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Download full textRogers, W. Todd – 1972
The jackknife is a general inferential technique intended to ameliorate the problems associated with inadequate sampling theory. The research reported herein is directed at investigating the utility of the jackknife for establishing confidence intervals on and testing hypotheses about the disattenuated correlation coefficient for small samples. A…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Correlation, Educational Programs, Hypothesis Testing
Koontz, Donald H.; Wallerstedt, Jane – 1971
A program initiated by Simpson College and assisted by a committee of representatives from Warren County, Iowa, to assist the population of the County to understand their community and its problems and set priorities in meeting these problems is reported. Two hundred key leaders, representative of the geographic, educational, economic, religious,…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Coordination
Aiken, Lewis R., Jr. – 1972
This paper focuses on the relationship of verbal factors to mathematics achievement and reviews research from 1930 to the present. The effects of verbalization in the mathematics learning process are considered; mathematics functioning as a unique language in its own right is analyzed. Research on the readability of mathematics materials and…
Descriptors: Achievement, Learning, Mathematical Linguistics, Mathematical Vocabulary
Osborn, William C.; Goodman, Barbara Ettinger – 1966
This report presents the results of research that examined widely diverse decision problems and attempted to specify their common behavior elements. To take into account the psychological complexity of most real-life decision problems, and to develop a tentative organization of decision behavior that will embrace the many, highly diverse types of…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Information Processing
National Inst. on Drug Abuse (DHEW/PHS), Rockville, MD. National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information. – 1972
Based on the principle that drug abuse is no longer a problem restricted to certain economic, social, educational, or intellectual levels or ethnic groups, this pamphlet relates some examples of on-going community action programs and projects. Essentially, these programs are striving to solve some of the drug related problems in their immediate…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Drug Abuse
CARNES, PHYLLIS E. – 1966
A NONPROGRAMED METHOD FOR TEACHING SEVENTH-GRADE GENERAL SCIENCE WAS STUDIED, USING A PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH THROUGH SELECTED, OPEN-ENDED, LABORATORY EXPERIENCES. PARTICULAR REFERENCE WAS GIVEN TO ANY STUDENT CHANGES IN (1) FACTUAL GAINS, (2) SUBJECT-MATTER COMPETENCY, (3) COMPREHENSION OF SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS, PRINCIPLES, AND GENERALIZATIONS,…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Educational Technology, General Science, Grade 7
Columbia Univ., New York, NY. Horace Mann - Lincoln Inst. for School Experimentation. – 1975
This instructors' manual represents the culmination of a development program in the area of application of anthropological theory and techniques to the field of education. It is intended to help prepare graduate students in anthropology and in educational administration as well as other researchers and practitioners to view schools as social…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Anthropology, Field Studies, High Schools
Cripe, Julie, Ed.; Wright, Joe, Ed. – 1977
Project SAVE (Student Action for Valuing the Environment) encourages a team approach to solving environmental problems. SAVE suggests that students initiate, create, and implement practical approaches to solving community environmental problems. Included in this publication are descriptions of 13 exemplary programs that include elementary schools,…
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environment, Environmental Education
Feldhusen, John F.; And Others – 1975
The purpose of this book is to help teachers learn about promising materials, methods and techniques for teaching creative thinking and problem solving in their classrooms. Information about teaching methods or techniques which can be readily adapted by the teacher to fit any grade level and subject area are presented. Specific directions on how…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Instructional Materials, Problem Solving
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1976
The annotated bibliography on Creativity--General/Classroom/Problem Solving contains approximately 85 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1962 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Prentice, Lloyd – 1976
This booklet presents a step-by-step system for planning and carrying out an effective public communication campaign. In his discussion, the author concentrates on various planning processes rather than on the mechanics of writing, designing, photographing, or editing. However, while the booklet's emphasis is definitely on planning, many specific…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Budgeting, Flow Charts, Guidelines
Peer reviewedGreitzer, S. L. – American Mathematical Monthly, 1976
The overall results of the fourth U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad are discussed. The names of the eight finalists are listed, as are the problems in the test. (SD)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Algebra, Geometry, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedByrne, Mary Ann; Mason, George E. – Elementary School Journal, 1976
An exploratory study was conducted to determine why fourth grade pupils ignored written directions and explanations in mathematics textbooks. Results indicated that many teachers' grading practices discouraged children from reading and thinking through word problems on their own. (CW)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grading
Peer reviewedKnifong, J. Dan; Holtan, Boyd – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1976
Sixth graders wrote solutions to the word problems in the Metropolitan Achievement Test. Errors were analyzed and classified. At least 52 percent of errors were computational or clerical and could not be attributed to reading difficulties. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Error Patterns, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedDuncan, David R.; Litwiller, Bonnie H. – School Science and Mathematics, 1976
Tables of life expectancy can provide data for use in a great variety of problems related to probability theory. (SD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Instruction, Learning Activities, Mathematical Applications
