Effectiveness of a self-instructional program to prepare home economics teachers to teach pupils to apply generalizations

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Rebecca McCulloch Smith (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
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Advisor
Hildegarde Johnson

Abstract: The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effectiveness of a self-instructional program to prepare home economics teachers to teach pupils to apply given generalizations. The criterion of effectiveness was a paper and pencil test in two equivalent forms developed to measure the ability of pupils to apply generalizations. One test was administered by the researcher immediately following the teaching of a three-week foods unit which was limited to generalizations concerning the preparation of vegetables, quick breads, and starch sauces and puddings to a ninth-grade home economics class. An equivalent form of the immediate post test was administered by the researcher three weeks later to test retention. The immediate post test had a coefficient of reliability greater than .91 determined from scores of 104 ninth-grade pupils. The product moment coefficient of reliability between the two tests was .95.

Additional Information

Publication
Dissertation
Language: English
Date: 1967
Keywords
home economics teaching, self instruction
Subjects
Home economics $x Study and teaching
Home economics $v Programmed instruction
Prediction of teacher success

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