Measuring and evaluating affective objectives is often a difficult task for the physical educator. This article offers physical education teachers a guide for developing and evaluating appropriate affective behavioral objectives. (DF)

Reviews several sources of published materials which contain learning objectives for general problem solving as well as problem solving in mathematics, science, and computer science. Lists of objectives are included where appropriate. (JN)

Undergraduate education objectives related to experiential learning were identified in college brochures and through interviews with college personnel. A survey indicated that faculty did not agree with experiential learning goals and were unwilling to endorse off-campus learning experiences. A student survey found that fieldwork helped to focus…

Identifies the constraints that have shaped existing biology courses and discusses objectives and content for future biological education. Suggests recognizing the importance of biology as a discipline that relates to both the individual and society. (JN)

The author presents the concepts of J. Krishnamurti whose central position is that man must understand himself in order to attain fulfillment. This view is a noneudaemonistic approach to guidance which should be of use to religious counselors. (Author)

After deciding which criteria a capstone course in a speech communication department should meet, faculty at West Texas A&M University decided to designate SCOM 401, Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism, as the capstone course. It is offered fall semester every year for juniors or seniors, and students are required to present their final…

Discussed a technique that allows employees to help shape future university goals and to provide a better idea as to how these goals can be reached when the members of the university work as team. (Author/RK)

Education is tumbling aimlessly into a future in which the greatest acts of immorality will be those in which technological change occurs without thorough examination of consequences. Objectives derived from humanism and existentialism direct industrial arts education toward an examination of the technology; specific applications emphasize "doing…

A general essay on the difference between "education" and "training" as the author specifies why the use of behavioral objectives must be kept in perspective. (HB)

A general overview of the appropriate role of behavioral objectives in curriculum decisions. (HB)

Author contends that an unsubtle use of behavioral objectives tends to impede the process of considering a child's natural cognitive development by focusing attention on someone else's task analysis and not on the development of the child's ideas. (Author)

Article lists the advantages and disadvantages of Performance Based Teacher Education (PBTE). (RK)

Summarizes classifications of educational objectives, types of test items, and principles underlying the construction of tests. Indicates that a combination of essay and objective tests is preferable in the overall evaluation of a course. (CC)