This report evaluates the effectiveness of a seminar approach to changing attitudes on race relations. The seminars were relatively open-ended dialogue between black and white servicemen. The seminars had 16 members and were run by two facilitators that had only local or minimal training. Attitude change was measured by the Woodmansee Multifactor…

The semiannual report describes activities of an interdisciplinary program for 6- to 12-year-old children with behavior problems. Chapters are devoted to data on the four objectives of the project: to discover ongoing behaviors that may lead to future antisocial behavior and result in a maladaptive life style, to develop a comprehensive treatment…

Described is the Transitional Classes Program for emotionally disturbed children 7-17 years old. It is explained that individual or small group sessions based on individualized programs are conducted daily to improve reading and math skills. Program evaluation findings are reported, including an improvement in six specified reading and six math…

This report evaluates the third-year activities of a project to provide for the continued development, implementation, assessment, and refinement of career education K-12 in the Des Moines Independent School District. Evaluation results are organized by the following components: Elementary, junior high school, senior high school, technical high…

As public expectations increase for individualizing the educational process, as some options open for education beyond high school, as the job markets shift with the ebb and flow of social and technological change, the challenge and the responsibilities resting upon the country's school counselors become steadily more demanding. (Author)

This article presents the conclusions drawn as a result of the examination of the effect of The Family of Man social studies program on third grade children's views of foreign peoples. (Author)

Nine preconstructed programs applying the principles and techniques of programed instruction to the procedures of articulation modification were analyzed. (Author/IM)

Describes a language arts program in a Brooklyn, New York, public school in which children are questioned about their writing and their interests and allowed the freedom to put any interest on paper. Discusses the problems children encounter with such writing freedom, as well as the program's effectiveness. (HTH)

Presents a peer counselling model emphasizing outreach social activities and school community liaison for adolescents. Evaluation of this model according to counsellors' self-reports, and student clients' evaluations indicated that peer counsellors were perceived as highly effective in social leadership, group discussion, and individual…

Concludes that television is a medium that embodies a code of its own, combining auditory and visual conventions, just as print a language is a conventional code. These codes enhance each other in some ways that assist the process of learning to read. (Author)

Notes that the objective of this urban education community involvement program is not met, but the objective of hiring minority members as paraprofessionals and professionals is met. The question is raised as to whether this is a means of heading off community involvement, district control, and/or local control. (Author/AM)

Parents, policymakers, business leaders, and the general public increasingly recognize the importance of the first few years in the life of a child for promoting healthy physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development. Whether the evidence comes from sophisticated research by brain scientists or the simple observation of the…

This report examines the first 2 years of the Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI), whose goal is 100% literacy for all Alabama's public school children using a balanced approach to reading instruction. It includes results from the external evaluation team, examples of changes in teaching practices and student behaviors, as well as the voices of…

As a result of increasing communication between the student staff of the Walk-In Service and new instructors enrolled in the course entitled Teaching Writing, Cornell University (New York) has instituted the Essay Response Consultation program. Freshman Writing Seminar instructors get free, private consultation about responding to student essays.…