| Abstract: |
This report, containing seven articles, summarizes a series of evaluation studies. The first article, "The Shell Science and Mathematics Resource Centre in 1987," provides an overview of the Centre's mode and reflections about the achievements of the Centre during the three years of its operation. The second article, "The Curriculum Extension Programme (CEP): Past and Present," describes the historical background and scope of the program. The next three articles deal with the evaluation of other projects operated by the Centre: "The Management Programme: Identifying Training Needs," describes the rationale and an instrument used in the program; "The Educators of Science Teachers: A Forum for Lifelong Education," deals with an endeavor to create a forum for discussing problems;"Winter School Revisited: An Evaluation Report of the 1987 Winter School," provides evaluative data about the school for grade 10 pupils. The sixth article, "Formative Evaluation of Assignments in Mathematics," describes an evaluation exercise on the mathematics component of CEP. The last article, "Early Knowledge in Communication Skills of Participants of CEP," describes the results of an entry test in English communication. (Appended is a proposed vocabulary and concept exercise for standard 8 CEP pupils.) (YP) |