CLOSE (Center for Laboratory Oriented Studies and Experimentation) is an organization of engineering educators and 5 industries engaged in improving and strengthening engineering curricula devoted to laboratory oriented studies. (Editor)

Article describes nine He-Ne laser projects which have been successfully carried out by junior and senior electrical engineering students. (IR)

Research supported by a grant from the Cooperative Research Branch, U.S. Office of Education.

Points out the problems in designing and evaluating research on writing courses. (JL)

Presents a perspective on the nature of the use of proofs in high school geometry. Compares three currently used approaches to the geometry curriculum: (1) traditional geometry with no explanation of the axiomatic system; (2) hands-on geometry with no proofs until the end of the course; and (3) experimental geometry with no proofs. (DDR)

An attempt to introduce subtraction of negative integers early in the secondary school curriculum is described. The attempt was not successful, and several aspects of the experiment are discussed. (SD)

Students' attitudes toward Black literature were found to significantly improve as a result of reading literary works by black and white American writers, integrated in a curriculum package--"Black-White Literary Relations: Thermatic Parallels." (EH)

An experimental course for introductory sociology adapted Dr. Fred Keller's Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) with highly satisfactory results. (KM)

INNOVATIVE VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE CURRICULUM MATERIALS WERE DESIGNED TO INCREASE SELF-UNDERSTANDING AND MOTIVATION RELATIVE TO CAREER EXPLORATION AND PLANNING. THESE MATERIALS STEMMED ORIGINALLY FROM A SURVEY OF ATTITUDES AND PLANNING RELATIVE TO CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN THE PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE RESEARCH DATA WAS USED AS CURRICULUM…

The narrative portion of this report described the middle school career exploration curriculum now in effect for grades 6, 7, and 8 at Scarlett Junior High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The major goal of the project was to establish, in a student oriented environment, a balanced learning program to increase student affective and cognitive growth.…

This evaluation report is one of 17 planned for the longitudinal pilot study of the implementation in kindergarten and grade 1 of the Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP). For this report, five external reviewers were selected from a list provided by the Mathematics Association of America. CSMP materials were sent to these individuals…

This volume is based on a conference on the teaching of probability and statistics held in 1969 by the Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP) and the Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory (CEMREL). The purpose of the conference was to study a broad range of opinion on the teaching of probability and statistics and to…

A course was designed to examine the use of role playing as an inter-ethnic communication technique to isolate community and institutionally based ethnic problems unique to a particular situation. Three groups were formed, each group generally composed of 30% Anglo, 30% Black, and 30% Chicano. The educational backgrounds of the individuals in the…

This paper focuses on innovative organizations within 9 higher education institutions that were designed specifically to respond to endemic social needs such as poverty, crime, widespread ill health, racial conflict and the maladministration of justice. The institutions discussed are: The College of Human Resourses and Education (West Virginia),…