from a system designed only for national assessment purposes to one designed both for assessment and a variety of academic research interests. The advent of NAEP public-use data files opens up many possibilities for those who…