This study designed and tested a computerized information retrieval system for student-centered activities in the speech communication curriculum. Two systems were designed, tested, and interfaced: a classification system for coding selected activities and a computerized information retrieval system for selecting activities. Two hundred…

The perceived staff development needs and preferences of teachers in selected middle and junior high schools involved in individualized schooling were the topics of this research. Inservice education strategies preferred by teachers and principals were identified and functional and dysfunctional aspects of programs analyzed. A field study…

In order to develop a plan to furnish students with field experience within Oxnard College's psychology curriculum, this study reviewed existing programs at other area colleges through a literature review and interviews with field experience directors, examined the Oxnard curriculum and developed a plan for a directed field experience program…

The purpose of this practicum was to show the development and evaluation of a multi-unit elementary school (MUS-E) using Individually Guided Education. As an organizational structure capable of permitting planned change. MUS-E provides for the growth of its students on an individual basis, provides in-service for its teachers, involves the public…