Provides an annotated bibliography of 13 research studies in the ERIC database that examine how and to what effect telecommunications and related technologies have been used in community college instructional programs. Includes studies of telecommunications usage, student characteristics, and outcomes and program planning and evaluation documents.…

This volume reviews literature and current practices in both the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) and adult education that are pertinent to development and implementation of a PSI program for nontraditional adult learners. Chapter 2 provides a review of literature and current practices of PSI, especially that research providing evidence of…

The final of three volumes on Project PRISM, a program to help middle school teachers meet the needs of gifted and talented children in their classes without removing them from the mainstream, lists resources on the education of gifted and talented children. Materials are organized according to four basic types: books, periodicals, curriculum aids…

The resource directory is a compilation of approximately 300 abstracts of materials produced or used exclusively by Bureau of Education for the Handicapped funded inservice training project staffs. Each abstract contains the following information: title, physical description, content summary, subject descriptors, suggestions for use, information…

This bibliography lists works dealing with the General Educational Development (GED) tests. Citations range from 1944 to 1987. The works cited are grouped according to the following topics: GED students and their attitudes toward GED programs and adult education; instructional programs and materials predicting readiness for GED testing;…

This report summarizes the major literature dealing with the following major issues in adult basic education (ABE): target and demand populations (size, characteristics, and subgroups of the ABE population and the decline in participation); services provided (the purpose of the Adult Education Act, objectives and goals of ABE, problems of…

A bibliography containing about 135 annotated references to ERIC documents, higher education and related journal articles, and other materials containing long-range planning information of interest to higher education planners is presented. The main emphasis is on long-range planning in public four-year institutions of medium size (5,000-15,000),…

This overview of bilingual education concerns definitions, rationale, program and student characteristics, background in the United States, data on bilingual programs, the sociocultural context, the politics of bilingual education, the development of specific bilingual programs, and studies and implications for the foreign language profession.…