The Faculty Fellowship Program at Golden West College (California) provides an annual fund to support faculty in implementing innovative methods of instruction. Since 1969, 401 proposals have been reviewed, and $316,287 has been allocated to 189 projects (47 percent). This report presents an objective overall picture of the program and provides an…

To meet the needs of the handicapped, vocational training programs for handicapped people should provide individuals with technical, personal, social, and communication competencies. As competition for Federal funds becomes more acute, questions will increasingly focus on program effectiveness. Data on young deaf adults, even with professional or…

Lack of a curriculum guide, resource guide, and overall guidance prompted the State Agricultural Science and Mechanics Committee to survey the instructors of exploratory agriculture programs in the State in order to develop objectives, goals, and resource materials for the program. Opinions were sought from all of the teachers and supervisors…

The efforts of local school districts in meeting the educational requirements of children of migrant workers are summed up in the Idaho Migrant Education Evaluation Report for fiscal year 1972. Information was procured from 29 local school districts conducting educational activities, such as, experience curriculum, oral language development, and…

As appendices to the final report on Project Physics (SE 015 500), this volume includes parts of the original documents concerning the project development. Articles published in the "Physics Teacher" are included in reprint form. Evaluation and research papers along with related materials issued in other publications are grouped into…

Written by a planning team representing 10 schools in the Portland, Oregon area, the program assessment and planning guide is intended to be an instrument for planning and measuring the achievement of career education programs for grades K-12. Its format is designed to separate problems into a priority ranking and list them by the year to help…

On the instruction of the Council of Ontario Universities, the Advisory Committee on Academic Planning has conducted a planning assessment for religious studies on the graduate level. The consultants' report on graduate studies in religion emphasizes the nature of the study of religion; the present situation of religious studies in the relevant…

Reported is a project designed to develop and implement a secondary school physics program that allowed for student variation in individual learning style, mathematical aptitude and topical interests. Initiated in 1967, this four-year individualized, modular program is divided into four major phases: (1) introductory and instruments, (2)…

In the Spring of 1967, two groups of about twenty 4-year-olds from varying socioeconomic backgrounds of a small Midwestern community were subjects in a study to design a preschool curriculum. After an IQ test, individual identification tests (word, letter, and numeral) were administered to determine the children's knowledge. Home interviews and…

This technical report is concerned with the evaluation of three Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) Programs - The Drill-and practice Program in Elementary School Mathematics, The Brentwood Tutorial Mathematics Program, and the Russian Program. Among the results reported were (1) the drill-and-practice mathematics program used in Mississippi and…

This report contains a brief summary of 109 innovative instructional programs reported as underway or anticipated by 14 school districts participating in the Educational System for the Seventies (ES-70) program. The following information is provided in each program summary: (1) Title of program, (2) academic and vocational areas involved, (3)…

This report describes the primary and secondary objectives of the nursery school project and the methods and procedures used in the program. Demographic information is supplied for the 30 3- and 4-year-olds who were enrolled. The schedule and tentative lesson plans emphasize free choice activities, group time, and outdoor play. Planning and…

A description is provided of the design and development of an author language for computer-assisted instruction (CAI). This Teaching and Coursewriting Computer Language (TACL) is described as being easy to learn for newcomers to computers and as providing efficiency and time savings in course development without sacrificing power or flexibility.…

The objective of the three-year project was to synthesize career education concepts from the literature and from practice into a continuous occupational information program for grades one through twelve. A variety of methods was used to implement the program: teacher-made lesson plans, "hands on" activities, and in-service workshops…

Three distinct concepts are included in the report and addendum. The report itself documents two projects conducted under an Office of Education grant. The addendum is a four-page report of the research grant expenditures. The first report, "Unifying a Career Development Theme...," covers the five goals of the study conducted in Mason…