The initial effort to apply the Keller plan model of individualized learning to teaching research methods in sociology is described. (Author/KM)

This report describes the Experimental Schools Project (ESP) conducted by the Franklin Pierce School District in Tacoma, Washington, under funding from the National Institute of Education. The ESP was a five-year program designed to provide the optimum learning environment for each student. Each of the district's 13 schools attempted, through…

By describing a fictional simulated environment project, this short story demonstrates how an educational innovation may have unexpected and unpleasant consequences. (JG)

AN EXPERIMENTAL PILOT PROJECT WAS ESTABLISHED DURING THE 1962-63 SCHOOL YEAR IN VARIOUS ISRAELI SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO EXAMINE PROBLEMS IN TEACHING WRITTEN COMPOSITION. THE PROJECT USED EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS COMPARING TWO SYSTEMS OF INSTRUCTION--(1) THE ASSIGNMENT AND CORRECTION OF COMPOSITIONS, AND (2) A STRUCTURED SYSTEM OF…

From October 1 through December 31, 1965, activity was concentrated on the selection of a curriculum and the development of topic objectives within each course of study. The proposed curriculum outlined for grades 9 through 14 is based on meeting the four identified domains of specific vocational, general vocational, citizenship, and…

In August 1970 the Ford Foundation announced the establishment of a Venture Fund grant program to help strengthen and to encourage innovation in undergraduate education throughout the country. Criteria for selection were: (1) evidence of creative programs in the past, (2) the quality of current educational programs and leadership, and (3) the…

This report describes the results of 2 questionnaires designed to measure students' perceptions of and satisfaction with aspects of their small liberal arts college environment. The test was administered to samples of students enrolled in the experimental program, alternates (students who had volunteered for the experimental program but were not…

Composers of new music want musicians to create their own music and to realize their own creative powers. Author describes new music and lists examples for reference. (Author/RK)

Author, who directs The Literary Imagination", a freshman English course at Carnegie-Mellon, describes two experimental, student-directed English courses he helped establish for freshmen, and the reasons for the apparent failure of these courses. (DR)

Describes the Nebraska Physical Science Project, an experimental program designed to provide individualized instruction in chemistry-physics to high school students. The course objectives, topics, instructional approach, evluation instruments, and project personnel are described. (LC)

Results of the study indicated favorable differences for the home economics education graduates who completed the experimental undergraduate course in employment education in regard to their attitude toward the employment emphasis, their knowledge about the employment aspect, and their teaching preferences in occupational programs. (Author)

Describes the planning and the foreign students' evaluation of an experimental interdisciplinary course in international environmental problems. (IR)