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EVALUATION OF CONTINGENCIES BETWEEN INSTRUCTIONAL VARIABLES AND THEIR MULTIPLE EFFECTS PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT FOR SECURING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF EVALUATION. BEFORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT INSTRUCTION CAN BE DEVELOPED, IT IS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTION. INSTRUCTIONAL EVALUATION CAN BE IMPROVED IF THREE PROBLEM AREAS ARE OBSERVED--(1) EVALUATION SHOULD BE MADE OF INSTRUCTIONAL VARIABLES, NOT COMPLEX INSTRUCTIONAL TREATMENTS, (2) EVALUATION SHOULD BE MADE OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INSTRUCTION AND CONTEXTS, NOT ONLY PRIMARY EFFECTS, AND (3) EVALUATION SHOULD BE MADE OF THE EFFECTS OF INSTRUCTION, NOT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTRUCTION. AFTER CONSIDERING THESE FACTORS, THE EVALUATION RESEARCHER CAN INTRODUCE, FOR EXAMPLE, TWO DIFFERENT MATHEMATICS CURRICULUMS INTO SEVERAL SCHOOLS AT RANDOM. ANALYSIS CAN THEN BE MADE BETWEEN THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES (INSTRUCTIONAL AND CONTEXTUAL) AND THE DEPENDENT VARIABLES (THE EFFECTS OF INSTRUCTION). THIS PERMITS ASSESSMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AS WELL AS IDENTIFICATION OF SOME OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL AND CONTEXTUAL VARIABLES DIFFERING ACROSS TREATMENTS. (GB)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert