A model checklist conceptualizing the evaluation process is presented and discussed. It is quite general and is intended to apply to the evaluation of educational products, procedures and most outcomes. The Pathway Comparison Model consists of the following: (1) characterization--how generally or specifically to describe the "treatment"; (2)…

The main function of this speech communication framework is to present a general structure of objectives for sequential instruction in oral communication, grades K-14. It consists of sample activities related to the goal structure and organized in five learning levels. The six main goals listed under the general goal are broad educational concepts…

Policies for higher education are under active consideration in most countries. A major issue in such policies in the seventies will be the setting up of structures adapted to a stage of development that has either been or is at the point of being reached in most countries, that of transition to mass higher education. To discuss a number of major…

In the debate on instructional objectives, some argue for reducing all objectives to statements of student terminal behaviors, while others want open-minded objectives which allow for diverse, unpredictable outcomes. A synthesis of seemingly incompatible behavioral specification and open-endedness is proposed: (1) Behavioral objectives need not…

This study of cost-sensitive factors and relationships in graduate social work education is a first step in developing concepts and research methodology as a basis for further research to aid administrators in making decisions for more effective use of resources. Identification of costs and cost-sensitive factors is approached within the framework…

Superintendants and school board members from many large cities in the country came to the Industry-Education Conference to talk across the table with executives from many of the nation's largest corporations. They spoke candidly about the troubles of urban school systems and about whether and how, and sometimes when and where, they might help…

This report contains a summary of the recommendations of the 4 Task Forces created to study 4 significant aspects of higher education in Connecticut. These areas were: (1) needs: socioeconomic, manpower, and regional; (2) function, scope and structure of Connecticut's higher education system; (3) financing; and (4) qualitative and quantitative…

Educational goals and objectives for the public education system of Alaska are presented in this Title III (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) report. The goals are (1) to provide an environment wherein each person, regardless of any conditions affecting him, is afforded the opportunity to reach his maximum potential as an individual and as a…

The learning effect of instructional objectives treatment in economics was tested by seeing if significant differences existed in mean achievement scores of the economic understanding of students using the treatment and those with no treatment. During the 1970 fall semester, 300 students from three community colleges in California (Cypress, Mount…

Since its inception in 1969, Burlington County College (New Jersey) has been dedicated to implementing a systematically designed approach to instruction and student learning. The core elements of the approach are as follows: (1) development of a basic college philosophy; (2) specification of general institutional objectives; (3) selection of…

This handbook has been prepared for use by teacher educators involved in the process of developing instructional modules in competency-based teacher education programs. Two major concepts are dealt with: objectives and modules. Each of these is first treated as a separate subject and their relationships are discussed later. The handbook is divided…

Determining the imperative educational needs in the State of Nevada constituted the general purpose of this study funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Utilizing the 1969 Wisconsin Educational Needs Assessment Study instrument, the study sought to evaluate educational needs in terms of subject fields to be taught,…

The major part of the newsletter contains a summary of the results of the administration of tests in science and writing to students aged 9, 13, 17, and to adults 26 - 35 in all regions of the United States. The data are compared on the basis of regions (North East, South East, Central, and Western); sex of respondent and size of community (big…

Published six times a year, the newsletter keeps educators abreast of assessment studies; forthcoming reports; staff announcements, meetings, and services rendered; notes of interest; and publications. The newsletter allows for dissemination of current information of the National Assessment which provides data to measure student knowledge, skills…

Educational objectives were developed for an undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum. The courses studied were computer programming, electrical science, electrical networks, electronic engineering, and engineering communications. The courses were analyzed in terms of purpose, content, and objectives. Definitive problems for each course…