THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (MLA) CALLED A MEETING OF THE CURRICULUM STUDY AND DEMONSTRATION CENTER DIRECTORS TO SHARE INFORMATION ON THE CENTERS' PROGRESS AND PLAN WAYS OF SHARING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION WITH THE PROFESSION-AT-LARGE, AND TO PLAN THE OPERATION AND SCHEDULE FOR THE 1966 ENGLISH INSTITUTE MATERIALS CENTER…

THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT THE DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS OFFER THE MOST PROMISE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THE FUTURE OF OUR SOCIETY. THE DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH FOCUSES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES. TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL MUST HELP THE CHILD TO BECOME SENSITIZED TO HIS TOTAL SELF. THE PROCESS OF SENSITIZATION IS…

The document reports on a process theater program in which exceptional individuals are involved in a gradual developmental process designed to meet the specific needs of the artist and still create a legitimate product (in this case a musical titled "Fatso"). An introductory chapter considers the use of theatrical performance as a…

Developmental programs resulting from the increased emphasis on off-farm agricultural occupations and considered innovative by state wupervisors of agricultural education are described: (1) 17 high school vocational agriculture programs in horticulture, agricultural mechanics, forestry and conservation, agriculture and distribution, cooperative…

The developmental program emphasizes the early identification of children with learning problems through the observation of the regular classroom teacher in conjunction with a special education team working in a school setting. The developmental teacher is an important member of the special education team because he/she is in the school on a daily…

As part of the State of Kentucky's dissemination effort, the report describes a project designed to establish and field test a technical journal for vocational-technical education research and development. Called TEMPO, this journal would: (1) provide an open forum for discussion of those issues which must be examined by vocational educators in…

This survey of remedial or developmental mathematics programs is based on useable responses from 98 community-junior colleges during the fall and winter of 1969. Of the 185 schools originally contacted, 42 specifically indicated no such program, and only six questioned their appropriateness. The most often indicated reasons for the existance of…

During the transfer from conceptualizations to practical programs of educational innovation, difficulties, in the form of failure to close modular gaps, often occur. The author has constructed a functional model of research and systems development based upon logical sequencing and tight-line modular linkage between task assignment and…

In 1966, 5 North Carolina colleges joined together in a cooperative research effort funded by USOE under a Consortium Research Development Program grant. The program was structured to conduct a continuing inquiry into the characteristics of entering freshmen at the colleges--Bennett College, North Carolina College at Durham, St. Augustine's…

IN THE SUMMER OF 1965, A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM WAS ASSEMBLED AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY TO CONSIDER THE PROBLEM OF IMPROVING INSTRUCTION IN ART APPRECIATION IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO PRODUCE NOT LESS THAN EIGHT CORRELATED STUDIES FOCUSED ON SOME OF THE CONCEPTUAL AND OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN FUTURE RESEARCH…

The article describes the implementation and results of a developmentally sequenced language program for 21 severely, profoundly, and multihandicapped students (mean CA=10 years, mean MA=20 months). (SBH)

The extent to which a developmental program of tactile perception and braille letter recognition would affect errors in these abilities and reduce scrubbing and backtracking behaviors of 30 legally blind braille users (5-15 years old) was studied. (Author/BD)

Describes the bubble as a highly successful environmental stimulus for drama and provides directions for constructing various bubble shapes. (MH)

The author argues that by ignoring evolutionary considerations, the intelligence testing movement has precluded continued development, and in order to regain momentum it must engage in theoretical and empirical research to accommodate those considerations. (MB)