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program, it was decided to assess the competency of constructive interaction, especially as it related to using personal interests of students.
Use of this module should enable inservice teachers not trained in the philosophy of the middle school to become acquainted with the special interest component of the middle school curriculum. As Kirby noted, the research and development of "packages" seems to hold the real challenge as well as promise to colleges seeking their role in the staff development programs of public schools. Once appropriate packages start to be used these packages can be helpful for administrators, inservice teachers, preservice teachers and graduate students of teaching (37:433).
From the report by Okey and Ciesla on designs for the evaluation of teacher training materials various needs regarding research design, methodology and instrument use evolve (45). With regard to design, the present study will build on one used in the report, namely, the Posttest-Only Control Group Design. It is hoped that many factors related to internal and external validity will be controlled by using the Institutional Cycle Design (18:56).
The report also suggested that for future studies,
observation instruments or rating scales should be developed to establish the degree to which the teachers