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Tables of Contents for Information Collection
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
v
1
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
vi
1
FOREWORD
vii
2
PREFACE
ix
1. BUILDING AN UNDERSTANDING OF INFORMATION COLLECTION
1
18
Living in the Information and Technological Age
3
2
Decision Making in Organizations
5
3
Information Collection Model
8
4
Mini-Cases
12
5
Grade Data Collected
17
1
Application Activities
17
1
References
18
1
2. THE "WHAT" AND "WHERE" OF INFORMATION COLLECTION
19
20
Prioritizing and Categorizing Information
21
2
Case Study One
23
5
The Needs Assessment
28
5
Case Study Two
33
4
Application Activities
37
1
References
38
1
3. THE "HOW" OF INFORMATION COLLECTION
39
16
Identifying Strategies
42
2
Information Collection Procedures
44
4
Techniques That Can Be Used to Obtain Data About Student Achievement
48
4
Summary
52
1
Application Activities
52
1
References
53
2
4. THE COLLECTION PROCESS
55
20
Administering Tests and Measurements
58
2
Surveys
60
8
Interviews
68
2
Making Observations and Recording Notes and Behaviors
70
1
Library Sources
71
2
Application Activities
73
1
References
73
2
5. INFORMATION ANALYSIS
75
20
Developing Categories for Classifying Information
77
2
Creating a Manual or Computerized Management Information System to Facilitate Information Retrieval
79
3
A Case Study
82
10
Summary
92
1
Application Activities
93
1
References
93
2
6. UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION
95
22
Analyzing Quantitative Information
97
3
Interpreting Quantitative Information
100
6
A Case Study
106
4
Interpreting Qualitative Information
110
5
Summary
115
1
Application Activities
116
1
References
116
1
7. SOME FINAL THOUGHTS ON INFORMATION COLLECTION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRINCIPALS
117
6
APPENDIX
123