The Illinois trustee.

Description based on: Vol. 4, no. 4 (Nov. 1980); title from caption.

Resume of minutes of meeting of Sanitary Water Board.

Description based on: January 9, 1968; title from caption.

Abstract[s] of [theses] submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the graduate school of the University of Illinois

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Assessing the effectiveness of five-year mechanical engineering technology programs of junior colleges in Taiwan, R.O.C.: An application of the CIPP evaluation model

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mechanical engineering technology curriculum effectiveness at the junior college in Taiwan by using the CIPP evaluation model. The study concerned the areas of the curriculum, curriculum materials, individualized instruction, support services, teaching effectiveness, student achievement, and job performance. A descriptive survey method was used with questionnaires for data collection from faculty, students, graduates, and employers.^ All categories of respondents tended to agree that the curriculum provides appropriate occupational knowledge and skills. Students, graduates, and faculty tended to be satisfied with the curriculum; faculty tended to be satisfied with student achievement; graduates tended to be satisfied with their job preparation; and employers were most satisfied with graduates' job performance.^ Conclusions were drawn in the context, input, process, and product of the CIPP model. In Context area: Students were dissatisfied with curriculum flexibility in students characteristics. Graduates were dissatisfied with curriculum design for student's adaptability in new economic and industrial conditions; practicum flexibility in student characteristics; and course overlap. Both students and graduates were dissatisfied with practicum credit hours. Both faculty and students were dissatisfied with the number of required courses.^ In Input area: Students, faculty, and graduates perceived audiovisuals and manipulative aids positively. Faculty and students perceive CAI implementation positively. Students perceived textbooks negatively.^ In Process area: Faculty, students, and graduates perceived all support service negatively. Faculty tended to perceive the ratios of graduates who enter advanced study and related occupation, and who passed the professional skills certification, negatively. Students tended to perceive teaching effectiveness in terms of instructional strategies, the quality of instruction, overall suitability, and receivable, negatively. Graduates also tended to identify the instructional strategies as a negative perception. Faculty and students perceived curriculum objectives and practicum negatively. Both faculty and students felt that instructors should be more interested in making the courses a useful learning experience.^ In Product area: Employers were satisfied with graduates' academic preparation and job performance, adaptability, punctuality, and their ability to communicate, cooperate, and meet organization needs. Graduates were weak in terms of equipment familiarity and supervisory ability.^ In sum, the curriculum of the five-year mechanical engineering technology programs of junior college in Taiwan has served adequately up to this time in preparing a work force to enter industry. It is now time to look toward the future and adapt the curriculum and instruction for the future needs of this high-tech society. ^

Assessing the effectiveness of two-year banking and insurance technology programs of junior colleges in Taiwan, R.O.C.: An application of the Context Input Process Product (CIPP) evaluation model

The purpose of this descriptive study was to evaluate the banking and insurance technology curriculum at ten junior colleges in Taiwan. The study focused on curriculum, curriculum materials, instruction, support services, student achievement and job performance. Data was collected from a diverse sample of faculty, students, alumni, and employers. ^ Questionnaires on the evaluation of curriculum at technical junior colleges were developed for use in this specific case. Data were collected from the sample described above and analyzed utilizing ANOVA, T-Tests and crosstabulations. Findings are presented which indicate that there is room for improvement in terms of meeting individual students' needs. ^ Using Stufflebeam's CIPP model for curriculum evaluation it was determined that the curriculum was adequate in terms of the knowledge and skills imparted to students. However, students were dissatisfied with the rigidity of the curriculum and the lack of opportunity to satisfy the individual needs of students. Employers were satisfied with both the academic preparation of students and their on the job performance. ^ In sum, the curriculum of the two-year banking and insurance technology programs of junior college in Taiwan was shown to have served adequately preparing a work force to enter businesses. It is now time to look toward the future and adapt the curriculum and instruction for the future needs of the ever evolving high-tech society. ^

Effects of joint thickness, adhesion and web shells to the face shell bedded concrete masonry loaded in compression

The Australian masonry standard allows either prism tests or correction factors based on the block height and mortar thickness to evaluate masonry compressive strength. The correction factor helps the taller units with conventional 10 mm mortar being not disadvantaged due to size effect. In recent times, 2-4 mm thick, high-adhesive mortars and H blocks with only the mid-web shell are used in masonry construction. H blocks and thinner and higher adhesive mortars have renewed interest of the compression behaviour of hollow concrete masonry and hence is revisited in this paper. This paper presents an experimental study carried out to examine the effects of the thickness of mortar joints, the type of mortar adhesives and the presence of web shells in the hollow concrete masonry prisms under axial compression. A non-contact digital image correlation technique was used to measure the deformation of the prisms and was found adequate for the determination of strain fi eld of the loaded face shells subjected to axial compression. It is found that the absence of end web shells lowers the compressive strength and stiffness of the prisms and the thinner and higher adhesive mortars increase the compressive strength and stiffness, while lowering the Poisson's ratio. © Institution of Engineers Australia, 2013.

La evaluación educativa : aplicación de la evaluación de diplomas de español como lengua extranjera en el Colegio Universitario de Idiomas Extranjeros Wenzao de Taiwán.

Los objetivos son: evaluar el nivel de español de los alumnos del Colegio Universitario Wenzao, en Taiwán, en relación con el Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera, para conocer su capacidad, avance, logros y dificultades; que los alumnos conozcan su propio nivel de español y sus fallos, así como aquellos puntos en los que pueden encontrar un mayor grado de dificultad para que logren las cuatro destrezas lingüísticas de todo idioma (comprensión lectora, expresión escrita, comprensión auditiva y expresión oral) y que dominen con fluidez el idioma; analizar los ítems de las pruebas del Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera en Taiwán, objetivo a largo plazo, para facilitar el conseguir los diplomas D.E.L.E. dentro del país. La muestra estaba formada por los alumnos de los programas de cinco años de 'Junior College'. Se escogieron a dos grupos del tercer curso, un total de 101 alumnos, 80 chicas y 21 chicos, para la aplicación de las pruebas del Certificado Inicial de Español como Lengua Extranjera. También se seleccionaron dos grupos de quinto curso, 95 alumnos, 72 chicas y 23 chicos, para la aplicación de las pruebas del Diploma Básico de Español como Lengua Extrajera. En la Universidad de Tamkang, la muestra final fue de 24 alumnos voluntarios del segundo curso de carrera para la aplicación de las pruebas CIE, y de 23 alumnos del cuarto curso, para las pruebas de DBE. Se hicieron análisis relacionales para validar los ítems, análisis descriptivos de los datos y análisis comparativos con el programa SPSS. Los exámenes D.E.L.E. aplicados tanto a los estudiantes de Wenzao como a los de la Universidad de Tamkang nos han proporcionado información clara y útil que nos ha permitido tener un concepto claro del nivel de conocimiento de español de estos alumnos. Tanto la realización de estas pruebas como su posterior análisis por parte de los alumnos les ha permitido tener un conocimiento más profundo y objetivo de su nivel de español e independiente de los factores ambientales en que se ha desenvuelto su aprendizaje, eliminando de esta manera factores variables de unos estudiantes a otros como puedan ser: profesores, métodos de docentes, libros, etc. El análisis de los resultados ítem por ítem nos ha permitido detectar con gran claridad los distintos niveles de los estudiantes en cada una de las cuatro destrezas lingüísticas, lo que supondrá una herramienta de gran utilidad a la hora de reorientar la continuidad del aprendizaje del español de estos estudiantes, tanto en grupo como individualmente. El uso continuado de este tipo de pruebas como herramienta de evaluación contribuirá a aumentar la calidad de la enseñanza del español de estos estudiantes y de todos los estudiantes de español en general, puesto que permitirá la elaboración de propuestas de mejora educativa continua y adaptadas a la realidad objetiva del nivel de español de los estudiantes en cada momento de su proceso formativo. Es conveniente, necesario y hasta imprescindible establecer un centro de coordinadores del D.E.L.E. en Taiwán para facilitar la obtención de los diplomas de español como lengua extranjera dentro del país. Esto permitirá dar a conocer la importancia de las pruebas D.E.L.E. y al mismo tiempo motivar a los estudiantes a aprender dicha lengua por la consecución de un diploma acreditativo oficial.

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Pós-graduação em Filosofia - FFC

Charles Lonergan Cobb Papers - Accession 11

The Charles Lonergan Cobb Papers consists mainly of correspondence but also includes photographs, biographical material, magazine and newspaper clippings, all relating to Cobb's career as a banker at People's National Bank( 1905-1949); and the People's National Bank and Trust Company(1949-1953) in Rock Hill, SC as well as his association with Winthrop College as a Board of Trustees' member(1938-1953). Subjects include, railroad cotton shipping service to South Carolina mill towns, crop loans in the early 1920s, location of the Celanese Chemical Plant in Rock Hill, the Winthrop College Board of Trustees, and a1946 article about Cobb that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.