A theory of interaction between college students and college faculty based on similarity in style of intellectual functioning was proposed, instruments to measure student and teacher characteristics were developed, and the relationship between achievement and intellectual style similarity was studied. Studies that focus on the impacts of physical,…

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL EVALUATION AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN FIVE MAJOR CITIES CONDUCTED SURVEYS TO INVESTIGATE PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN HISTORY INSTRUCTION. IT WAS FELT THAT THE LACK OF IDENTIFICATION WITH THE AMERICAN PAST AND THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISOLATION OF MANY URBAN, DISADVANTAGED MINORITY GROUP CHILDREN…

This study tries to establish a baseline for the teaching of the French subjunctive in the United States and to encourage further scholarship by summarizing past activities. Distinctive subjunctive structures were extracted from 18 French newspapers and magazines and 15 recorded, non-directed interviews with native informants, thus providing…

The shortage of teachers in vocational agriculture and the growing number of programs and students in vocational agriculture indicate the necessity of improved agricultural education recruitment programs. The major purpose of this study was to develop guidelines for teacher recruitment programs for use by university and State Departments of…

One of a series of manuals developed by the Home and Community-Based Career Education Project, the publication presents the activities of the project's research and evaluation component, which continually informs the staff about project development and describes client characteristics, needs, decisions, and plans. Generic issues which must be…

Three different surveys were collected to gather data about adult occupational, educational, and related needs; agency services available to adults; and the businessman's requirements and perceptions about adult needs. The thrust was to gather data to help identify educational needs and attitudes of adults, age sixteen and older, not enrolled in a…

A study was undertaken in the 1972 Fall semester to evaluate the learning center at Santa Ana College. Questionnaires were administered, on an individual basis with the exception of the faculty, to students, learning assistants, instructors, and counselors regarding their involvement with and opinions about the center. A total of 112 students, 12…

A tool for staff involved in scheduling for the small high school, this guide takes a look at priorities, schedule design and implementation, building the master schedule, and research approaches for better scheduling. Specific teacher and student responses to various schedules are tabulated. Methods of data analysis are presented with samples of…

Results are reported of a study made in Washington State to (1) discover educational constraints of the elderly, (2) identify the scope of educational opportunities and planning by community colleges, and (3) assess on-going programs. Questionnaires and interviews were utilized to obtain opinions of and data about urban and rural elderly citizens…

The quality and utility of NCEC information analysis products, including ERIC clearinghouse products, PREP reports, and EMC bibliographies, are evaluated. The chapters in this volume of the evaluation study are as follows: I. Introduction, which describes the NCEC information analysis products, issues to be addressed, study approach, and report…

This School Personnel Utilization battery is designed to help evaluate school staffing models (see TM 001 210). The battery itself contains three instruments. A Components Analysis instrument was devised to study the question of comprehensiveness. The second instrument, a Constraints Checklist, was developed to determine the extent to which the…

AN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH MODEL WAS DEVELOPED TO IDENTIFY AND CORRELATE MAJOR TASKS OF OFFICE WORKERS AND MAJOR REQUIRED KNOWLEDGES FOR PERFORMANCE OF THOSE TASKS. THE PURPOSE WAS TO SHOW ESSENTIAL COMBINATIONS OF TASK-KNOWLEDGE CLUSTERS FOR USE BY CURRICULUM PLANNERS IN DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS FOR OFFICE…

This doctoral dissertation presents and demonstrates an inductive model used in the Albemarle Region (State Planning Region R), a 10-county area of North Carolina, for determining health occupations education needs and resources. Data were collected from over 1200 area health personnel utilizing three basic types of instruments which were…

Describes a rigorously controlled study comparing university students' perceptions of learning from a business simulation and from cases in a business policy course. Results indicate students perceive both cases and simulations as viable and valuable instructional methods, although cases are perceived to be generally superior to simulations. (MBR)

Survey of Ohio State University faculty members and administrators examines their attitudes and perceptions regarding need for, and potential use of, a computerized database to increase efficiency of graduate school administration, and to collect and generate data for academic departments' use in improving programs. Proposed database design is…