This collection, developed by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, includes two webinar recordings and related resources that discuss the role of evaluation in ATE projects and provide guidance on administrative/managerial aspects of evaluation. "This webinar is intended to provide new ATE PIs and project staff with the information they need to get their...

In this article, the author responds to two frequently asked questions: "Is there a meaningful way to evaluate teaching?" and "How can staunchly traditional professors be persuaded to use proven but non-traditional teaching methods?"

Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology, put out by the International Technology Education Association, and commonly called STL, "articulates a complete set of technological literacy standards and identify a vision for developing a technologically literate citizenry." Sections include: Preparing Students doe a Technological World, Overview of Standards for...

Advancing Excellence in Technological Literacy: Student Assessment, Professional Development, and Program Standards (AETL), from the International Technology Education Association, "articulates a complete set of technological literacy standards and identify a vision for developing a technologically literate citizenry."  Chapters include an Overview, Principles and Related Definitions, Student...

This paper, by Aki Rasinen, Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy of Technology in the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, covers technology education curricula of six countries: Australia, England, France, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. An overview is given, then a detailed profile of technology education curriculum in each country is given, followed by...

This paper, by Thomas Loveland, Professor and faculty member of the undergraduate Technology Education program at St. Petersburg College in Florida, presents his study of technology standards implementation in Florida. Loveland presents multiple research questions and presents implementation models before presenting the results of his study. 

This paper, by Aaron C. Clark and Robert E. Wenig, faculty in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education in the College of Education and Psychology at North Carolina State University, presents a case study on the identification of quality characteristics for technology education programs. The research methodology, findings, and conclusions are presented. 

This paper, by Philip A. Reed, Resource Teacher for the Industrial and Technology Education Programs in Prevard County, Florida, covers the history of research in technology education by looking at graduate student dissertations on the topic. Reed covers trends in research from the years of 1892-2002, as well as research trends for technological literacy. 

This paper, by Richard E. Satchwell and William E. Duggar, Jr., from the Technology for All Americans Project in Blacksburg, Virginia, introduces their project and the results consensus building activities that they conducted at technology education meetings around the United States. Technology education standards are also discussed. 

This paper, From Roger B. Hill, Assistant Professor of Occupational Studies at the University of Georgia, discusses problem solving in technology education, and his assessment of different problems solving procedures using a tool called Observation Procedure for Technology Education Mental Processes (OPTEMP). He starts the paper by discussing the popularity of modular engineering, then goes into...