This instrument is designed to establish a standard by which to determine the needs and effectiveness of vocational education programs in Alaska. Section 1, The Evaluation, identifies some preevaluation decisions, outlines the eight-step, self-evaluation process, provides guidelines for individuals participating in the evaluation process, and…

Major papers presented at the Conference on Research Utilization in Social Work Education are compiled in this sourcebook. The conference focused on six topics that reviewed the state of the art of research utilization and suggested directions for the future. The papers included are: Understanding Research Utilization in Social Work (Stuart A.…

Important trends concerning the role of the liberal arts curriculum in American higher education are discussed in this collection of conference papers. The "great books" program at St. John's College is examined in a paper by Eva T. H. Brann focusing on why the St. John's plan has endured and changed little since its inception. Authors…

Presented is a plan for curriculum development and evaluation which leads to involvement of public and private schools and the community in environmental education for the spectrum of citizens from children through adults. The process is described in two phases: (1) the overall program, and (2) an evaluation of a pilot implementation of segments…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE (1) TO DEVELOP AN EVALUATION MODEL IN THE FORM OF A HOW-TO-DO-IT MANUAL WHICH OUTLINES PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING IMMEDIATE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEGREE TO WHICH A PILOT PROGRAM ACHIEVES ITS STATED FINAL OBJECTIVES, (2) TO EVALUATE THIS MODEL BY USING IT TO EVALUATE TWO ONGOING PILOT PROGRAMS, AND (3) TO…

THE CONGRESS CONSIDERED THE PROBLEM OF FRENCH INSTRUCTION IN NEW ENGLAND CATHOLIC PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. INCLUDED IN THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE THE TEXTS OF THE SPEECHES AND THE QUESTIONNAIRE SOLICITING REACTIONS TO A SPEECH OUTLINING DESIRABLE CHANGES IN FRENCH INSTRUCTION. AMONG THE PROPOSALS WAS THAT FRENCH BE ABANDONED AS THE LANGUAGE OF GENERAL…

THIS REPORT EXPLAINS THE INTENTIONS OF THE STUDY WHCIH PRODUCED THE "MODEL FOR AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH COURSE," A DAY-BY-DAY CLASS PLAN FOR WORK IN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION, DESIGNED TO AID TEACHERS IN CONDUCTING ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH COURSES. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE METHODS FOLLOWED IN EVALUATING THE MATERIALS FOR THE MODEL…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO DETERMINE (1) IF A TEACHER GIVEN NO SPECIAL TRAINING IN THE EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND METHODS OF THE CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER AT CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COULD ADEQUATELY TEACH ITS MATERIALS AND (2) IF THESE MATERIALS (DESIGNED FOR USE WITH EXCEPTIONALLY INTELLIGENT STUDENTS) COULD, WITH SOME…

The results of a study conducted by the Education Committee of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce are presented in this report. The report discusses (1) a survey of attitudes toward public education, covering problems, ratings of teacher and student performance, and suggestions for improvement; (2) the quality and causes of discipline in…

The Illinois Problems Index (IPI), a process with supporting survey instruments, enables local school districts to assess and evaluate the adequacy of current programs and services and plan improvements where problems exist. A User's Manual provides a step-by-step "walk through" of the process, while permitting alternative techniques for…

The purpose of this part of the multimethod Head Start bilingual/bicultural curriculum evaluation (Juarez and Associates 1978), is to familiarize curriculum model developers with test and item analysis procedures used to select and recommend tests for evaluating curriculum models. Considerations and procedures (such as screening, and comparing and…

This report describes the work of the Study Methods Group, which uses qualitative research methodologies to determine how Open University students approach learning and why they adopt a particular approach. Research considers student orientation to learning, the relationship of learning outcomes to learning approach, and student development as…

Iowa legislators responded to the national accountability trend in 1975 by mandating a statewide needs assessment. This paper examines the activities of fifteen selected districts in terms of: (1) a statistical analysis of community, teacher, and student rankings of eighteen cognitive and affective educational goals; (2) statistical analysis of…

The Annehurst Curriculum Classification System (ACCS), a tool for matching individual learners with appropriate curriculum materials, was used with a group of fifty-nine students (Air National Guard officer candidates) and their four instructor-advisors to examine two issues: (1) the applicability of the ACCS in a highly structured,…

To help teachers in comparing the content of their instruction with the content of standardized tests, a taxonomy of elementary school mathematics was developed. The taxonomy consisted of matrix with three dimensions; (1) mode of presentation (how questions are asked); (2) nature of material (type of numbers or mathematical terms); and (3)…