A DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF ITEM SAMPLING, OR "PSYCHOMETRIC-STATISTICAL INFERENCE," AN APPROACH TO GATHERING AND USING EDUCATIONAL DATA THAT ALLOWS STATISTICAL INFERENCES TO BE MADE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH PSYCHOMETRIC INFERENCES. THIS IS A PROCEDURE IN WHICH BOTH PEOPLE AND ITEMS ARE SAMPLED AND THE DATA FROM A SAMPLE OF PEOPLE TAKING A SAMPLE OF ITEMS…

TO MEASURE SCHOOL QUALITY, GOALS MUST FIRST BE SPECIFIED, APPROPRIATE CRITERION MEASURES DETERMINED, AND RELEVANT STUDENT AND SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS CONTROLLED. AT PRESENT, LITTLE ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON THE REAL EDUCATIONAL OUTPUT OF THE SCHOOL, THE LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF THE STUDENT. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOULD BE EVALUATED BY ITS…

THIS DOCUMENT DESCRIBES THE PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR TELELECTURE IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING IN APPALACHIA. PROCEDURES ARE DISCUSSED IN SIX SECTIONS--(1) PROJECT PLANNING BASED ON A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE CONCERNING TELELECTURES, (2) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS, (3) SELECTION OF TRAINING MATERIALS, (4) PLANNING AND…

THE "DEMONSTRATION PROJECT" DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT REPRESENTED A MAJOR PART OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY-WEBSTER COLLEGE "MADISON PROJECT," BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, 1961, AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE SUMMER OF 1967. THE GOALS AS CONCEIVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS PROJECT WERE (1) TO CREATE EXPERIENCES IN MATHEMATICS…

A SURVEY OF THE MEMBERS OF LOCAL 617, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, SAN MATEO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, REVEALED THAT THE ELECTRICIANS FELT THEY NEEDED--(1) A REVIEW OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRIC CIRCUIT THEORY, BOTH FOR AC AND DC CURRENTS, (2) NEW APPLICATIONS AND USE OF ELECTRICAL TEST EQUIPMENT, (3) THE ABILITY TO…

THESE GUIDELINES REPRESENT A TEXTBOOK FOR INSTRUCTION IN THREE PHASES OF TRAINING SITUATION ANALYSIS (TSA), A STANDARDIZED PROCEDURE DEVELOPED BY THE NAVAL TRAINING DEVICE CENTER FOR SYSTEMATICALLY GATHERING AND INTERPRETING THE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PLANNING OF TRAINING AND TRAINING DEVICES. THREE PHASES OF TSA ARE DESCRIBED IN…

AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM STUDIED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEW METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND TEACHING PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISORDERS. SUBJECTS WERE SELECTED BY THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA--SPECIFIC LEARNING DEFICITS, PERCEPTUAL DEFICITS, GENERAL COORDINATION DEFICITS, HYPERKINESIS, IMPULSIVITY, EMOTIONAL LIBILITY, SHORT…

DESIGNED FOR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND SUPERVISORS, THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES GENERAL AND SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR ESTABLISHING AND CONDUCTING A FLES PROGRAM. IT DISCUSSES TEACHING TECHNIQUES AND AIDS, CONSIDERATIONS IN INTRODUCING READING AND WRITING, SELF-EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR TEACHERS, AND TOPICS APPROPRIATE AT EACH GRADE LEVEL (K-8). THE…

THE CLOZE READABILITY PROCEDURE WAS EXAMINED TO DETERMINE ITS UTILITY AS A DEVICE FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A METHOD, WHICH INCORPORATES THE CLOZE PROCEDURE, FOR MAKING CRITERION REFERENCE TESTS OVER VERBALLY PRESENTED INSTRUCTION WAS ALSO INVESTIGATED. A DISCUSSION OF CLOZE RESEARCH,…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS A SELECTED LISTING OF--(1) BACKGROUND READINGS IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE, (2) TEACHERS' GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS, (3) ADULT EDUCATION COURSE MATERIALS, (4) GENERAL COURSE MATERIALS, AND (5) SPECIALIZED ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTS AND DICTIONARIES. THE MATERIALS INCLUDED WERE TAKEN MAINLY FROM…

IDEAS INCLUDED ARE THE PRODUCT OF AN INTENSIVE WORKSHOP HELD TO STUDY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED CHILDREN. PROBLEM AREAS IN EACH SUBJECT ARE PRESENTED, AND MAJOR EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO READING, COMMUNICATION, AND VOCABULARY. TEACHING SUGGESTIONS AND OBJECTIVES ARE PRESENTED IN OUTLINE FORM. ENRICHMENT COURSES IN READING,…

QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO BECOME PART OF THE SUMMER HONORS SCHOOL INCLUDE TALENT, EAGERNESS TO DO INTERESTING AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK, PROFICIENCY IN AREAS OF STUDY WHICH APPEAL TO THE APPLICANT, AND 10TH OR 11TH GRADE STATUS. COURSES AVAILABLE ARE THE PHILOSOPHY OF CIVILIZATION, THEORY AND STRUCTURE OF MATHEMATICS, CREATIVE WRITING, ART, DRAMA AND…

THE RESULTS OF A CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL ARTS CALLED BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION ARE GIVEN. WORKING PAPERS ON SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS AND ISSUES ARE FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTS. THE CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS TO THE PROFESSIONS ARE INCLUDED AND PROVIDE A BASIS FOR ACTION FOR IMPROVING INDUSTRIAL ARTS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.…

THE NONGRADED PRIMARY SCHOOL ALLOWS EACH CHILD TO PROGRESS AT HIS OWN RATE. LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT ARE SET UP FOR LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND SCIENCE. THE BASIC LANGUAGE SKILLS ARE DIVIDED INTO EIGHT LEVELS, BY THE TIME THE CHILD HAS COMPLETED THE EIGHTH LEVEL, HE HAS DEVELOPED MOST OF HIS NECESSARY READING SKILLS. A NINTH LEVEL IS INCLUDED…

THIS BULLETIN PRESENTS RESEARCH STUDIES IN READING ON THE UPPER ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVEL DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1955 THROUGH 1960. THIS COMPILATION WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION IN AN ATTEMPT TO BRING TOGETHER THE UNPUBLISHED AS WELL AS PUBLISHED STUDIES OF THAT 5-YEAR PERIOD. THE 238 STUDIES WHICH ARE OUTLINED, SUMMARIZED, AND ANNOTATED…