Optimizing Theories and Experiments
Optimizing Experimentation in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Singular Publishing Group Inc.
Published on 1. May 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-56593-078-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book is for administrators of school programs designed for preschool-age children with disabilities. It provides sufficient background information on public education for preschool children and covers the administrator's role in setting up and managing such a program. The authors present practical strategies for planning programs that will foster the psychological and physical development of young children. They also provide effective methods for incorporating parents as partners in educational planning. Checklists are included at the end of chapters five through ten, which summarize the content of each chapter and transform the information into items for program development and evaluation. This book should be of interest to graduate students in communicative disorders, psychology and other behavioural and social sciences.
This book is for administrators of school programs designed for preschool-age children with disabilities. It provides sufficient background information on public education for preschool children and covers the administrator's role in setting up and managing such a program. The authors present practical strategies for planning programs that will foster the psychological and physical development of young children. They also provide effective methods for incorporating parents as partners in educational planning. Checklists are included at the end of chapters five through ten, which summarize the content of each chapter and transform the information into items for program development and evaluation. This book should be of interest to graduate students in communicative disorders, psychology and other behavioural and social sciences.
This book is for administrators of school programs designed for preschool-age children with disabilities. It provides sufficient background information on public education for preschool children and covers the administrator's role in setting up and managing such a program. The authors present practical strategies for planning programs that will foster the psychological and physical development of young children. They also provide effective methods for incorporating parents as partners in educational planning. Checklists are included at the end of chapters five through ten, which summarize the content of each chapter and transform the information into items for program development and evaluation. This book should be of interest to graduate students in communicative disorders, psychology and other behavioural and social sciences.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Albany
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 230 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56593-078-0 (9781565930780)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Preface. Nature, theory, and experimentation. An anatomy for theory. The correspondence of theory to experimentation. The correspondence of experimentation to theory. Changing personal theory. True experiments and quasi-experiments. The reality of the BASS. Selecting the experiment. Data quality: the fineness of resolution. Integrity of data and parameter estimators. Choosing among statistics. Optimizing for potency in decision. From experiment to personal theory. Flow chart for experimentation. Systematic theory advancement. Cause-effect relations. Glossary. Reference. Subject index.