ERIC Number: ED147481
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976
Pages: 38
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Pilot Course in Century 21 Shorthand. An Evaluation of the Project.
New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces.
An evaluation project conducted at the Dona Ana County Occupational Education Branch of New Mexico State University was designed to compare the effectiveness of Century 21 Shorthand with Gregg Shorthand. Two classes of shorthand students were set up as experimental groups: thirty-five students in Century 21 and twenty-six students in Gregg. Their performance was assessed for four semesters based on the following performance measures: dictation speed, scores on theory tests, scores on brief form tests, and overall average grades. In addition, survival rates of students with different ethnic and language backgrounds were studied. After the first semester comparison results indicated no statistical difference in the performance of the two groups. Century 21 was found to have some slight advantage in holding power (perhaps because of its novelty). Additional data was gathered from each student utilizing the following forms: biographical information, Career Education Description Questionnaire, background information questionnaire, background and study habits questionnaire, American College Testing (ACT) scores, and teachers' summary of performance (grade book). The socio-economic measures seemed the best indicators of success, but it was too early to tell if the Career Education Description Questionnaire could predict some measure of success. (The questionnaires and the proposal for the evaluation are included in the appendix. Results of the second, third, and final semester evaluations are presented in separate documents.) (BM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Business Education, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Research, Ethnic Groups, Higher Education, Methods Research, Minority Groups, Office Practice, Performance, Performance Tests, Predictor Variables, Questionnaires, School Holding Power, Shorthand, Spanish Speaking, Success, Teaching Methods, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces.
Identifiers - Location: New Mexico
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