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Professional Examination Service, New York, NY. – 1975
Criterion-referenced proficiency examinations have been prepared for entry level occupational therapists and entry level occupational therapy assistants. Item development was based on a task inventory solicited from occupational therapists throughout the country, with six occupational therapists reviewing test development. A small scale pilot test…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Criterion Referenced Tests, Equivalency Tests, Occupational Therapists
Jacobsen, Kaare; Drier, Harry N., Jr. – 1974
One of five sections of materials for a program to change teacher attitudes toward career education, the document presents the results of the pilot testing of the program. The attitude change product was evaluated by a pilot test plan and a field test plan. Design, data collection, and data interpretation for each test plan are described. Although…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Attitude Change, Career Education, Change Strategies
Grippando, Gloria M. – 1973
This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the American College Test (A.C.T.) composite score and academic success or failure as indicated by the GPA and state-board licensing examination score of students and graduates at College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois LPN program. Subjects were 132 graduates and 34 currently…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Correlation, Grade Point Average
Gardner, Willie C., Jr. – 1970
The problems stated at the outset were: to discover whether information provided by confidence testing would result in a more accurate assessment of student knowledge so more personal individualized instruction could be presented, and whether sufficient precise data could be attained to be of significant aid in curriculum planning. Analysis has…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Curriculum Development, Individual Differences, Individualized Instruction
System Development Corp., Falls Church, VA. – 1973
This 33-item interview guide was designed for use in a survey of the effectiveness of adult basic education programs. Questions cover class attendance, initial exposure to the program, reasons for enrolling, recent employment and salary history, program changes considered desirable, educational background, and other demographic variables. For…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Adults, Attendance
Nacke, Phil L. – 1971
One-hundred and eight eleventh graders were assigned to three treatment groups: skimming/pretest, skimming/no-pretest, and no-skimming/pretest. Then the pretest groups responded to items in the pretest, while the no-pretest group responded to items unrelated to the stimulus passages. Four weeks later, the skimming groups were asked to skim the two…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Content Area Reading, Experience, Grade 11
Peacock, R. L.; Moodie, A. G. – 1971
An experimental program in which regular General Mathematics 9, 10, and 11 courses were supplemented by instruction in business machines was evaluated. Results of the Test of Mathematical Fundamentals and the Mathematics Test Supplement (see sample, Appendix A) showed no significant superiority in achievement for students in the experimental group…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Course Evaluation, Experimental Programs, Grade 10
Roudabush, Glenn E. – 1973
The desirable characteristics of criterion referenced test items and sets of items are described. A two-stage item tryout and item selection procedure are also described. The paper presents the results of using the procedure as compared with traditional item selection procedures used in selecting items for norm referenced tests. It was found that…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Objectives, Item Analysis
NOSTRAND, HOWARD L. – 1964
A TWO-PART STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO (1) PRETEST A SURVEY INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY THOSE ASPECTS OF A PARTICULAR FOREIGN CULTURE THAT MOST NEED TO BE EXPLAINED TO LEARNERS (FOR EXAMPLE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS), AND (2) UPDATE A PREVIOUSLY PREPARED, ANNOTATED, INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON LANGUAGE-TEACHING RESEARCH. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Education
GLASER, ROBERT
THE PROCESS OF EDUCATIONAL DESIGN, WHICH IS THE APPLICATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND METHODOLOGY OF BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY TO THE DESIGN OF THE TEACHING PROCESS AND EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS, IS PRESENTED, AND THE PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY OF THE EDUCATIONAL DESIGNER IS DESCRIBED. THE PRESENTATION OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL DESIGN PROCESS…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Evaluation, Instructional Design, Instructional Innovation
Psychological Corp., New York, NY. – 1974
Under the guidance of an advisory committee from the American Association for Respiratory Therapy (AART), The Psychological Corporation developed three forms of two criterion-referenced proficiency examinations to measure the skills, understandings, and knowledge required in entry level jobs for two levels of respiratory therapy personnel. The…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Certification, Credentials, Criterion Referenced Tests
Fuller, Edward; And Others – 1973
This manual contains the criteria against which the Manpower and Community College Counselor Training Program pre-assessments are evaluated. These pre-assessments are conducted using materials that have been designed to assess the entry level knowledge and skills of program counselor trainees. The criteria are viewed as the best collective…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Competency Based Education, Counselor Selection, Counselor Training
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Harries-Belck, Nancy – Home Economics Research Journal, 1978
A pretest-posttest research design was used to measure changes in three criterion variables of 150 students enrolled in an undergraduate textile class using programmed instructional materials. Findings have implications for the design of organized learning sequences to help individuals process information more efficiently for complex…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Home Economics Education
Elkins, Donald M. – Journal of Agronomic Education, 1987
Discusses the advantages of using a pretest in introductory agronomy courses. Provides a pretest that has been developed for use in an introductory crops course taught at Southern Illinois University. Includes 25 definitions, 17 true-false and multiple choice questions, and 6 short answer questions. (TW)
Descriptors: Agronomy, College Science, Educational Assessment, Formative Evaluation
Yelon, Stephen – Performance and Instruction, 1985
Considers four major decisions to illustrate the complexity of decision making about pretesting as part of the instructional process: whether a pretest should be administered; the behaviors that should be pretested; how pretesting should be accomplished; and how teaching strategies should be adjusted to pretest results. (MBR)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Instructional Development, Literature Reviews, Measurement Objectives
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