QUESTIONS ARE RAISED CONCERNING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MOTT FOUNDATION PROGRAM, THE FLINT BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE COST OF THE PROGRAM, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROGRAM. QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DIRECTOR RANGE FROM HIS ROLE TO HIS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO ADULT EDUCATION AND THE…

This four-part paper is designed to serve as a conceptual framework for use as a scheme in the selection and organization of content for the Wisocnsin home economics curriculum. In the introductory section the task to be accomplished is set forth and a framework established for the development of the paper. In section 2, attention is given to the…

Objective evaluation of school programs is a process in which a school staff collects information used to provide feedback as to whether or not a given set of objectives has been met. The Evaluative Programs for Innovativ e Curriculums (EPIC) four-step scheme of objective evaluation is based on a three-dimensional structure of variables…

AN EVALUATION OF THE COURSE OFFERINGS OR CONTENT OF THE COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS OBTAINED BY QUESTIONNAIRE FROM 228 UTAH BUSINESSMEN WHO WERE EMPLOYING DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION STUDENTS AND FROM 503 DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION STUDENTS ENROLLED AT THE TIME OF THE STUDY. BOTH QUESTIONNAIRES WERE ADMINISTERED BY THE LOCAL…

This paper is concerned with the clarification and resolution of two basic defects of curricular and instructional research: vagueness as to what is being undertaken, and inattention to the logical aspects of evaluation. It introduces the concepts of curricular claim and instructional claim, clarifies the function and import of curricular claims,…

This study was done in response to calls for histories of the curriculum field. Ideas within three subareas of the curriculum--design, engineering (planning, implementation, and evaluation), and theory--were analyzed, related to earlier and later work, and critically reviewed for their contributions to the field. Criteria were established for…

Questionnaires were used to gather data from 1955-1969 industrial arts graduates and state public secondary school administrators in order to evaluate the undergraduate industrial arts program at South Dakota State University. Among the findings were: (1) 53 percent of the graduates are teaching, (2) Prevalent teaching areas are woodworking,…

In preparing this second edition, a fresh look was taken at literature describing practices and concepts relating to theory development in behavioral disciplines related to education for cues leading to a discussion of curriculum theory. In the belief that curriculum theory must be a subtheory of educational theory, the broad field of education…

Available designs and instruments for evaluation are not adequate to meet the varied needs of evaluation. Therefore, evaluation needs to be reshaped in terms of 1) consideration of how and where currently available theories, designs, and instruments are proving useful, 2) identification of needs that cannot be met ith currently available…

The transferability, quality, and student perception of biology instruction at Metropolitan Campus, Cuyahoga Community College (Cleveland, Ohio) were the data sought in this joint study performed by the College's Department of Biology and the Office of Institutional Research and Studies. All Students who completed Biology 112 in the 1967-68…

To illustrate a system for analyzing research reports, four published evaluations of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) program were analyzed in terms of problem raised, previous work cited, objectives stated, hypotheses formulated, assumptions made, population studied, sample drawn, instruments used, design examined, procedure…

Examined is the relationship between three documents intended to guide the development and evaluation of programs for the education of science teachers, namely: the "Recommended Standards" prepared by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, the booklet "Developing Guidelines in Teacher Education" prepared…

The impact of the Sociological Resources for the Social Studies Project (SRSS) on colleges is discussed under three general categories: 1) the effect on instructional materials and inquiry methods used in college sociology classes and laboratories with respect to student research and value analysis; 2) the effect on college course prerequisites…

The research reported in this paper is the result of a project to develop a preschool mathematics curriculum for economically deprived children in Hawaii. The developed materials were tested with preschool children in Head Start classes and a preliminary assessment of the curriculum was made. An attempt was made to evaluate the curriculum which…

Project PLAN was chosen as a computer managed individualized instruction program for the St. Louis public schools and is evaluated in this final report. The study was conducted during the 1972-73 school year in both control and PLAN classrooms for grades 1-7. The Metropolitan Achievement Test was used in grades 1-3 and the Iowa Test of Basic…