This document, the second of two volumes, completes the report of a Lilly Endowment, Inc. funded project whose major objective was to establish a process for both teachers and students to be involved in the field testing or evaluation of microcomputer software. Workshops were held in nine Indiana school corporations where more than 2,300 students…

This guide is intended for professionals, laypersons, funding agents and others involved in planning and delivering local prevention services. Chapter 1 defines prevention, and differentiates between prevention strategies and programs targeted toward individuals or to general populations. Program evaluation and evaluation research are defined and…

This study is an attempt to provide organized and relevant objective evidence which can be used to improve student decisions. (Author)

In this article, we examine what IEA data tell us about the situation of the gifted in Belgium. (Author)

Article considered the concept of interpersonal conflict involving educational personnel and its importance to the administration of educational institutions. (Author/RK)

This study sought to find out what inservice activities are preferred by elementary teachers in urban areas. The study concentrated specifically on inservice activities designed to familiarize teachers with innovations in mathematics education. (Author)

Article investigated the obstacles presented by poor educational preparation and what circumstances must be arranged by education in improving educational opportunities for rural youth as a means of enabling them greater occupational and geographical mobility. (RK)

The use of racial and ethnic data in forwarding the aims of equal educational opportunity in higher education is the topic addressed by this conference. Its aim is to highlight problems and propose measures that a) resolve inconsistencies and conflicts in the data, and 2) identify policy questions for which racial and ethnic data in higher…

The purposes of this handbook are to provide a comprehensive guide to standard terminology relating to property (sites, buildings, and equipment) used in education, a list of suggested data items useful in describing property, general data items useful in describing property, and general guidelines that can assist the reader in understanding and…

Descriptions are given for the 164 computerized files that comprise the Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS). The system provides natural resources information to federal, state, regional, and local and private entities. File descriptions are organized under the following data and information content areas: (1) base data, (2)…

Tips on constructing survey instruments and examples of alternative formats for questionnaire items are provided in this paper. The 18 tips cover such areas as instructions for respondents, wording of questionnaire items, grouping of items, handling of difficult or sensitive questions, fixed-response items, open-ended questions, and questionnaire…

The increasing cost of data collection, increasing complexity of data analysis procedures, and limited funding for educational research require greater utilization of existing data sets for multiple purposes. At the same time, the problems associated with such access to data require the development of guidelines by the profession which will both…

A study was conducted to clarify issues and problems involved in the assessment of the effectiveness of military training and to evaluate and recommend more objective procedures for determining the effectiveness of Navy training. The study results are reported in two volumes. This volume examines specific problems affecting Navy training…

Article attempted to answer the question: would a nonverbal method of communicating test instructions influence scores achieved by young children on the Figural Forms of the TTCT. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study was to determine if students presently attending continuation schools believed that their classes have helped them to achieve educational objectives specified for continuation education in California. (Author/RK)