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BAKER, EVA L.; POPHAM, V. JAMES – 1966
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE INITIAL VALIDATION OF PERFORMANCE TESTS OF TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS--USING PUPIL GAINS AS THE CRITERION OF EFFECTIVENESS--AND THE STEPS TAKEN IN RECOGNITION OF THE PROPRIETY OF SUCH MEASURES ONLY IF ALL TEACHERS ARE TEACHING FOR THE SAME OBJECTIVES. AS A FIRST STEP, IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT A VALID PERFORMANCE TEST OF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Industrial Education, Predictive Measurement, Reliability
BARRITT, LOREN S.; AND OTHERS – 1967
A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO ASSESS THE CHANGES IN THE PSYCHOLINGUISTIC FUNCTIONING OF NEGRO AND WHITE KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST-GRADE PUPILS ONE YEAR AFTER THE INTEGRATION OF SIX SUBURBAN SCHOOLS. THE ILLINOIS TEST OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ABILITY WAS ADMINISTERED BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL REASSIGNMENT TO PUPILS IN (1) THE PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO URBAN SENDING…
Descriptors: Black Students, Bus Transportation, Cognitive Ability, Control Groups
BARBER, MAX; BEIGHLEY, K.C. – 1960
TO DETERMINE HOW EFFECTIVELY THE COOPERATIVE ENGLISH TEST PREDICTS STUDENT SUCCESS IN FRESHMAN ENGLISH AT STOCKTON COLLEGE, THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED (1) TO OBTAIN STATISTICAL COMPARISONS BETWEEN FINAL SEMESTER GRADES OF A SAMPLE OF THE COLLEGE TRANSFER POPULATION WITH THE WHOLE TEST AND EACH OF ITS PARTS, (2) TO ANALYZE BY PERCENTAGES THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Curriculum Research, Educational Testing
ORME, MICHAEL E.J.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF SIX MODES OF TRAINING TEACHERS TO USE PROBING QUESTIONS WAS INVESTIGATED. THE MODES INVOLVED SYMBOLIC MODELING, PERCEPTUAL MODELING, OR BOTH, COUPLED WITH FEEDBACK. AFTER RATINGS OF PERTINENT BEHAVIOR IN A 5-MINUTE LESSON WERE COLLECTED AS PRETRAINING MEASURES, STANFORD TEACHER INTERNS WERE RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Educational Strategies, Feedback, Films
MAUL, RAY C. – 1965
THIS REPORT PRESENTS DATA ON TEACHER SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR THE 1,084 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (83.9 PERCENT OF THOSE QUERIED) RESPONDING TO AN INQUIRY ADDRESSED TO ALL INSTITUTIONS IN THE EDUCATION DIRECTORY, PART 3. ATTENTION IS PAID TO (1) QUALIFICATIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS, SEX, ACADEMIC STATUS, AND SOURCES OF NEW TEACHERS, (2) USES OF PART-TIME…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Colleges, Doctoral Degrees, Graduate Students
FRIEDMAN, HERBERT L.; ORR, DAVID B. – 1965
JUNE 1964 RESEARCH INDICATED THAT EXPOSURE TO TIME-COMPRESSED SPEECH COULD PRODUCE A SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED DEGREE OF COMPREHENSION, IN MALE COLLEGE STUDENTS, OF MATERIAL PRESENTED AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 325 TO 475 WORDS PER MINUTE. AS AN EXTENSION OF ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED IN THE PROGRESS REPORT OF JUNE 1964, THE EXPERIMENT DESCRIBED HERE WAS…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Aural Learning, College Students, Comprehension
MEYER, AGNES E. – 1966
WITHIN THIS BOOKLET ARE TWENTY-FIVE CHARTS WHICH PRESENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL DATA RELEVANT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN INDIVIDUAL CITIES AND STATES AND IN THE NATION AS A WHOLE. IN GENERAL, THE CHARTS FOCUS ON (1) THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION IN A SOCIETY WHICH IS EXPERIENCING ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL GROWTH, (2) THE NECESSITY OF EDUCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Charts, Economic Factors, Economic Progress, Educational Finance
ROSSMAN, PARKER
QUESTIONNAIRES ON PERCEIVED NEEDS FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION WERE SENT IN FEBRUARY 1964 TO ALL YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL GRADUATES OF THE CLASSES OF 1943, 1948, 1953, AND 1958. ALMOST EVERY RESPONDENT HAD BEEN PURSUING SOME SORT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION, LARGELY IN SEMINARY CREDIT COURSES, URBAN CHURCH INSTITUTES, MISSIONS OR OVERSEAS STUDY TOURS,…
Descriptors: Clergy, Educational Methods, Educational Needs, Evaluation
AMBLER, ROSALIE K.; RICKUS, GEORGE M. – 1967
SEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN NAVAL AVIATION TRAINEES FROM THREE STAGES OF TRAINING WERE ADMINISTERED AN ANONYMOUS QUESTIONNAIRE THAT ASKED THEM TO GIVE THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF MORALE. THEY WERE THEN INSTRUCTED TO RATE THEIR OWN MORALE ON A TEN-POINT SCALE USING THEIR DEFINITION AS A FRAME OF REFERENCE. A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE DEFINITIONS IDENTIFIED THE…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Change, Environmental Influences, Flight Training
BAGLEY, CLARENCE H. – 1967
INFORMATION CONTROL SHOULD BE AN INDIVIDUALIZED POLICY WHICH IS DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED FOR EACH INSTITUTION. THE NEED FOR INFORMATION CONTROL HAS ARISEN BECAUSE OF THE INCREASING NUMBER OF OFFICES AND BUREAUS OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH, THE USE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, THE INCREASING NUMBER OF STUDIES ON STUDENTS, BUDGET REQUESTS, AND AMOUNTS OF…
Descriptors: Budgets, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection, Decision Making
JOHNSON, CHARLES E.; AND OTHERS – 1967
A 3-YEAR EXPERIMENT, BEGUN IN 1959 IN THE CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NONSPECIALISTS IN FLES PROGRAMS. THE TWO CONTROL CLASSES IN THE EXPERIMENT WERE TAUGHT BY A SPECIALIST WHO MODELED, APPRAISED, AND REPRESENTED THE CULTURE OF THE LANGUAGE IN AN AUDIOLINGUALLY ORIENTED CLASSROOM SITUATION,…
Descriptors: Achievement, Audiolingual Skills, Closed Circuit Television, Educational Television
SLOAN, DENVER – 1965
TO DETERMINE WHY ONE-THIRD OF THE STUDENTS ENROLLING IN CORRESPONDENCE WORK DURING ANY CALENDAR YEAR DO NOT COMPLETE THE COURSES AND TO ELICIT SUGGESTIONS FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DROPOUTS AND CANCELLATIONS, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED TO 762 CORRESPONDENCE STUDY DROPOUTS. DATA FROM THE 135 QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED ARE TABULATED IN THIS STUDY.…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, College Students, Correspondence Study, Dropout Prevention
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1967
THIS REPORT NOTES THAT ONE MAJOR OUTCOME OF COLORADO'S TITLE I PROJECTS HAS BEEN POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE ATTITUDE OF TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND THE PUBLIC. ON LOCAL LEVELS TITLE I HAD HAD IMPORTANT EFFECTS ON STIMULATING DISTRICT-FINANCED LONG RANGE PROGRAMS, INTER-DISTRICT COOPERATION, AND MORE INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION TO CHILDREN. MORE…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compensatory Education, Coordination, Dropout Rate
BOOCOCK, SARANE S.; AND OTHERS – 1967
AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE STUDENTS' SENSE OF CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN DESTINIES, THE EFFECTS OF SIMULATION GAMES ON THESE CONTROL BELIEFS, AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THESE ISSUES TO THE RACIAL COMPOSITION OF A SCHOOL. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT INDIVIDUALS LACKING A SENSE OF CONTROL HAD HAD LIMITED EXPERIENCE WITH SITUATIONS WHICH COULD…
Descriptors: Black Students, Control Groups, Data, Educational Experiments
GROVES, KENNETH J.; SHELBURNE, JAMES C. – 1967
PART OF A LARGER SURVEY OF EDUCATION IN THE ARMED FORCES, THIS CHAPTER DESCRIBES OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS (INCLUDING DIRECT COMMISSIONING OF AUXILIARY SPECIALISTS) AND PROVISIONS FOR SPECIALIZED DEVELOPMENT AND COLLATERAL TRAINING OF OFFICERS IN EACH OF THE ARMED SERVICES. PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS AND SKILL AREAS, NUMBERS OF ENROLLEES AND…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Flight Training, Graduate Study, Institutional Cooperation
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