Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1968. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

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The purpose of this thesis was to construct and validate a programmed instruction booklet for the use of university students studying to become adult educators. The concept of methods of adult education and the classification scheme for methods as devised by Dr. C. Verner were used as course content. The branching or intrinsic model was selected and a criterion test and frames were constructed. The booklet was empirically tested through a developmental test and two field tests. Sixty-two students enrolled in three classes of Education 412, during the 1974 summer and 1975 winter sessions at The University of British Columbia, participated in the validation procedure. The developmental test group consisted of twelve students who sat with the programmer, one at a time, as they studied the booklet and completed a pre and post criterion test. The field test was designed as a course take home assignment and students were responsible for returning written answers to a pre and post criterion test. Ten students volunteered to study the booklet during the first field test. The second field test assigned twenty students to a pre and post criterion test only control group design and twenty students to an experimental group design who studied the booklet and completed a pre and post criterion test. Analysis of the data following the developmental and first field tests revealed many areas of weakness in the booklet frames and in the criterion test. Consequently many major revisions were made to both. Examination of the data following the second field test indicated the booklet met the standards of an effective teaching program. / Education, Faculty of / Graduate

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by Pang Cheung Chu Georgina. / Bibliography: leaves 104-109 / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1982

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1971.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1971.

The purpose of the study was to develop a training manual for admissions officers. The problem to be resolved was to translate into a series of linear frames some principles of good practice, management, and conduct that could be used as a guide by most admissions officers and offices.On many occasions, persons are designated as admissions officers in institutions of higher learning without having any knowledge of the functions and responsibilities of the office. Competence as an admissions officer may be achieved through experience or in-service training. As of now, no formal collegiate courses are available for the training of admissions officers. The problem that currently exists is the one of making workshops and institutes available to all of the new admissions officers nationally. The use of a programmed instructional training manual for admissions officers was expected to fill this void.Research was conducted on the subject matter areas of which admissions officers should be informed. Information for the training manual was obtained from The Professional Audit, compiled by a training team consisting of members of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers and the National Association of College Admissions Counselors. The Professional Audit,contained seventeen sections of basic principles pertinent to good management, practice, and conduct for admissions officers.Research on programmed instruction was conducted to gain a knowledge of the concept and theory of developing programmed materials. The research yielded results favorable to the technique of linear programming as the technique best suited for the purpose of the study.A linear programmed instructional unit was developed using the statements of basic principles in The Professional Audit as a source of subject matter. Seven of the seventeen sections of The Professional Audit were programmed. The seven sections constituted a model training manual that in-service training of admissions officers.The programmed materials were developed with the assistance of Dr. James G. Hunt, professor of educational psychology, Ball State University. Dr. Hunt was an experienced programmer and had co-authored several published programmed texts. The frames, written a few at a time were edited by Dr. Hunt for composition and programming techniques. The frames that were found to be inadequate were revised before being included in the training manual.The programmed unit was tested for validity by using the 90/90 standard. Ten graduate students were selected as subjects to field test the training manual. Of the ten, seven completed the program. In order for the program to technique of programmed instruction could be used to develop training manuals for other administrators who do not have the opportunity for formal training, for example, development officers, housing administrators, and career information specialists.The programmed instructional training manual for admissions officers will be expanded to include all of the seventeen original sections. Further, it is hoped that the manual will be published and utilized nationally by the professional organization.