The following is taken from the Publisher's Note: "Long out of print since it was originally published in 1942 by the U.S. Government Printing Office, this classic work on Federal Indian law, and the whole legal history of Indian-white relations, is here republished in a facsimile edition. It is, as Felix Frankfurter observed, the only book that has ever made sense and order from 'the vast hodgepodge of treaties, statutes, judicial and administrative rulings, and unrecorded practice in...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Control, Education, Federal...
The term "Mien" is used to describe several mountain peoples of Southeast Asia, who migrated from China in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their strong family structure serves their agricultural way of life. The language, though tonal, exhibits many similarities to English. Religious beliefs are animistic, centering around spirits of ancestors, the home, and nature. Mythological designs find their way into artwork, which is predominantly bodily adornments. The several names given to boys...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Background, English (Second Language), History, Indochinese, Refugees, Sino...
The 49 papers in these two volumes were prepared to assist the Commission on Workforce Quality and Labor Market Efficiency in making recommendations for improving the U.S. work force. The papers summarize existing research and make recommendations on subjects reflecting seven Commission tasks: (1) examine the roles and effectiveness of privately and publicly provided job training and education; (2) determine the best mechanisms to keep education and training providers informed of changing skill...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Compensation (Remuneration), Efficiency, Employed...
In an address to the National Council on Measurement in Education, R. M. Jaeger (1987) commented that there appears to be a fundamental difference in measurement philosophy between those on the two sides of the debate over the Rasch model. Jaeger's observations are explicated by contrasting the views on measurement of B. D. Wright and E. F. Lindquist with relation to the interpretation each has of the validation of constructs as considered by C. Cherryholmes (1988). Lindquist conceives of test...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Construct Validity, Content Validity, Educational Assessment, Item Response Theory,...
This course description was developed by educators for use at the Work Opportunity Center which was established to teach high school dropouts and/or hard-core unemployed youth. The ultimate objectives of this course are to prepare students for employment in dry cleaning occupations and to assist them in completing their high school graduation requirements. Instruction in marking, invoicing, and customer service is on an individualized basis conducted in an innovative atmosphere of...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Curriculum Guides,...
This document consists of 32 consecutive issues of Mid-Western Educational Researcher, published quarterly from 1991 through 1998. Mid-Western Educational Researcher is a scholarly journal that publishes research-based articles addressing a full range of educational issues. The journal also publishes literature reviews, theoretical and methodological discussions that make an original contribution to the research literature, and feature columns. Each year, one issue is a program for the...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher...
Counting, naming numbers, numerals, computation, and fractions are the topics covered in this pamphlet. Number lore and interesting number properties are noted; the derivation of some arithmetic terms is briefly discussed. (DT)
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary School Mathematics, History, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics,...
This document is a collection of reports presented at a programable calculator symposium held in Seattle, Washington, in April, 1980, as part of the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The session was designed to review whether the programable calculator has a place in the school mathematics program, in light of the current availability of the microcomputer. The presentations at the symposium supported the view that such calculators do have a role to play...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Calculators, Discovery Learning, Educational Technology, Instructional Materials,...
Composting is a lesson developed for a sludge treatment and disposal course. The lesson discusses the basic theory of composting and the basic operation, in a step-by-step sequence, of the two typical composting procedures: windrow and forced air static pile. The lesson then covers basic monitoring and operational procedures. The instructor's manual contains a brief description of the lesson, estimated time, instructional materials list, suggested sequence of presentation, required reading...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Instructional Materials, Laboratory Procedures, Postsecondary Education, Sludge,...
Realizing that the Cold War is a topic that often is neglected as time runs short at the end of a school year, a group of University of Kansas (Lawrence) educators sought to create effective classroom materials for secondary/community college instructors to teach about the Cold War. The group's main goal was to create a flexible model that encouraged study of the topic for the amount of time available. This Cold War learning packet provides materials and directions to guide students through a...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Enrichment, Foreign Countries, High Schools, International Relations,...
The act of exemplary teaching requires the orchestration of subject matter knowledge and pedagogical knowledge with pedagogical content knowledge. If this last component is not sufficiently present, then we may be quite efficient in presenting students with rote information. If this last component is sufficiently present (and carried out well), then students are afforded the opportunity to construct meaning from symbols and images in a manner that allows them to "see" (like a...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperative Programs, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Educational...
This study is situated within a self-study research methods course to scaffold doctoral students' explorations of the intersections of their culture, and research interests using arts as a tool. Embracing the arts as a research method, the first author painted a self-portrait using the vibrant colors of Madhubani art which holds cultural significance to her. She utilized Blumer's (1986) and Mead's (1934) theory of symbolic interactionism to explain the process of her self-development as a...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Portraiture, Research Methodology, Researchers, Educational Research, Qualitative...
This report sets forth certain conclusions reached by the Special Constitutional Convention Study Committee of the American Bar Association after conducting a two-year study. The committee was formed to evaluate the ramifications of the constitutional convention method of initiating amendments to the U. S. Constitution as set down in Article 5. It analyzed and studied all aspects of law concerned with calling a national constitutional convention. Particular attention was given to the question...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Civics, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law,...
This issue of the Courier contains articles loosely connected to each other by the underlying theme of developing people's capacity to improve the quality of their lives. The following articles are included: "Development of Human Resources--A Basic Needs Approach," by Mohiuddin Ahmad; "Rural Poverty," by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization; "Overseas Students--Educating for Development or Privilege?" by Chris Duke; "Kemas: Kemajuan...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Economic Development,...
The General Electric (GE) Early Years Initiative, a grant-funded GE Fund, GE's corporate Foundation and GE Elfun, GE's international program created by volunteer organization, has helped elementary school students improve their reading skills through the use of volunteers since 1994. This publication describes Early Years projects, provides program information, and lists participating locations and program contacts. The bulk of the book is comprised of program descriptions and program...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grants,...
Students in communication classes find it useful to study Madonna because she is a fascinating and prolific cultural figure whose merit and intentions are matters of great controversy. As the quintessential music-video star, she is also perhaps the medium's most significant auteur. In the areas of women's roles, motherhood, sexuality, race and religion, Madonna critiques and challenges widespread beliefs while at the same time reinforcing some of them. In her video "Like a Virgin,"...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Blacks, Females, Higher Education, Racial Attitudes, Racial Integration, Racial...
This competency-based curriculum guide for teachers addresses the skills a technician will need to service microwave ovens and to provide customer relations to help retain the customer's confidence in the product and trust in the service company that performs the repair. The guide begins with a task analysis, listing 20 cognitive tasks and 5 psychomotor tasks for microwave oven orientation and 14 cognitive tasks and 28 psychomotor tasks for microwave oven troubleshooting and repair. A listing...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Appliance Repair, Competency Based Education, Electrical Appliances, Electrical...
This document presents a teaching package designed to introduce students in grades one through five to Chinese painting methods and equipment. Prepared in conjunction with an exhibition of paintings by child prodigy Wang Yani titled "The Brush of Innocence," the package consists of a teacher's activity plan unit, a slide set of art works by Wang Yani, an activity book for children, and a teacher evaluation form. The package is organized into five sections: (1) an introduction to the...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Artists, Childrens Art, Chinese...
This annual volume of the Community College Humanities Review (CCHR) presents a wide range of articles dealing with humanities--from Lloyd Kaplan's attempts to set the record straight (by presenting a more accurate appraisal and a truer perspective of Dave Brubeck's outstanding contribution to the course of jazz) to Walter Krieglstein's exploration of recent discoveries in basic science (by attempting to evaluate their potential as a stimulus for cross-fertilization between the sciences and the...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Colleges, Educational Strategies, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Approach,...
Fundamentals of missile and nuclear weapons systems are presented in this book which is primarily prepared as the second text of a three-volume series for students of the Navy Reserve Officers' Training Corps and the Officer Candidate School. Following an introduction to guided missiles and nuclear physics, basic principles and theories are discussed with a background of the factors affecting missile flight, airframes, missile propulsion systems, control components and systems, missile...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Instructional Materials, Mechanical Equipment, Military Schools, Military Science,...
The State University System of Florida has developed three tools that aid in guiding the System's future: (1) The Board of Governors' new "Strategic Plan 2012-2025" is driven by goals and associated metrics that stake out where the System is headed; (2) The Board's "Annual Accountability Report" provides yearly tracking for how the System is progressing toward its goals; and (3) Institutional "Work Plans" connect the two and create an opportunity for greater...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics, Goal...
THIS REVIEW OF THE STATUS OF THE EDUCATION OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO POINTS OUT THAT HISTORICALLY HIS SCHOOLING AND EDUCATION HAVE BEEN SHAPED BY FORCES OVER WHICH HE HAS HAD VERY LITTLE CONTROL. THE REVIEW DESCRIBES THE NEGRO'S MODEST EDUCATIONAL BEGINNINGS DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD (PRIMARILY DEVOTED TO RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION) AND PRE- AND POST-CIVIL WAR DEVELOPMENTS. THE GREATEST EFFORT TOWARD ESTABLISHING SCHOOLS FOR NEGROES OCCURRED DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA, MAINLY UNDER CHURCH...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Black Education, Black History, Civil War (United States), Colleges, Colonial History...
On January 20, 2009, essentially 200 years after the enactment of the embargo against the slave trade, 40 years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America. Using the one drop rule for racial designation which has prevailed in the USA for most of its history, America had elected its first black President. Using the new standard created by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000, America now had its first commonly...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Social Justice, United States History, Race, Criticism, Slavery, Presidents, Racial...
Exponential, and logarithmic functions are pivotal mathematical concepts that play central roles in advanced mathematics. Unfortunately, these are also concepts that give students serious difficulty. This report describe a theory of how students acquire an understanding of these functions by prescribing a set of mental constructions that a student can make to develop his or her understanding of these concepts. We analyze students' understanding of these concepts within the context of our...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Concept Formation, Curriculum Design, Learning Problems, Learning Strategies,...
Virtual reality exposure has recently emerged as an important tool for exposure therapy in the treatment of fear of flying. There have been numerous empirical studies that have evaluated the effectiveness of virtual reality exposure as compared to other treatments including in vivo exposure, progressive muscle relaxation, cognitive therapy, bibliotherapy, and supportive group therapy. The results of two case studies and eight outcome trials have indicated that virtual reality exposure is...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Anxiety, Fear, Travel, Air Transportation, Desensitization, Behavior Modification,...
The revolution in two-way broadband communications envisioned for the future includes remote access to libraries, interactive educational programing, shopping at home, personal and property security, and many other services limited only by man's imagination and his ability to deliver the service at a price the consumer is willing and able to pay. The most significant attributes of cable television (CATV) program origination are its ability to appeal to selective viewer interests and its ability...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Broadcast Industry, Cable Television, Income, Mass Media, Programing...
Designed for those with teaching skills as well as those without and for those with backgrounds in nutrition and those without, this handbook provides information on how to organize and conduct nutrition education and cooking training for the chronically mentally ill. The first section describes the pilot program which developed the handbook, including setting, client characteristics, general discussion of lessons and educational methods, program costs, evaluation, and sources of informational...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Vocational Education, Classroom Techniques, Community Programs, Cooking...
A second grade teacher in a rural Appalachian school draws heavily on familiar regional literature and the children's own rich mountain heritage and culture to teach reading to her students, covering the required basal readings in only one day per week. Students use the basals on Mondays and retell the texts on paper. They spend the rest of the week writing stories, reading them, and sharing them with other students. Every week they have a real radio show where they read and tell their own...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Class Activities, Grade 2,...
Ludwig Wittgenstein's theory of language games, although largely undeveloped, can provide the basis for a useful analogy between the composition process and the playing of a game. Teachers can motivate students to write by presenting the composition process as a language game. The following points should prove helpful in accomplishing this end: no game is as much fun when it is first being learned as it is after it has been mastered; people know whether they have lost in any game; in the early...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, College Freshmen, Educational Games, Educational Theories, English Instruction,...
Traditionally, educational administration is a technology of administrative control that systematically ignores both educational issues and those social and cultural issues that lie at the heart of people's commitment to, or alienation from, educational institutions. These social and cultural inequalities are investigated in a series of essays on educational administration that analyze the consequences of the imposition of an administration conceived as a technology of control. A discussion of...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrative Principles, Bureaucracy, Cultural Influences, Educational...
This book describes various aspects of the historical development of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The first chapter, entitled "Origins," sketches the factors leading up to authorization of the BLS in June 1884. A chapter entitled "Carroll Wright: Setting the Course" discusses the views and contributions of the BLS's first commissioner. The next chapter covers the studies for economic and social reform that were undertaken during the administration of the bureau's...
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Topics: ERIC Archive, Agency Role, Background, Economic Change, Economic Climate, Employment Statistics,...
Tests are used in four ways: (1) to select; (2) to give rewards or punishments; (3) as tools in the instructional process; and (4) as macro-evaluation of instructional programs and systems. The Program for Research on Objective Based Evaluation (PROBE) is directed at developing prototypic evaluation systems in the reading area for both classroom feedback and macro-evaluation. PROBE materials and procedures are now being developed and will include the following: (1) a complete file of reading...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Design, Instructional Programs, Objectives, Reading...
This guide presents an adult basic education curriculum designed to raise the competencies of adults in several basic areas. They are: oral and written communications, arithmetic, social sciences, occupational planning (including development of occupational concepts and attitudes), and development of self. The three levels under which basic area skills and activities are presented are: Level I (Grades 0-3), Level II (Grades 4-6), and Level III (Grades 7-9). The guide covers the following areas:...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult...
In this paper, the authors identify and analyze public policy and the investment and expenditure that the governments of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay commit to make in the development and procurement of textbooks, books and digital content for primary and secondary education (K-12). The aim is to identify and propose a roadmap for developing policies that advance the principles of the Paris Open Educational Resources Declaration. In the region, digital content coexists with...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Expenditures, Educational Resources, Open Source Technology,...
This study reports on the pedagogical implications of using the Blackboard feature Discussion Board (DB) to improve students' learning in higher education. The study sample included three sections of female students--a total of 155 students--in an undergraduate course at an international university in Saudi Arabia. The impact of using DB on first-year female students' achievement was assessed through quantitative analyses of pre- and post-tests. The effect of DB on students' attitudes was...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Group...
This study investigated the effect of instruction in emotional intelligence Skills on locus of control and academic self-efficacy among junior secondary school students in Niger state, Nigeria. This study employed a quasi-experimental, non-equivalent control group, pre-test - post-test design. The population of this study was 105,034 secondary school students out of which 40 students were purposively sampled and used for the study. The instrument used for data collection were locus of control...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Emotional Intelligence, Locus of...
Introduction: The present study evaluated the feasibility of using an iPad application or "app" for algebra-readiness mathematics, with accompanying braille materials and accessible graphics, when used in authentic educational settings. Methods: Twenty-nine students with visual impairments in grades 4-11 used the materials under the direction of their teachers of students with visual impairments (N = 19). Twenty percent of the mathematics problems included graphics such as maps, line...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Mathematics Skills, Courseware, Handheld Devices, Assistive Technology, Feasibility...
The transfer of leadership to younger generations is an important factor in agricultural communities and is likely one reason developing leaders is a central mission of many youth organizations, including 4-H and FFA. In adults, researchers have extensively explored the relationship between personality traits and leadership (Judge, Bono, Ilies, & Gerhardt, 2002), but a clear profile of youth leaders has not been developed. This profile could help in planning for and developing the next...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Leadership Qualities, Personality Traits, Emotional Intelligence, Youth Programs,...
Reported upon are a total of 40 projects funded in Florida under PL 91-230, Title VI, Part B, Education of the Handicapped Act, which provides funds to states to assist in the initiation, expansion, and improvement of programs and projects for the education of handicapped children at preschool through secondary levels. Project abstracts of the various county programs are grouped by year: fiscal years 1971, 1970, 1969, and summer 1968. Project abstracts include such information as project...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Federal Aid, Grants, Handicapped...
Eleven essays explore the educational effects of social forces and agencies outside of the formal school environment. Speakers at the 1977 Chief State School Officers' Institute examined how these social forces can be used to enhance the work of the American school system. Speakers represented schools of education, research institutes, media groups, professional education associations, and individual institutions of higher education. Topics discussed were American culture, the family, media,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrators, Business, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors, Educational...
This study focuses on the problems and potentials between outdoor recreation and the environment. The areas studied include recreation on private land, along coastal areas, national parks and urban areas. All of the factors contributing to recreational demand--leisure time, education, disposable income, population growth and mobility--are forecasted to increase and will result in increased participation in recreational activities. (Author/BB)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Economics, Environment, Environmental Education, Leisure Time, Outdoor Education,...
Project City Science, funded by the National Science Foundation, is designed by the New York University as an urban systems approach to the improvement of intermediate science teaching in New York City. This report consists of three major sections. The first section describes the preservice program, which includes courses presented, school involvement, and New York City License Exams. The second section describes the Model Districts Program. Science activities which show the curricular...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Research, Higher Education, Junior High Schools, Preservice Teacher...
A process theory of coping developed largely by Robert F. Peck (one of the authors), a sentence completion instrument, and data concerning the manner in which college women cope are considered. Peck proposes that a person going through optimal coping confronts the problem, attempts one or several types of activities in order to resolve the situation, persists in obtaining a solution, and generally resolves the problem in an effective and self-satisfying manner. A semi-projective instrument...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Achievement, Affective Behavior, Aggression, Behavioral Science Research, College...
Intended to help the secondary school classroom teacher make use of some of the current research related to reading instruction, this book contains reviews of the literature on the various aspects of secondary school reading. Each of the 12 chapters begins with an introduction to set the stage and ends with a conclusion to put the ideas into perspective--frequently classroom applications. The areas covered in the chapters are as follows: (1) reading achievement, (2) contexts of reading, (3) the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Techniques, Computer Literacy, Learning Processes, Literature, Literature...
Precipitation data for Macomb (Illinois) for the period 1912-1981 were the bases for developing classroom exercises that offered college students experience in collecting such data. After students collected the data, they reduced them to manageable proportions, and then examined average long-term relations which may have emerged among yearly, monthly, and daily values. This approach makes the study of weather and climate more relevant to students by utilizing local sources of data that students...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Climate, Community Study, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Data Analysis, Data...
A latent trait model is described that is appropriate for use with tests that measure more than one dimension, and its application to both real and simulated test data is demonstrated. Procedures for estimating the parameters of the model are presented. The research objectives are to determine whether the two-parameter logistic model more adequately explains multidimensional test data than does the unidimensional version of the model, and to determine whether the results yielded by the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Factor Analysis, Feasibility Studies, Goodness...
Ways in which secondary level humanities teachers can incorporate information and materials on pacifism and nonviolent action into their existing courses are discussed. To improve their abilities to think creatively about how to change the world, students must learn about nonviolence and the strategies used by pacifists in the pursuit of their causes. For example, in U.S. history and American literature classes students can be exposed to the writings of William Penn, George Fox, and John...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Case Studies, Civil Rights, Human Resources, Humanities Instruction,...
The work described in this report is the second phase of a project to provide easy-to-use tools for authoring and rendering secondary-school algebra-level math expressions in synthesized speech that is useful for students with blindness or low vision. This report describes the development and results of the second feedback study performed for our project, Expanding Audio Access to Mathematics Expressions by Students With Visual Impairments via MathML. That study focused on the use of certain...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Artificial Speech, Suprasegmentals, Cues, Usability, Secondary School Mathematics,...
The emotion management of others is among the new competences of school managers. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the Competences of Managing the Emotions of Teachers by School Managers in terms of management processes according to the viewpoints of teachers and managers. The questionnaire was administrated to 261 teachers and 109 school administrators working in Usak province during the 2015/2016 Academic Year. The data were analyzed by the SPSS (Statistical Package for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Emotional Response, Principals, Questionnaires, Teachers, Statistical Analysis,...
The purpose of this study is to design the course "Character Education" in the light of the "experienced centred" design and to assert an example of "Character Education" course design for higher education students. The research was conducted during the 2015-2016 spring semester as an action research. The participants consisted of 36 higher education students on the basis of the criterion sampling and convenience sampling methods. The data was collected throughout...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Values Education, Curriculum Design, College Curriculum, Courses, Questionnaires,...
The impetus for this study is grounded in a strategic decision by management to measure readiness for university education as part of an early alert and referral system. The motivation for this project is also rooted in literature that points out that the South African higher education system faces challenges with students entering the system underprepared. Data at entry to the university, specifically related to the individual student, is used initially to profile the students. This profile is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Freshmen, Student Surveys, At Risk Students, College Preparation, Foreign...
This paper deals with some of the problems that the Politics of Education has to face both as a subject and as a government action. Based above all on the literature appeared in specialized journals during the last five years, our attention is firstly focused on the concern for using an active methodology in the teaching of this subject which places students at the center of the teaching-learning process with the aim of encouraging their interest in its contents and inducing them to acquire...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Politics of Education, Journal Articles, Literature Reviews, Active Learning,...
The educative project MelArete proposes an interpretation of ethical education: a form of Education to Virtue Ethics in the light of the philosophy of care. Starting from the ontological assumption that care is prime in life and without it the human being cannot flourish in his/her humanity, the project is based on an interpretation of the pedagogy of care. Since the practice of care reveals to have an ethical core and that core is made of ways of being-with-the-others, the pedagogical theory...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Ethics, Program Descriptions, Educational Philosophy, Teaching Methods, Ethical...
Legislation which encourages financial aid offices to develop financial aid support from the local community by facilitating the employment process between students and local employers is discussed. The Work Experience Program of the University of Missouri is described. (MLW)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Planning, Community Support, Higher Education, Job Placement, Part Time...
This document describes the formulation of academic assessment at Nassau Community College (NCC) (New York), presenting methods that can help faculty implement classroom assessment in the courses they teach. Section 1, the introduction, discusses assessment from philosophical and historical perspectives. Section 2 presents the five steps of goals-based assessment: (1) teaching goals; (2) outcome behaviors; (3) assessment measurements; (4) evaluating measurement results; and (5) formulating...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Techniques, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Educational...
Teacher preparation programs have recognized their obligation to provide solutions for the dilemmas their teachers face once in the inclusive educational environment. The changing demands required by both general and special education teachers at the K-12 level are being addressed. One of these solutions is to provide access to technological innovations that help teachers meet the needs of a diverse population, complete the job quickly and efficiently, and have the ability to integrate bets...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Behavior Disorders, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education,...
Some career theorists and other professionals have warned about dramatic shifts in the economy and implications for changes needed in career services and theory. This paper proposes that Hollands person-environment model (1997) is a valuable frame of reference for career counselors and instructors to use with clients and students in interpreting labor market data. Hollands model is used to present labor market census data from 1960 to 1990 followed by implications for career counseling and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Counseling, Counseling Theories, Data Interpretation, Labor Market, Theory...
This paper describes the intentional implementation of a program designed to enhance attitudes of social responsibility in graduate students in clinical psychology. Key factors in developing social responsibility appear to be confrontation with injustice, modeling, and self-efficacy. Teaching goals and methods for facilitating these factors are described along with obstacles to implementing such a program. (Contains 15 references.) (Author/GCP)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Clinical Psychology, Counselor Training, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Program...
In October 1999, Auburn University, Montgomery (AUM) used its own professional telephone-survey unit, Alabama Voice, to call students, 517 in all, who were first-time undergraduates in fall 1998, but did not return to school in fall 1999. Telephone conversations were held with 300 of these students, and information was obtained from parents or guardians about an additional 76. The remaining 141 could not be reached. Survey responses provided good approximations of the number of nonreturning...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, School Holding Power, Student Attrition, Student Characteristics,...
This paper discusses the potential of bilingual education and its possible implementation in Kyrgzystan, focusing on why bilingual education can be useful in solving linguistic tension in Kyrgzystan and which organizational questions must be considered to make bilingual education effective. The paper begins by examining and refuting common concerns (children will be traumatized if they are spoken to in a different language, and children will confuse the two languages and end up unable to speak...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bilingual Education, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign...
The components of complex domains have dynamic, interdependent relationships that are often unstable. A useful method for representing relationships among elements in complex systems is causal influence diagramming, often described as concept mapping. This study employs the use of software applications, traditional assessment, and case studies to support systems analysis of learning theories through the development of causal influence diagrams (CID) and seeks to determine the extent to which...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Case Studies, Causal Models, Computer Oriented Programs, Concept Mapping, Diagrams,...
The Media Management & Economics Division of the proceedings contains the following 11 papers: "Supervisor Leadership Behavior's Effect on Television Newsworker Professionalism" (Natalie Corey); "Applying the Structure-Conduct-Performance Framework in the Media Industry Analysis" (W. Wayne Fu); "The Bigger, the Better? Measuring the Financial Performance of Media Firms" (Jaemin Jung); "Effects of Culture on Cellular Telephone Adoption: The Case of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administration, Administrator Behavior, Curriculum Development, Economics, Foreign...
The 2009 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" provided a comprehensive review of states' policies that impact the teaching profession. As a companion to last year's comprehensive state-by-state analysis, the 2010 edition provides each state with an individualized "Blueprint for Change," building off last year's "Yearbook" goals and recommendations. State teacher policy addresses a great many areas, including teacher preparation, certification, evaluation and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teaching (Occupation), Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy, Teacher...
This phenomenological study examined the spiritual experiences of Christian school leaders who are the spiritual leaders of their schools. A purposeful, nominated sample of 12 Christian school leaders was selected. In-depth, open-ended interviews were conducted, audio taped, and then transcribed verbatim. Data analysis was based on Rudestam and Newton's (2001) method of researcher description. Findings indicated participants believe that spiritual leadership is an active, personal process for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Interpersonal Relationship, Data Analysis, Religious Factors, Spiritual Development,...
University students in general experience stressful situations once they leave home and begin to adjust to the new life on a college campus with its related academic and social demands. However, students of color often have the additional burden of coping with race-related stress. Data from a focus group interview with 18 alumni of color, found students being stereotyped, feeling overwhelmingly invisible, being singled out in the classroom and often witnessing racism and racially related...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Coping, Minority Group Students, Alumni, College Graduates, Anxiety, Stereotypes,...
Research on the use of learning tools has brought to light variables that influence the learner on using or not using the tools. A deeper analysis on the current findings is attempted in this study. It adds a psychomotor task; it assesses the actual functionality of the employed tools, and it further explores learner-related variables that influence tool use, most importantly on perceived tool functionality (the beliefs of learners that a certain tool would be the most optimal one). Fifty-eight...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Graduate Students, Instructional Materials, Video Technology, Guidelines,...
Despite the numerous advantages of a year-round schedule, there are significant political hurdles to its implementation. The most successful year-round schools are those where leaders worked closely with staff and families to maximize the benefits, minimize the costs, and build support for modifying the traditional school calendar. The research on the benefits and drawbacks of the year-round schedules is at best, inconclusive. A traditional summer vacation can impact student learning. Students...
Topics: ERIC Archive, School Schedules, Year Round Schools, Politics of Education, Socioeconomic...
This document provides an overview of multiple career paths that schools can use to expand opportunities for their teachers. These career paths match Public Impact's school models that use job redesign and technology to extend the reach of excellent teachers to more students, for more pay, within budget. Most of these school models create new roles and collaborative teams enabling all teachers and staff to develop and contribute to excellence. This document introduces many new roles: (1)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teaching (Occupation), Elementary Secondary Education, Efficiency, Merit Pay,...
This paper presents the annual report of the Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN) for 2005. Throughout the year, PYN's members continued their focus on linking work and education in ways that promote access for young people to Philadelphia's growth economy, and supply a high-quality workforce to power the City's continued economic development. [For the 2004 Annual Report, see ED540214.]
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annual Reports, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs, Access to Education, Career...
Distance Learning supported by the WEB is a reality which is growing fast and, like any technological or empirical innovation, it reveals positive and negative aspects. An important aspect is in relation to the monitoring of the activities done by the students since an accurate online assessment of the knowledge acquired is an open and, therefore, worrying subject. A way of minimizing such situation is by using technology to monitor the general performance of the student in the virtual learning...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Hypermedia, Distance Education, Information Technology, Formative Evaluation, Virtual...
This supplement contains documentation on all the derived variables contained in the PIRLS and prePIRLS 2011 data files that are based on background questionnaire variables. These variables were used to report background data in the PIRLS 2011 International Results in Reading report, and are made available as part of this database to be used in secondary analyses. This supplement has four sections corresponding to each background questionnaire from which reporting variables are derived: (1)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Databases, Data, Student Surveys, Teacher Surveys, School Surveys, Parent Surveys,...
In the fall of 2014, students took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) to help determine their level of readiness for college. The PSAT/NMSQT 2014 State Summary Reports summarize the characteristics, scores and educational plans of the Class of 2016 and Class of 2017.
Topics: ERIC Archive, High School Students, College Entrance Examinations, Critical Reading, Reading...
Every week in the United States, nearly 11 million children younger than age 5 are in some type of child care arrangement. On average, these children spend 36 hours a week in child care. While parents are children's first and most important teachers, child care programs provide early learning for millions of young children daily, having a profound impact on their development and readiness for school. For many parents, one of the initial shocks in becoming a parent is discovering the high price...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Care, Costs, Parents, Family Income, Expenditures, Student Costs, Infant Care,...
Recent efforts to attract and retain effective educators and to improve teaching practices have focused on reforming evaluation and compensation systems for teachers and principals. In 2006, Congress established the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), which provides grants to support performance-based compensation systems for teachers and principals in high-need schools. This executive summary describes a study that focuses on performance-based compensation systems that were established under TIF...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Merit Pay, Incentives, Grants, Teacher Salaries, Principals, Salaries, Program...
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are the fastest-growing developmental disability in the United States. In recognizing the increasing needs of children affected by ASD, as well as the associated financial implications for local governments, some states are re-assessing their current systems of support and looking for better and more efficient ways to serve individuals with ASD and their families. As states have struggled to respond to the phenomenon, they have formed task forces, created pilot...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Autism, State Policy, State Action, Early Intervention, Disability Identification,...
