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Full-Text Articles in Education
Acer Newsletter No. 40 November 1980, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Acer Newsletter No. 40 November 1980, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ACER Newsletter archive
No abstract provided.
Acer 1979-1980, Fiftieth Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Acer 1979-1980, Fiftieth Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ACER Annual Reports
This report from the Australian Council for Educational Research details the council's activities from July 1, 1979 to June 30, 1980. In the introduction, the council's director comments on the various activities, including educational and psychological measurement, curriculum research and development, studies of the social foundations of education, dissemination of research findings, and the council's contributions to education in Australia. Nine papers given at a seminar on the improvement of measurement in education and psychology are abstracted. Research projects and publications on learning and teaching, foundations of education, measurement and evaluation, library and information services, survey and psychometric services, and …
Acer Newsletter No. 39 July 1980, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Acer Newsletter No. 39 July 1980, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ACER Newsletter archive
No abstract provided.
A Study Of The Validity Of Undergraduate Grade Point Average And Graduate Record Examination Scores As Predictors Of Success In The Selection Of Masters Level Graduate Students In Psychology, Margaret Tandy O'Connor
A Study Of The Validity Of Undergraduate Grade Point Average And Graduate Record Examination Scores As Predictors Of Success In The Selection Of Masters Level Graduate Students In Psychology, Margaret Tandy O'Connor
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the undergraduate grade point average (UGPA), the grade point average during the last two years of undergraduate work (LTYR), the Graduate Record Examination Verbal plus Graduate Record Examination Quantitative scores (GREM), the Graduate Record Examination Analytical Test score (GREAN) and the Graduate Record Examination Advanced Psychology Test score (GREAD) as predictors of graduate grade point averages (GGPA) in the Master of Arts degree program in Psychology at Western Kentucky University. The validity of the Graduate Record Examination Quantitative score (GREQ) as a predictor of grades received in the two …
An Experimental Study Of The Effects Of Required Homework Review Versus Review On Request Upon Achievement, Dolores Dick
An Experimental Study Of The Effects Of Required Homework Review Versus Review On Request Upon Achievement, Dolores Dick
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
During the 1979-80 school year, two Algebra I classes were involved in a study to test the effects of two methods for reviewing homework problems on students' achievements and attitudes. One review procedure was to solve and explain each problem during the class period that followed the class period in which the homework assignment had been made. The other procedure involved solving and explaining only the problems that students requested to have reviewed. While one procedure was being used with one class, the other procedure was being used with the comparison class. One treatment procedure was used with a class …
19800617: Academic Affairs, 1968-1980, Academic Affairs
19800617: Academic Affairs, 1968-1980, Academic Affairs
Guides to University Archives
These items include materials from the office of Academic Affairs at Marshall University from 1968-1980. Items were received in 1980 and include notable materials from Faculty Personnel Committee, Commencement and Honorary Degrees Committee, Physical Facilities & Planning Committee, Student Conduct and Welfare Committee, University Council, and Public Relations and Publications Committee. This is not an exhaustive list. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents.
A Study Of Significant Differences In Values, Problems & Personality Characteristics Of English 055 Students & English 101 Students At Western Kentucky University, Nancy Moore
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Fifty students from English 055 and 50 students from English 101 were given the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, the Mooney Problem Check Lists, the Allport/ Vernon/Lindzey Study of Values, and the Willoughby Schedule to determine if any significant differences existed between the two groups in the areas of personality characteristics, values, or problems. A statistical analysis of the results was determined by means of a t value from a separate variance estimate. Results indicated that significant differences existed between the 055 students and the 101 students in the following areas: self-esteem, economic values, need for achievement, and …
Acer Newsletter No. 38 April 1980, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Acer Newsletter No. 38 April 1980, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
ACER Newsletter archive
No abstract provided.
A Study Of Grade Retention & Social Promotion In The Mclean County, Kentucky School District, John Settle Jr.
A Study Of Grade Retention & Social Promotion In The Mclean County, Kentucky School District, John Settle Jr.
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Samples from two populations, students socially promoted into McLean County High School in the years 1976- 1979, who had not been retained, and students who entered McLean County High School during the same years who had been retained at one or more grade levels, 1-8, were compared. Comparisons of differences which existed in the two student groups selected for the sample were in five areas: (1) reported attitude toward school, (2) attendance, (3) number of discipline offenses, grades 9-11, (4) scores on the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, Form S, in the subtests of reading and math as measured at; …
A Comparison Of The Admission Criteria Of Kentucky's Junior Colleges, Janet Walters
A Comparison Of The Admission Criteria Of Kentucky's Junior Colleges, Janet Walters
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Students intending to enter a Junior College in Kentucky can learn of the admission requirements from the catalog published by that college. However, admission requirements vary between colleges. Each admission requirement of Kentucky's Junior Colleges was ranked in terms of its importance to the admission process by admission counselors. It was found that the high school transcript was felt by a majority of the admission counselors to be the most important admission requirement presently used. The partial high school transcript and recommendation form or letter were deemed to be the least important criteria. The results of the evaluation further indicated …
Contribuições Dos Cursos De Pós-Graduação Sobre Tecnologia Educacional [Analysis Of The Contributions Of Graduate Programs In Educational Technology], Karl M. Lorenz
Education Faculty Publications
O trabalho apresenta informações sumarias relativas a oitenta e oito teses sobre Tecnologia Educacional registradas no "Catalogo do Banco de Teses", do MEC/CNPQ, para os anos 1976-1978.
The paper presents summary information on eighty-eight Master’s theses on Educational Technology defended in the years 1976-1978, and published in the "Thesis Bank" of the National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development of the Brazilian Ministry of Education.
Human Resources 1980-81, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness
Human Resources 1980-81, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness
IPEDS Human Resources
IPEDS Human Resources annual report contains the following information: • Employees by primary occupational activity, faculty status, full and part time (collected separately for medical schools) • Full-time instructional staff by academic rank, gender and function • Total salary outlay and number of months covered by academic rank and gender
Enrollment Report - Fall 1980, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness
Enrollment Report - Fall 1980, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness
Enrollment Reports
The Enrollment Report provides administrative and delivery-site information on enrollment headcount and student credit hours, as well as the demographic characteristics of enrolled students. The purpose of this profile is to provide the undergraduate and graduate enrollments and student credit hour information by college or equivalent academic unit, class, gender and ethnicity.
Fall Enrollment 1980-81, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness
Fall Enrollment 1980-81, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness
IPEDS Fall Enrollment
IPEDS Fall Enrollment annual report contains the following information: • Full- and part-time fall enrollments by level, by race/ethnicity and gender of student • Number of students engaged in distance education, by level and location • Age distributions by student level (odd-numbered years) • State of residence of first-time first-year students (even-numbered years) • Total number of students in the entering class • Fall-to-fall retention rates of full-time and part-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (less than 4-year institutions), and first-time bachelor’s degree-seeking students (4-year institutions)
Serotonergic Involvement In The Behavioral Effects Of Septal Lesions, Bruce A. Mattingly
Serotonergic Involvement In The Behavioral Effects Of Septal Lesions, Bruce A. Mattingly
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
A report by Bruce A. Mattingly submitted to the Faculty Research Committee in 1980 on the behavioral effects of septal lesions in rats.
Sociological Cocoons: Organizations For The Transformation Of Identity, David R. Rudy, Alfred L. Greil
Sociological Cocoons: Organizations For The Transformation Of Identity, David R. Rudy, Alfred L. Greil
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
A paper presented by David R. Rudy and Arthur L. Greil at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in the winter of 1980 on the rise of "new religions."
The Australian Council For Educational Research 1930-80, William Fraser Connell
The Australian Council For Educational Research 1930-80, William Fraser Connell
ACER historical documents
This book is a comprehensive history of the Australian Council for Educational Research throughout the 50 years of its existence. It is based on an examination of the archival material accumulated at the ACER, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Australian Archives, and the records of the Australian Education Council. It examines the interest and impact of the Carnegie Corporation on the early years of the ACER, reports on the development of educational research in Australia and the influence of the ACER on it. The ACER's interest in educational and psychological measurement is explained, and its range of other …
The Delphi Technique : An Application Of The Delphi Technique As A Method Of Obtaining Staff Opinions On Issues Relating To Teaching Practice At Nedlands College Of Advanced Education, M. Kaplan
Research outputs pre 2011
As one approach to gathering information required in compiling a report on Teaching Practice, Supervision Advice and Assessment (Published as Research Committee Report Number 12), use was made of the Delphi Technique. (Kaplan, 1980).
Space precluded providing details of this technique in Report Number 12 but since the technique is not often used, it was decided to provide information on its application in the study in this separate report.
Matthew Arnold And Minimum Competency: The Nineteenth-Century British Experience With National Basic Skills Assessment, Patrick G. Scott
Matthew Arnold And Minimum Competency: The Nineteenth-Century British Experience With National Basic Skills Assessment, Patrick G. Scott
Faculty Publications
Discusses the British government's introduction in 1861-62 of the Revised Code, under Robert Lowe, tying government funding of elementary schools to annual examination of the progress made by each child in the basic skills of Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, and the satiric perspective on the debate given by the poet and essayist Matthew Arnold, himself one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, charged with implementing Lowe's reforms. Many of the issues about local and national curriculum, state funding of education, the importance of basic or core skills in relation to breadth, and the best means to assess teacher effectiveness have …