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Haladyna, Tom; Roid, Gale – 1976
Three approaches to the construction of achievement tests are compared: construct, operational, and empirical. The construct approach is based upon classical test theory and measures an abstract representation of the instructional objectives. The operational approach specifies instructional intent through instructional objectives, facet design,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Career Development, Comparative Analysis
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1977
This second in a series of six learning modules on student vocational organizations is designed to assist secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers in establishing or upgrading a student organization or club. The terminal objective for the module is to establish a student vocational organization. Introductory sections relate the competency…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Competency Based Teacher Education, Learning Activities, Learning Experience
Steele, Wah-Leeta – 1976
Described is Project ADAPT (A Developmental Approach to Psychomotor Transfer), a validated program used with 808 primary grade children, some with learning difficulties, over a 3-year period to enhance academic readiness and self esteem through psychomotor training. An introductory project summary explains program objectives, the needs assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Auditory Perception, Class Activities, Eye Hand Coordination
Stern, Carolyn – 1975
This evaluation of the Compton, California, 1969-1975 Bilingual-Bicultural Project begins by describing the demographic and socioeconomic features of the school area and its need for the bilingual approach. Summaries of the evaluation reports prepared at the end of each year are presented. Summaries include descriptions of the experimental design.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education
York Borough Board of Education, Toronto (Ontario). – 1977
The report on the impact of multiculturalism on the education system in the Borough of York (Ontario) summarizes findings of a two year study and provides recommendations to enhance multiculturalism in education. The report is presented in six chapters. Chapter I explains the work group task and method of inquiry and identifies work group…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1977
The summary version of "Progress of Education in the United States of America", is intended for use by educational policymakers abroad and for all persons who are interested in educational development in the United States. The report is presented in seven chapters. Chapter I identifies general principles of American public education, as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Curriculum, Data Analysis
Eash, Maurice J.; Rasher, Sue Pinzur – 1978
This case study recounts the attempts of two school districts to improve decision making on the adoption of a new elementary social studies curriculum by using formal evaluation methodology. The study's main objective was to develop a series of criterion referenced (mastery level) tests from a list of social studies objectives to determine whether…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Course Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests
van Manen, Max – 1977
This paper argues that the social studies curriculum should extend the concept of critical thinking to social criticism. The purpose of social criticism is to foster a society that is characterized by community, freedom, and equality. In essence, it raises the question of how to live. The social critic looks beyond the symptoms of a social problem…
Descriptors: Community, Concept Teaching, Conflict, Critical Thinking
Foshay, Wellesley R.; And Others – 1977
Two studies are described which capitalize on the strengths of the instructional development process for research purposes. Typically, developed courses have carefully-designed learning environment specifications, replicable instructional treatments, and well-proven achievement measures. A battery of questionnaires and rating scales concerning…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: the relationship of racial integration, auditory discrimination training, and other factors to reading achievement; the relative effectiveness of the controlled reader and the speech…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Auditory Discrimination, Compensatory Education, Correspondence Study
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Ripley, Randall B. – 1977
This last of a series of reports on the implementation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in Ohio, from the inception of the program in 1974 through mid-1976, compares 16 of the 17 prime sponsors in the State. The monograph describes and explains patterns of influence over decisionmaking about CETA at the local level, a…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Organizations, Decision Making, Delivery Systems
Schenck, Norma Elaine; Powers, Kim – 1975
During the 1974-75 school year, 23 educators and counselors participated in the third annual Career Guidance Institute, a cooperative effort of the National Alliance of Businessmen, Indiana University at South Bend, and the South Bend Community School Corporation. The institute was organized to increase the participants' awareness and knowledge of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Audiovisual Instruction, Business, Business Responsibility
Sprengel, Donald P.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1974
The experimental Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS-I) program, 1971-72 was intended to provide dropout-prone Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) youth with intensive counseling, supportive services and work experience in the private sector, to encourage completion of high school, and to assist in obtaining full-time employment upon…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Black Students, Career Counseling
Sprengel, Donald P.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1974
This final report on the second experimental year of the Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS-II) program presents an assessment of program operations, administration and impact. VEPS was designed as a training and vocational exploration program for in-school Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) enrollees who were probable dropouts. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Attendance, Black Students
Kane, Roslyn D.; And Others – 1977
Intended for use by vocational teacher educators, state administrators seeking to expand teacher education opportunities, and local school administrators who wish to employ women teachers in a broader range of programs, the model presented here is designed to facilitate the retraining of women teachers and skilled women to teach in nontraditional…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cooperative Education, Females, Industrial Arts
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