This booklet presents a summary of South Carolina's utilization of Title I funds during the years 1976-1980 and identifies those specific projects exhibiting the greatest gains in terms of student achievement during fiscal year 1980. A series of tables show the impact of Title I in the areas of: (1) state allocation of funds; (2) number of…

This document is primarily intended as a companion piece to Volume I, which is entitled Description of CMTI. The first volume is, essentially, a description of the 1977 Teacher Corpsmember Training Institute, while the second volume is an analysis of the data contained in the first document. Volume Two is divided into four parts. Chapter One is a…

The purpose of this study was to identify, delineate, and clarify the opinions, attitudes, and perceptions of a number of groups of Minnesota educators relating to the issues and concerns of junior and senior high school industrial arts teachers, secondary school administrators, and industrial arts teacher educators. Separate survey instruments…

The purpose of this study was to determine which group, cooperative distributive education senior students or other secondary senior students, has the greater understanding of general economic concepts. Data were gathered from 1978-79 senior students in eight public secondary schools located in upper east Tennessee. Samples drawn from these eight…

The study investigated the effects of the overcorrection procedure of functional movement training (in which praise and physical contact are offered for correct positions) on establishing and maintaining the visual attending of a multihandicapped, profoundly retarded learner (20 years old) in a public school program. The effectiveness of positive…

The report describes a study designed to ascertain the effectiveness of 12 board game simulations developed and used in a fifth grade Canadian history program. Questions examined include: 1) Does the use of board game simulations increase group participation and cultural, environmental, and historical awareness? 2) Does use of the games promote…

To inform and interconnect educational practitioners, knowledge-makers, policymakers, and the consuming public around the issues and potential of career education, the Career Education Policy Project (CEEP) collaborated with several existing programs to expose out-of-town leaders of the career education movement to the federal policymaking…

STUDENT TEACHING CENTERS WERE ESTABLISHED TO MORE EFFECTIVELY CONDUCT STUDENT TEACHER PROGRAMS THROUGH AN INCREASED EMPHASIS ON THE ROLE OF SUPERVISION. A STUDENT TEACHING CENTER IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT WHERE THE SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY JOINTLY PAY THE SALARY OF A MASTER TEACHER, CALLED A RESIDENT SUPERVISOR, WHO IS GIVEN RELEASED TIME FOR…

This thesis seeks to analyze the materials produced by the Project for an Energy Enriched Curriculum (PEEC). Specifically evaluated are the completeness and degree of bias characterizing the materials as an entity. In support of this end, examined are the nature and extent to which the materials treat future energy alternatives and the extent to…

This document contains the fifth of five volumes reporting the activities and results of a career education evaluation project conducted to accomplsih the following two objectives: (1) to improve the quality of evaluations by career education projects funded by the United States Office of Career Education (OCE) through the provision of technical…

The effects of a preschool experience on the performance levels of 151 trainable mentally retarded (TMR) 9-11 year old children, teacher attitudes, and parent attitudes were examined. Three years of longitudinal performance data were investigated with a repeated measures ANOVA design, and 42 instructional variables and their relationships to child…

Just as voluntary agencies cannot function adequately without help from the government, the public system has failed to function adequately without the assistance of voluntary agencies. Public and voluntary resources should be organized into a coordinated accountable system that would assist families with the wide range of services necessary for…

THE NEWSLETTER COLLECTS AND DISTRIBUTES PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES, REPORTS OF OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS, AND INFORMATION ON MATERIALS AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVOR IN GRANITE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UTAH. THIS ISSUE IS CONCERNED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS, PROGRAM PREPARATION, EVALUATION, AND DESIGN OF A DEMONSTRATION CLASSROOM TO DEVELOP…

THIS CRITIQUE OF RAYMOND F. KEATING'S 1963 "STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LANGUAGE LABORATORIES" CONSISTS OF FOUR ESSAYS DISCUSSING THE BIASED THINKING AND FAULTY RESEARCH PROCEDURES WHICH CHARACTERIZE THE REPORT. THESE ESSAYS EXAMINE SUCH FAULTS IN THE REPORT AS THE TOTAL LACK OF DEFINITION OF WHAT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, THE USE OF…

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in the achievement of students in shorthand and typewriting classes taught by a master teacher using automated instruction as compared with the achievement of students using the same method and material with an instructional assistant supervising the classroom. This…