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Taylor, Virginia – 1977
A study was performed to examine the attitudes of adult students toward a new mode of instruction (individualized instruction including modularized self-paced units) and to determine course effectiveness in terms of completion rates and final examination results. The subjects were sixty-five adult students who were enrolled in two calculus classes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Calculus, Dropout Rate
Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago. – 1973
Presented is a description of the Education and Experience in Engineering (E3) Program at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Included are the objectives, how the program works, faculty, dissemination of E3 information, integration of science and technology into the E3 program, and the integration of liberal arts and engineering. A chapter is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Engineering, Engineering Education, Evaluation Methods
Danielson, Gary; Haupt, Edward J. – 1977
Bloom has looked to mastery learning, exemplified by the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI), to reduce individual differences in posttest performance, such as final grades and midterm examination scores. While PSI courses have raised overall performance, there has been little examination of individual differences in these courses. Data from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Correlation, Course Content
Sawicki, Donna – 1978
The report describes Project LEARN, an educational program to identify the learning disabled (LD) youths who become involved with juvenile court and to facilitate their reentry into the educational system. Chapter 1, on the project's theoretical, legal, and agency foundations reviews the LD/JD (juvenile delinquency) link as it relates to program…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Curriculum, Delinquency, Family Counseling
Bocian, Barbara Helen – 1976
The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of relationship between the effectiveness of the Instruction and Research Unit in the areas of instructional program (reading and mathematics), organizational operations (procedural and substantive), school-community relations, and staff development to several measures of student affective…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Faculty Development, Individualized Programs
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1979
The document presents the state of South Carolina's amended annual program plan for the fiscal year 1980, which describes how South Carolina plans to comply with the regulations mandated by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). Sections cover such aspects as policy regarding the right of handicapped students to education,…
Descriptors: Due Process, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Equal Education
Tymchuk, Alexander – 1978
The final report examines the 1977-78 accomplishments of the outreach program at the Dubnoff Center, which served 44 handicapped infants and preschool children. The program is explained to remediate children's developmental delays while preventing additional problems and to train parents to be effective advocates for their children. Goals and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Project on Utilization of Inservice Education R & D Outcomes. – 1977
The described inservice education programs are designed for regular classroom teachers dealing with mainstreamed students who require specific diagnostic and corrective plans and strategies. Included in this informative report are an outline of the contents of the programs, the activities and resources they involve, and ordering information for…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
1967
IN A JULY 1967 MEETING, THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE SEVENTIES (ES '70) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (1) REVIEWED THE PLANS FOR THE SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR LOCAL ES '70 PROGRAM COORDINATORS TO BE HELD IN AUGUST 1967, (2) REVIEWED THE LIST OF 15 PARTICIPATING SCHOOL SYSTEMS--BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN, MINEOLA, NEW YORK, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, MONROE,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Coordinators, Curriculum Development, Experimental Curriculum
Shelly (E.F.) and Co., New York, NY. – 1968
SPECIFICS OF IMPLEMENTING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE SEVENTIES (ES '70) PROGRAM TO RELATE EDUCATION TO THE NEEDS OF AMERICAN YOUTH, CLARIFYING THE STRUCTURE OF THE ES '70 NETWORK, AND CHARTING THE BROAD DIRECTION OF THE LONG-RANGE ACTIVITIES OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE THE PRIMARY SUBJECTS FOR REVIEW AT THE SECOND ANNUAL MEETING…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
BOLVIN, JOHN O. – 1967
A CRUCIAL ASPECT OF TEACHER ACTIVITY UNDER INDIVIDUALLY PRESCRIBED INSTRUCTION (IPI) IN MATHEMATICS IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUALIZED LESSON PLANS OR PRESCRIPTIONS. THE QUALITY OF THESE PRESCRIPTIONS IS A MAJOR DETERMINANT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH INSTRUCTION IS ACTUALLY INDIVIDUALIZED AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH EACH PUPIL IS PERMITTED TO PROGRESS…
Descriptors: Achievement, Elementary School Mathematics, Individual Instruction, Individualized Programs
Burns, Margery – 1968
A political writer presents the case for maintaining small schools in Minnesota and not entering into drastic consolidation of school districts as recommended by the Domian Report. Small School superintendents' replies to a survey, results of educational studies and reports, the work of small school projects, and quotations from prominent…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Community Responsibility, Educational Planning
Trow, William Clark – 1963
Technological devices present a challenge that educators cannot afford to ignore. Properly incorporated into a controlled environment, these tools need not bring about any dehumanization of the schools. Traditional teaching methods, promotion policies, marking practices, and classrooms organized by grade level may allow control over what is…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Educational Improvement, Educational Technology, Educational Television
Drake, James Bob – 1977
The first year of the "Operation New Horizons"--Right to Read--Adult Reading Academy Project, sponsored by the Northeast Alabama State Junior College in Rainsville, Alabama, is evaluated in this report. (The objectives of the project, which began on July 1, 1975, centered on (1) developing a reading academy which would help eliminate…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Community Education
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. Special Education Section. – 1977
Presented in the second of two volumes are support packages designed to assist Oregon school districts in complying with P.L. 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act) in developing special education programs. The volume is divided into six sections: preliminary steps, screening, referral, multi-disciplinary assessment, individualized…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Federal Legislation, Guidelines
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