Notable reading projects funded under Title II are described in this report. The projects range from a bilingual program for Spanish-speaking pupils in eighteen schools in Washington, D.C., to the provision of relevant reading materials to neglected and delinquent youth in four special schools and correctional institutions in a California county.…

This brief, nontechnical summary of five major evaluation reports is divided into four sections: 1. Pupil Achievement Characteristics: "Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT)", Spring, 1973; 2. Continuance and Transience Among Teachers and Pupils 1968-1973; 3. The Parental Component in Follow Through; and 4. Supportive Services in Follow…

This publication is the second in a series of reports on educational buildings. This report deals with the multioption school, a special type of secondary school designed to offer a broad choice of educational options and activities in response to changing educational and social needs. The report analyzes problems raised by the design and…

The effectiveness of a differential staffing plan and a behavioral oriented teaching approach for upgrading of rural Utah elementary schools was examined. SPURS staffing model (an Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III project) consisted of an Instructional Design Team (composed of curriculum and behavioral specialists on a multischool…

The least understood of complex systems is that which produces educated people. Superficially, many key elements of a manufacturing organization are part of the system: a product, product tolerance limits, methods for assessing product deviation, and a feed-back system for making compensatory adjustments. In layman's terms these elements are:…

Ethnography may be used to inform the audience of a curriculum program with the activities of the educators and students involved. Thus the expository function of evaluation is best met by ethnography. A conceptual model developed at the Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory incorporates ethnographic data and techniques into…

An institute, attended by 90 vocational-technical education specialists and students from 40 states and Puerto Rico, was held to communicate new concepts and procedures in vocational education youth organizations to potential change agents in the various states. Institute activities involved formal presentations by A. W. Tenney, C. T. Appell, C.…

This document describes the design, operation, and field-testing of an innovative model for undergraduate teacher education at West Virginia University. Emphasizing the need for students to translate cognitive learning into performance at the time each concept is first acquired, the model incorporates such innovative modes of instruction as the…

Counseling in small groups was planned for a sample of youth from the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC). Five models were involved: (1) Interpersonal, (2) Intropersonal, (3) Problem Identification, (4) Perceptual Modification, and (5) Relationship. Each model, designed to elicit specified behavior, utilized task prescriptions, selective responding,…

The conference brought together vocational teacher educators, research and development personnel, state department vocational staff members, and vocational school directors from Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, to consider potential directions for change in teacher preparation. Conference objectives were: (1) to stimulate…

At the core of the University of Georgia model are teacher performance behaviors. They are the basis of the trainee's learning activities throughout the 6-year program. The trainee moves through three program phases; preprofessional--preparing for paraprofessional services; professional--preparing for certified teaching; and inservice--preparing…

A pattern for developing and maintaining continuing mental health consultation with public agencies is presented. Usual models of consultation are predicted on an invitation to consult; they are time limited and problem specific. Described here is an entry pattern for consultation that is not predicted on an invitation to consult, is continuous in…

The Prescriptive Counselor Model, as proposed for the elementary school, focuses on changing specific student behaviors through a particular prescription of materials, activities, and suggestions for teachers, parents, and the child himself. The theoretical emphasis is on dealing with behaviors by observing, conferring, setting goals, developing…

Albert Bandura of Stanford University has proposed four component processes to his theory of observational learning: a) attention, b) retention, c) motor reproduction, and d) reinforcement and motivation. This study represents one phase of an effort to relate modeling and observational learning theory to teacher training. The problem of this study…

Fourteen articles from a Russian-language weekly newspaper define the Soviet program for educating workers in economics courses. The program functions through the Communist Labor Schools. Development of model training programs is reported by the CPSI Central Committee Propaganda Department. The public methods councils are charged with carrying out…