Doctoral Dissertations

Date of Award

12-1984

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education

Major

Curriculum and Instruction

Major Professor

Jerry J. Bellon

Committee Members

J.R. Handler, C.W. Murphy, J.M. Peters, R. French

Abstract

The major purpose of the study was to determine the feasibility of a goal analysis process by applying it to the study of English and mathematics program goals at Mindanao State University (MSU), Philippines. The process focused on obtaining perceptions about goals and determining agreement on goals. It involved a two-round survey on opinions about goals. The study also generated some guidelines to give direction to future goal analysis.

Two sets of questionnaires, each consisting of an English questionnaire and a mathematics questionnaire, were developed. Each questionnaire included twelve goals pooled from MSU documents. The first set of instruments was pilot-tested and used in the first survey. The instruments were designed to identify perceptions of current MSU English and mathematics program goals; of important goals for MSU students; and of the level of priority given the current goals.

Perceptions in the first survey were summarized and used to develop the second survey instruments. The instruments determined the agreement of respondents on the summarized goal perceptions. In addition, the respondents indicated their agreement on the importance of additional English and mathematics goals drawn from the literature.

The first survey instruments were answered by a sample group of 421 MSU constituencies, consisting of faculty members, administrators, and students. Of these, 310 returned the questionnaires and became the participants for the second survey.

The survey results were analyzed to determine percentages and weighted mean scores. The means were used to determine the levels of perception of the goals. Goal perceptions were compared between and within groups.

General conclusions were made from the study. Almost all the goals drawn from MSU documents were perceived by many respondents as goals for MSU English and mathematics programs. The goals were perceived as either highly or moderately important for MSU students. None of the goals were given high priority. Some goals judged of high importance for the students were given medium or low priority at MSU. The second survey revealed that except for the student group, most groups approached consensus about the importance and the given priority of the goals.

Most goals drawn from literature were also considered important. Computer programming was perceived as important by only a few respondents.

To some extent the goal analysis adapted in this study was found feasible in studying MSU program goals. Moreover, as a result of the study, some guidelines for future goal analysis were developed. Examples were to collect data under stable conditions and to supplement survey data with interview information.

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