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Educational Implications of Microelectronics and Microprocessors.
Harris, N. D. C., Ed. – 1979
This conference report explores microelectronic technology, its effect on educational methods and objectives, and its implications for educator responsibilities. Two main areas were considered: the significance of the likely impact of the large scale introduction of microprocessors and microelectronics on commercial and industrial processes, the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Educational Responsibility
Proceedings of the National Conference on Professional Priorities. [Research.]
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. – 1981
The following papers on research in foreign language are presented: (1) "Research and Design," by Thomas C. Cooper; (2) "Action Research versus Needed Research for the 1980s," by Gilbert A. Jarvis; and (3) "Second Language Acquisition Research: Needs and Priorities," by Stephen D. Krashen. The first paper discusses three research procedures…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Claremont Reading Conference Forty-third Yearbook: Reading in the Year of the Child. Proceedings of the Claremont Reading Conference (46th, Claremont, California, January 19-20, 1979).
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1979
The articles in this collection approach the theme "Reading in the Year of the Child" in a variety of ways. The topics covered in the 23 articles include the following: the school as a center for human development; mainstreaming across nations; mainstreaming and the learning disabled child; a Jungian perspective on reading behavior; the arts and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Skills
The Writing Needs of Linguistically Different Students. Proceedings of a Research Practice Conference held at the Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development (Los Alamitos, California, June 25-26, 1981).
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Cronnell, Bruce, Ed. – 1981
The conference reported here addressed the differences in learning writing among students who do not speak standard American English. In "Introduction to Black English," Robert Berdan notes the variability of Black dialect. Maryellen Garcia discusses the range of language abilities inherent in "Spanish-English Bilingualism in the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingualism, Black Dialects, Blacks
Proceedings of the International Working Conference on the Measurements of Quality in Postsecondary Education (2nd, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 5, 1991).
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Center for the Study of Higher Education. – 1991
This report presents the outcomes from two international 1991 conferences, one held in Washington, D.C., and the other in Scotland, which addressed developing a framework for cooperative research in the area of measuring quality in postsecondary education. The first meeting established the foundations for collaborative research and the second…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Dropout Research, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality
Learning at a Distance: A World Perspective.
Daniel, John S., Ed.; And Others – 1982
This book, the basic document of the 1982 Vancouver world conference on "Learning at a Distance," describes the state of the art of distance education in the early 1980s. It includes papers on or abstracts from over 120 authors representing some 25 countries. The 118 papers are divided into seven sections. In each section the first paper…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Audiovisual Communications