This report describes the development of a design and a small working model for a system for teaching and assisting in the performance of bibliographic on-line searches through the use of an intermediary computer. The system in its present form is intended for direct users of scientific and technical information systems. However, it is felt that…

This guide explores the rationale for multicultural education at the elementary and secondary levels, its needs and goals, the school setting it requires, and the necessary processes of instructional planning and staff preparation. The basic aim of a multicultural instructional program is to help students to accept themselves and other persons as…

This report summarizes the activities undertaken to aid the California State Department of Education, Vocational Education Unit, and the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office in their efforts to eliminate sex bias, stereotyping, and discrimination from vocational education programs throughout the state. Activities described include the…

A theoretical model and a case study are described to support the premise that the ideological levels of members of a social change project must be identified in order to assess their potential for inducing change and to evaluate that change. A conceptual model of the development of a social justice ideology is formulated, and is described as…

The minicomputer-based Computerized Diagnostic and Decision Training (CDDT) system described combines the principles of artificial intelligence, decision theory, and adaptive computer assisted instruction for training in electronic troubleshooting. The system incorporates an adaptive computer program which learns the student's diagnostic and…

This book is prepared for school counselors, kindergarten through high school. Most ideas can be applied to elementary, middle or high school counselors, although some have specific age levels. The ideas are designed to suggest ways to become a "real" counselor in a school setting. Chapters include developing a counselor's self-image in all areas…

This document is a compilation of papers read at a 4-day conference attended by 60 participants from throughout the United States. Chapters include (1) "In-Service Education of School Administrators: Background, Present Status, and Problems," by Robert B. Howsam; (2) "Notes on Institutional Relationships in the In-Service Education of the…

A computerized adaptive testing model was applied to a hierarchically arranged series of subtests within the instructional context of a technical education system. The model was a modification of Lord's flexilevel paradigm; however, it did not allow for individualized entry. Two achievement tests, each divided into five hierarchically related…

Materials for a career development program for infusing career education concepts into elementary or high school curriculum are presented in this staff development guide. The text is arranged around four phases involved in implementing a career education. Phase 1 (Why) contains excerpts of four documents relating to change in education and career…

In order to deal with the decline in full-time equivalent enrollment at Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC) for the first time in its ten-year history, a model recruitment plan was developed, aimed at increasing enrollments in college programs with weak draw and among communities and high schools whose participation rates were low. The plan…

One of a series of bibliographies prepared by research Functional Networks for the Southern Rural Development Center, this bibliography of literature on rural development program evaluation consists of substantially more than 500 citations, the majority works of the 60's and 70's. Drawn from an earlier simple listing of more than 1,500 entries,…

Published materials that have proven useful in the design of the Institute For The Future's first urban simulation model are listed. References include publications dealing with (1) simulations and games, (2) urban and regional models, (3) educational gaming, (4) research and planning applications, (5) methodological perspectives, and (6)…

This report is a non-technical summary of six major evaluation reports on the Follow Through Program in Philadelphia, 1973-74. Positive findings are presented in the areas of pupil achievement, teacher and pupil continuance and pupil absence, and supportive services and parent involvement. The Follow Through Program in Philadelphia is comprised of…

Defining basic concepts re: the New Federalism Acts, this monograph presents the following: (1) survey results of a study of 21 small cities in the California Sacramento Valley designed to determine why local administrative and elected officials had or had not taken advantage of the Housing and Community Development Act (H/CD) of 1974; (2) survey…

Leaders from across the country attended the Fourth Annual National Vocational-Technical Teacher Education seminar, which focused on emerging teacher education curricular models. The November 1970 seminar had three primary objectives: (1) to provide an understanding of the performance-based core concept of a model vocational-technical teacher…