This report describes Phase II of a Career Development Project that was conducted by the Central Kansas Area Vocational Technical School. The project has two main goals: (1) to help the student become aware of self and world of work, thereby enabling him to make life career decisions; and (2) to assist the student to relate basic educational…

This booklet describes the Model Observation Kindergarten and First Grade whose approach is based on the philosophy that education should be centered in the learner, that children learn at different rates and that children learn something only when they are ready. Many aspects of The British Infant Schools are incorporated in the program. Sources…

A major goal of education should be to prepare every young person leaving school to enter higher education or to enter useful and rewarding work. This is the goal of Project Trident, a comprehensive career education program being developed at Lincoln Community High School, Illinois. The project, in its planning year, is directed toward secondary…

The Affective Triad Scale, organized around a concept of individualized instruction measuring elementary school pupil self-direction and positive attitudes toward self and school, is described and explained. ATS is defined not as an attempt to diagnose student difficulties but to obtain simple indicative measures of behavior. Administration of the…

Focus on Inner City Social Studies (FICSS) is a project conceived by Melvin Arnoff to promote change in social studies curriculum and instruction in accordance with the needs and problems of an urban society. In practical terms, the purpose of the project, developed from 1968-1971 on a grant to Youngstown and other Ohio school districts, is to…

Objectives of the fourth unit of the first grade section of the Focus on Inner City Social Studies (FICSS) series (see SO 008 271) are to help the student develop an understanding of his needs and his economic environment. The many learning activities, focus on the economic system -- consumers, money, exchange of goods, use of resources,…

Project Breakthrough, funded under Title III of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, was conceived to service the Marin City black students in the Tamalpais High School District. This segment numbers about 220 students. The specific objectives were: (1) to significantly increase the black student's confidence in his ability to succeed in…

This first grade unit is one of the Focus on Inner City Social Studies (FICSS) series (see SO 008 271) developed in accordance with the needs and problems of an urban society. The discovery of self and of groups is the focus of the unit, demonstrating to students the things that groups do for individuals and how individuals help groups. A sample…

This PROJECT DESIGN report, funded under ESEA Title III, assesses the special learner needs of Negro students and adults. Interviews were conducted with Negro residents of West Fresno as to the educational needs of the Negro population. The interviews focused on the day-to-day operation of the school system in relation to the following societal…

Project STEP was developed at John Reed Middle School, Redding, Connecticut, to investigate the feasibility of directly involving retired citizens in an instructional relationship with learning-disabled junior and senior high school students. The project proposed to demonstrate the effectiveness of techniques for training senior citizens as…

A project undertaken by the Snake River School District, Blackfoot, Idaho provided children with an educational experience geared to their individual needs. The project was designed to assure that they made continuous progress in subject matter areas such as reading and math and toward the development of a positive self-concept. A team leader,…

Ninety-one projects funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III, and providing funds to public school districts to demonstrate the feasibility and practicality of eudcational improvements, are summarized and highlighted in this project status and progess report of Ohio ESEA Title III programs. Projects are broken down according…

An attempt was made to determine whether or not the male influence of teacher Confreres can bring about significant improvement in academic achievement, personality development, and sex role identification over a three-year period of time. Analysis of variance was used as the statistical process for determining tests of significance. The…