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Cairns, George F.; Butterfield, Earl C. – 1977
The third of four documents reviews research on assessment in three domains (receptive language skills, expressive language skills, and perceptual and cognitive processes) as the most likely to predict subsequent language development of young children who have yet to speak their first word. Section II focuses on assessment of hearing sensitivity…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods, Expressive Language
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. Research Div. – 1979
To evaluate the usefulness of standardized achievement tests in assessing pre-university academic achievement and aptitude, the Council of Ontario Universities administered tests to incoming freshmen at four Ontario universities, and also examined their high school and subsequent university performance. The tests were designed to measure…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
Bueno, Domingo – 1977
Alcoholism among Chicanos is principally due to structural deficiencies in the surrounding society. The frustrations and limitations brought on by the social structure constitute the principal cause of Chicano alcoholism. These include the major causative factors of poverty, racism and acculturation. In an attempt to address the problem of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Alcoholism, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences
Williams, Martha K.; And Others – 1978
The basic procedure in the evaluation of educational projects is described: clarification of project components and objectives; identification of information needs; assignment of priority rankings to objectives; allocation of resources, including personnel, money, and time; identification of data to be collected; construction of the evaluation…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Consultants, Data Analysis, Data Collection
ALTMANN, BERTHOLD – 1965
AFTER A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE TEST PROGRAM (DESCRIBED MORE FULLY IN LI 000 318), THE STATISTICAL RESULTS TABULATED AS OVERALL "ABC (APPROACH BY CONCEPT)-RELEVANCE RATIOS" AND "ABC-RECALL FIGURES" ARE PRESENTED AND REVIEWED. AN ABSTRACT MODEL DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAX WEBER'S "IDEALTYPUS" ("DIE OBJEKTIVITAET…
Descriptors: Correlation, Dictionaries, Evaluation Methods, Hypothesis Testing
KOMOSKI, P. KENNETH; GREEN, EDWARD J. – 1964
DURING THE SUMMER OF 1963 NINETEEN PERSONS IN RAMALLAH, JORDAN AND THIRTY-SEVEN PERSONS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA TOOK A SIX WEEK TRAINING WORKSHOP COURSE IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION. THE COURSE CONSISTED OF LECTURES, GROUP DISCUSSIONS, READING ASSIGNMENTS, INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES, PROGRAM WRITING, EDITING, AND STUDENT TRIALS. THE TRAINEES MADE COMMENDABLE…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Experiments, Evaluation Methods, Experimental Programs
Johnson, Doris J. – 1968
The lack of integration in children with learning disabilities is discussed, and the need presented for early identification and special education. Recommendations are made for times for screening and areas of learning to be assessed from kindergarten through high school. Observation of behavior in preschool children in the realms of attention,…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Auditory Perception, Behavior, Evaluation Methods
Johnson, Marjorie Seddon; Kress, Roy A. – 1965
Techniques for developing and using informal reading inventories are listed. Concepts and purposes of the inventory are suggested, and reading levels are defined. Suggestions are offered for individual and group inventories, material preparation and analysis, question formation and selection, methods of scoring and recording, and methods of…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Evaluation Methods, Informal Reading Inventories, Listening Skills
Stern, Carolyn – 1967
A Head Start research report on ways to improve academic achievement of disadvantaged children describes five projects: (1) a study of sociolinguistic variables in school learning and problem solving when classes are taught in dialect versus standard English; (2) subcultural determinants of cooperative and competitive behavior in preschool…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Behavior Patterns, Dialects
Harrell, Lloyd W.; Tilley, Herbert T. – 1968
Program development and evaluation procedures of a project involving faculty, students, and community in a continuous curriculum development project are reported. Objectives, project design, and development stages are discussed. Exhibits illustrate the activities and evaluations of workshops, community involvement, the student advisory committee,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Continuous Progress Plan, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Herr, Selma E. – 1966
After a consideration of the causes of ineffective reading, this publication presents organized lessons (including 50 reading selections) for improving adult reading skills, and specific suggestions for securing the main idea, developing word power, developing such skills as skimming, following directions, visualization, and perceptual ideas, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Evaluation Methods
Gores, Richard W., Ed. – 1968
Seven Projects to Advance Creativity in Education (PACE) concerned with small schools and rural areas present reports of progress and plans in this July-August 1968 issue of PACEreport. The document also contains a listing of publications dealing with rural education and a listing of films, filmstrips, and publications, developed under Title III…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Films
Haspiel, George S.; Siegenthaler, Bruce M. – 1968
The Threshold by Identification of Pictures (TIP) Test and the Discrimination by Identification of Pictures (DIP) Test were evaluated. Test cards used pictures of items from the first 500 words of Basic Vocabulary for Elementary Children, and the children pointed to the article named. After each item, the tester's voice was reduced 5 decibels. In…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Tests, Correlation
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1967
Presented is a report of a joint study project of an aerospace company and California's Office of Compensatory Education. The project's goals were to (1) explore the impact of facets of compensatory education on some neighborhood problems; (2) offer a communication link between school personnel and the Office of Compensatory Education; (3) use a…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Problems, Compensatory Education
Child Study Association of America, Inc., New York, NY. – 1965
The three year project which trained social caseworkers for Parent Group Education Leadership was sponsored by the Child Study Association (responsible for training), and the Family Service Association of America which acted as an intermediary between various family agencies involved. The first year three-week training session emphasized the…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Child Psychology, Evaluation Methods, Leadership Training
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