Article evaluated mastery learning, a teaching strategy originating from behavior-oriented educational technology with objectives specified in behavioral terms. (Editor/RK)

One year's experience in the use of management by objectives in the Technological Institute Library of Northwestern University is reported. (Author)

The concepts and components of Management by Objectives (MBO) are examined in terms of their application to educational administration. The paper begins by defining MBO, differentiating its components (e.g., individual and institutional goals and mission statements), and emphasizing the need for management styles conducive to objective management.…

This curriculum guide outlines the language arts skills, levels of instruction, and suggested classroom activities for instruction from kindergarten through grade six. The first section of the guide contains course content outlines for each grade level, listing learner objectives, the skills associated with these objectives, and the page numbers…

A district-wide language arts program for kindergarten through grade eight that emphasizes aesthetic expression in addition to a basic skills component is described in this booklet. The booklet also presents a statement of the goals of the school district's board of education, a list of overall program goals, and information on general program…

This paper lists goals for curriculum development in environmental education prepared in response to objectives proposed at the Tbilisi Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education in 1977. The goals are presented in four levels. In level one, the ecological foundation level, nine conceptual components are presented including…

This guide to simplified performance management approaches contains five sections. The first section, entitled "Simple Techniques for Managing an Innovation," is written from the viewpoint of a principal as manager. It describes how to manage an innovation, develop an objective, allocate resources for the innovation, keep organized…

A model of competency based teacher education for kindergarten through grade 12, and the processes by which it was developed, are explained. A data sheet on each of seventeen competencies identifies the desired teacher competency, pupil performance objectives under the Michigan Educational Assessment Program, enabling criteria for the campus and…

This paper describes four journalism courses designed to develop students' visual sense and then channel that sense into the field of advertising. "Visual Communication" is a basic course in the elements of design which attempts to demonstrate to students that there are rules and order which comprise good design. "Publication…

This booklet describes a systematic procedure for developing and writing process objectives. Process objectives are designed to enable an examination of the activities within an educational program or agency. By describing the planned activities to be accomplished, process objectives become essential to the accomplishment of organizational goals.…

In this paper, it is argued that fragmentation inevitably occurs in a discipline whenever that discipline loses its distinctive center, and that the proper center for any program of literary study is an abiding concern with demonstrating and teaching the function of the symbolic imagination. The author suggests that any department of literature…

This document lists proposed environmental concepts for the high school education level of achievement. These concepts were developed by the Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE) for consideration by students, teachers, and others in the education community. These objectives are intended to cover the learning needed by an individual to…

This bibliography describes books and articles designed to help English language arts teachers plan instructional goals, write behavioral objectives, and evaluate student performance. In addition, materials are included which discuss the pros and cons of behavioral objectives and related efforts at accountability. This bibliography contains all of…

The behaviorist's assumptions that learning has not occurred unless a measurable change in student behavior takes place and that courses will be vastly improved if the exact goals are delineated on a day-to-day basis so that students and instructor know precisely what is expected of them, ring true but translate false. First, any time a dogma is…