This Intersegmental Data Partnerships Resource Guide, and the accompanying PACE policy brief (see ED591080), are products of a year-long qualitative research project exploring promising practices in data sharing and data use among intersegmental partnerships throughout California. This Resource Guide provides institutions engaged in intersegmental…

The six experiments presented in these two manuals were designed for use in any introductory or advanced undergraduate psychology course either partially or totally concerned with human cognition. One manual serves as the teacher's accompaniment to the actual experiments detailed in the student's manual. A list of textbooks which might be…

The manual, developed by psychologists at the Human Development Training Institute, describes techniques for understanding and dealing with the behavior and development of young children. The major objective of the book is to help elementary school teachers improve communication with their pupils. The manual offers conceptual tools for fostering…

The guide offers information about the Human Development Program, reviews literature on affective education, and suggests techniques for teachers to use when implementing Human Development Program (HDP) experiences. HDP is an affective educational program which combines theory and practical strategies for helping teachers improve the educational…

Although conventional approaches to teaching psychology are probably effective to some degree, it is possible that psychology should be a "hands on" science, i.e., students of psychology should learn to apply the concepts and principles of the theoretical regions of psychology and to solve open-ended problems through the application of…

This paper provides a description of, and the guidelines for, the field work and internship programs of the Department of Educational Psychology at Arizona State University. The following topics are covered: (1) Introduction; (2) Duration and Academic Credit; (3) Applied Project (internship program only); (4) Assignment to Settings and University…

The Del Mar Union School District in southern California began a developmental program for inarticulate, shy, poorly-peer-oriented students. A group program appeared to be the best way to give this type of child a place to make himself heard, to supply ego-supporting activities, to foster broader peer interaction and the development of…

According to Wales and Stager, Guided Design is an instructional strategy built on an eclectic integration of psychological principles and viewpoints, wbich incorporates the learning principles of practice, modeling, organizations, and reinforcements; capitalizes on the motivational principles of affiliation, achievement and self-actualization;…

A preservice, competency-based teacher education program is presented in this special education program and curriculum guide. Some of the behaviors required by the competencies include: assessing an individual child's learning abilities; working in a variety of educational settings; choosing a curriculum to teach children with different abilities;…