Learning assistance is a relatively new idea in education in the United States since most learning centers have come into existence since 1970. Although developmental education has become accessible in remote areas and many financial and psychological barriers have been lifted, much more could be accomplished in this area if more evaluative…

At the University of California, Riverside, a structured, formal adjunct program coordinated with large introductory courses has been developed to improve students' reading and study skills. The program uses adjunct instructors who are specialists in reading and study skills and who are familiar with the content areas. Skills taught include time…

A review of current educational literature identifies three different approaches to defining, describing, and applying the term "teacher development." One application of the term deals with the commonly experienced changes most teachers undergo. Teachers develop through the stages of survival, consolidation, renewal, and maturity. The second…

AN ACCELERATED PROGRAM FOR SUPERIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WAS DESCRIBED. THE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM WAS OFFERED TO STUDENTS WHO HAD COMPLETED 3 YEARS IN THE ST. PAUL DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM. THEY WERE ENROLLED IN REGULAR SCIENCE OR MATH COURSES AT HAMLINE UNIVERSITY WHILE STILL COMPLETING THEIR FINAL YEAR AT THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS. THE PURPOSES OF…

THE SIGNIFICANT PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN INDICATING A NEED FOR CLOSE SCRUTINY BY A TEACHER ARE HELD TO BE--INABILITY TO LEARN, UNSATISFACTORY INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR, UNHAPPINESS, REPETITIVE SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS AFTER STRESS. RESEARCH WAS DESIGNED TO VALIDATE A SCREENING PROCESS USING TEACHER, PEER, AND…

THE RAPID EXPANSION OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY THE FEELING THAT A CONNECTIVE LINK MUST BE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE AREAS OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE. THE INCREASED AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH FUNDS NECESSITATES REFORMULATION AND CONCEPTUALIZATION OF SUITABLE MECHANISMS AND AGENCIES CAPABLE OF BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN…

Several working papers and a guidebook to the Comprehensive Planning Process of Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools have been collected to form this document. The process itself was developed in 1979 and will be pilot-tested during the 1981 fiscal year. These materials, therefore, constitute an interim report on a process yet to be cast in…

The stages of psychomotor development in deaf blind children and youth are reviewed, and educational principles to guide psychomotor development programs for the deaf blind are outlined. Etiological factors which contribute to the psychomotor development of deaf blind persons are discussed including nonambulation and sensory deprivation, heart…

THE TWO PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE OLYMPIA SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ELEMENTARY GUIDANCE PROGRAM WERE TO IMPROVE TEACHER ATTITUDES AND THE CHILD'S SELF-CONCEPT THROUGH THE TEACHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP. THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS OF THE PROGRAM VIEWED GUIDANCE AS A PART OF THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS, EMPHASIZING PREVENTIVE COUNSELING INSTEAD OF REMEDIAL…

Increasing complexity of duties and increasing needs for funds require college presidents to relinquish primary fund raising roles to college development offices and development officers. Development, a process which must involve the entire college community, consists of defining the educational philosophy of an institution and seeking funds to…

A survey of the long range planning of a community college serving five suburban townships. The background is traced in terms of--(1) the educational program and its objectives, (2) site characteristics, (3) climatic factors, and (4) planning requirements and concepts. The informal "village street" plan is illustrated with accompanying notes on…

Changes in California public higher education policy by the legislature in 1960 and the Regents of the University of California in 1966 are incorporated in new criteria for the establishment of new campuses. Criteria are based upon three methods of grouping campus facilities: high, medium, and low density. All new campuses are to be general…

A comprehensive examination of the campus as of the summer of 1964 is brought into uniform format and is concluded with a recommended program and plan for development. It contains a complete profile of the physical form of the University as it is now and as it may be in the future. Divided into five sections, the report discusses background,…