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Teachers of the mentally retarded are confident in their own ability to evaluate instructional materials but skeptical of non-teaching personnel doing so, and their willingness to participate in systematic evaluation depends on its perceived value to themselves and their colleagues. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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The aim is to examine teachers' attitudes regarding their ability and willingness to evaluate instructional materials.

May 20, 2026Education and training of the mentally retarded

The Attitudes of Teachers of the Mentally Retarded Toward Teacher Evaluation of Instructional Materials

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DBDale BaumNew Mexico State University

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Survey assesses teacher attitudes on instructional material evaluation, emphasizing perceived value in the process.

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The aim is to examine teachers' attitudes regarding their ability and willingness to evaluate instructional materials.
Sent an 11-item Instructional Material Evaluation Scale to 100 teachers.
Received responses from 92 teachers in a specific regional context.
Measured attitudes towards self-evaluation, cooperation in evaluation, and perceptions of others' evaluation abilities.
92% of teachers reported very positive attitudes about their own evaluation abilities.
Teachers showed somewhat negative views about the ability of non-teaching personnel to evaluate materials.
Ambivalence existed regarding their involvement in systematic evaluation processes.

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Dale Baum (1972) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0d4e9df03e14405aa99c6a https://doi.org/10.1177/001312377200700109

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