Surveys some of the intelligent computer assisted instruction programs that have been authored and differentiates them from traditional computer assisted instruction. (Author)

To build up and carry out the scientific concept of development will have a major and directive significance in solving the problems and conflicts of the development of higher education institutions (HEIs). This paper is based on drawing up the development strategy of a university, and brings up the idea of grasping the strategic opportunity,…

Discusses the work of the Panel on Alternate Approaches to Graduate Education. (PG)

Article explored three different perspectives of what the authors thought happened during a five-year project that involved the League of Cooperating Schools, eighteen schools from eighteen counties in Southern California, U.C.L.A. and the Institute for the Development of Educational Activities of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation. (Author/RK)

Reports the rapid advances made in computer technology in China in recent years. Discusses the role of the institutes and universities, computer manufacturing, components, computer architecture, programming and applications, and the growth of computer technology. A table summarizes the principal characteristics of selected Chinese computers. (JR)

Maintains that the overpopulation without adequate resources in Asia, Latin America and other parts of the world can be catastrophic to all the countries in the world. Efforts to provide aid to developing nations have been inadequate. International cooperation for aid is very much needed now. (PS)

Evaluates a managerial training program at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center. (DS)

The first of a three part series, this article reviews the complex mechanisms for dispersing federal funds for R & D, how federal agencies decide which projects to support, and the use of various types of experts in evaluation of proposals. (Author/TS)

Urges educators to encourage the spirit of play in children's literature by reading widely, by reading aloud, and by pursuing excellence through familiarity with present and past works. Bibliography. (MD)

Highlights worldwide oil and gas developments during 1982, focusing on production, drilling, and other activities/projects in specific countries and regional areas. Indicates that the most political actions (other than the U.S. decision not to protest further the Siberian pipeline project) were the continued Afghanistan and Iraq-Iran wars.…

From 29 five-year-olds, three groups were drawn. Two experimental groups received 12 weeks of either instrumental improvisation or singing, percussion, and movement. Controls received no music instruction. Scores on the Primary Measures of Music Audiation (PMMA) indicated that the instructional programs influenced subjects' developmental music…

Discusses the problems encountered and solutions adopted in application of the ADABAS database management system to the ECDIN (Environmental Chemicals Data and Information Network) data bank. SIMAS, the pilot system, and ADABAS are compared, and ECDIN ADABAS design features are described. Appendices provide additional facts about ADABAS and SIMAS.…