Presented in the annual (1974-75) evaluation of Project Talented and Gifted are results of an appraisal of over 50 student participants (10- to 12-years-old) and the project staff and resource personnel. The project is described as a 3-month institute to provide experiences in areas such as learning to use creative thinking and problem-solving…

From September 1966 through August 1972, the Midwest Regional Media Center for the Deaf was under contract to Media Services and Captioned Films, Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, and from September 1972 through August 1974, the center had a grant with the same federal agency to provide media services to 12 states--North Dakota, South…

After an introduction concerning the mathematics teacher education program at Oklahoma State University, this document evaluates the seminars conducted in connection with this program. Two types of seminars were used. The first type consisted of interaction sessions and involved virtually no public school input. The second type was organized to…

The individually guided education (IGE) program developed by the Kettering Foundation was implemented in September of 1973 at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Junior High School in Woburn, Massachusetts. The components of the program described in this speech include pupil and teacher scheduling, physical layout, pupil selection and adjustment,…

Three separate papers related to the Oregon Right to Read program are contained in this document. The first paper discusses the program and its objectives, considering such topics as staffing, preparation, organization and management of a quality community reading program, maintenance and dissemination of materials and information, the…

While in 3rd grade, 487 students were selected for placement in special classes for the gifted from grades 4 through 8. Teachers of the special classes were chosen by school administrators. Their teaching experience averaged 9 years, and eight held advanced degrees. Sixteen attended special summer programs on the gifted and were given inservice…

An experimental narcotics education program was developed in two junior high schools in the Los Angeles area. The major thrust of the program entailed the employment of former addicts who met with health education teachers from the target schools in a series of workshops and participated in diverse ways in classroom presentations regarding drugs.…

This guide discusses in detail a variety of issues important to the preparation of a good evaluation report. Main sections are concerned with describing the context of the program (locale, school system, etc.); explaining the program (scope, personnel, procedures, etc.); reporting the evaluation (objectives, sample, measuring and reporting change,…

This annual report of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to Congress describes training activities instituted under the Manpower Development and Training Act through 1969. With major emphasis on fiscal year 1969, the report includes descriptions of programs and participants with supportive data tables. Program success is measured in…

The use of microfiche as a means of programed self-instruction was examined in this study. Lessons adapted from a one-hour lecture on the slide rule were typed in large print in order to allow easy reading at distances normally used with microfiche readers. The 58 pages of the course were reproduced on microfilm, strips of which were then inserted…

The Perry Preschool Project, for educable mentally retarded 3- and 4-year-olds from disadvantaged homes is described. This program uses a cognitively oriented curriculum (based on Piagetian theory) designed to help the child construct the mental representations of himself and his environment that will lead to the development of logical modes of…

Project Head Start and Project Follow Through are jointly exploring the effectiveness of 12 different educational approaches, or models, for the education of young children from poverty families. Investigations include study of (1) the effect of a continuous intervention program which begins with Head Start and extends through third grade, (2) the…

Reported is an analysis of eight curriculum revision projects in mathematics (1) The Boston College Mathematics Institute (BCMI), (2) The Greater Cleveland Mathematics Program (GCMP), (3) The Syracuse University-Webster College Madison Project, (4) The University of Maryland Mathematics Projects (UMMaP), (5) The Ontario Mathematics Commission…

The project had two aspects: (1) demonstration classes which were designed to inform participants about Madison Project Math, and (2) training workshops that provided for diffusion of materials into schools. Altogether 214 local teachers and principals took part in the workshops related to Madison Project Mathematics. Evaluation of the program's…

Evaluated was Project Gifted, a tri-city (Cranston, East Providence, and Warwick, Rhode Island) program which focused on the training of gifted children in grades 4-6 in the creative thinking process. Project goals were identification of gifted students, development of differential experiences, and development of innovative programs. Cranston's…