This report defines a curriculum laboratory to be a center where educational materials are developed, modified, and stored. Included in the document are a history of the curriculum laboratory, a study of its characteristics, and a survey of the curriculum laboratories in the colleges and universities of Pennsylvania. The Wilkes College curriculum…

It was the purpose of this study to determine the status of physics teaching in Montana secondary public schools in 1972-73. The results of the investigation were compared to earlier studies to determine the progress that had been made in physics since 1959. The study concentrated on teaching objectives and such external factors as enrollment in…

Presented is a scheme for systematically analyzing curriculum prescriptions to produce probing arguments in defense of the instructional objectives of each curriculum. With the probing arguments thus defined, a defensible, analytical choice between the alternative prescriptions would be facilitated. Included are four detailed examples of the…

Although both earlier and later periods in the history of English instruction in secondary schools have been extensively researched, developments from 1935 to the mid 1950s have received little attention. This study builds upon the works of Judy, Flanigan, and Botts, which provide a history of English instruction in the United States from its…

This study compared the effectiveness of three sequences of prerequisite courses required before taking zoology. Sequence 1 prerequisite courses consisted of general biology and human biology; Sequence 2 consisted of general biology; and Sequence 3 required cell biology. Zoology students in the spring of 1972 were pretest and a posttest. The mean…

This post-doctoral study was conducted to investigate selected features of graduate schools, including graduate schools of education, and graduate programs in curriculum studies in 25 leading research universities in the United States. This document describes the unique features of each of the graduate schools in the universities in regard to…

This research concerned two problems: (1) the development of economical procedures that any English department could use to examine the emphases on each area of English; (2) when the procedures were used to collect data in two schools, determining from the findings whether the criticism of elective programs was warranted. The methodology used was…

Receptivity of educators to a sample integrated social studies curriculum to replace the present single subject discipline curriculum in Zambian junior secondary schools was investigated. Geography, history, and civics teachers from 50 schools in 7 of Zambia's 9 school regions considered a proposed curriculum which seeks to promote social…

When 60 reading specialists were asked to evaluate the reading programs for the gifted in their schools, most of the 20 people who responded indicated that their school districts had programs for the gifted, but that these programs were just beginning. The respondents, most of whom taught remedial reading rather than reading for the gifted,…

The content and organization of freshman composition curricula in Illinois public junior colleges during the 1973-74 school year were analyzed. The five tracks of junior college composition (transfer, remedial, honors, vocational-technical, and adult) were investigated, and data were collected about English requirements for graduation, tracks of…

The need for the use of multi-media in school art instruction is described and analyzed. A multi-media kit for teacher use is proposed and detailed, with descriptions of films and slides. Methods of classroom utilization of the kit are suggested. (SK)

The purpose of this study was to determine (1) whether beginning typewriting on the community college level should be taught in a five-day-a-week pattern or in a reduced three-day-a-week pattern; (2) what, if any, relationship existed between the achievement level in beginning college typewriting and the following student characteristics: Locus of…

The purpose of this study was to construct a design for developing multicultural curriculum. It was expected that a design for developing multicultural curriculum would be characterized by: (1) a number of fundamental assumptions; (2) a number of elements; (3) organization and dynamics; (4) a cultural context; and, (5) practicality. Four sources…

This summary of a Master's thesis focuses on research conducted with students in analyzing primary source materials translated from Korean. The document's sections are entitled: (1) "Explanation of the Research"; (2) "Types of Historical Thinking"; (3) "Implications for Source Materials Studies"; (3) "Bibliography (in English)"; (4) "Bibliography…

The research reported in this master's thesis was undertaken to determine whether a need exists for an office occupations curriculum for male students and, if so, to propose such a curriculum. Male students at the College of Alameda, California, were surveyed for expressed interest in office occupational employment, with certain demographic data…