Background/Context: At a time when educational research is recognized as capable of improving teaching and learning, it is under attack for falling short of this promise. Part of the solution lies in improving the preparation of educational researchers. Toward this goal, the UW-Madison School of Education (SOE) participated with the Spencer…

A third wave of school reform, originating in the United States, has arrived in the Pacific region. The first wave, which occurred in the 1980s, resulted in increased teacher salaries, core-subject requirements, and an expanded academic calendar. The second wave led to improved teaching conditions, with greater emphasis on professional development…

THE MANY ACTIVITIES RESULTING FROM THE RECENT EMPHASIS UPON IMPROVING EDUCATION SHOULD CONCERN THE MAJOR PROBLEMS, RESEARCH TOPICS, AND PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED THROUGH A SUGGESTED SYSTEM OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BOOKKEEPING IN WHICH RESULTS ARE REVIEWED BY APPROPRIATE STAFF AND RESOURCE PERSONNEL FROM BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES.…

In this annotated bibliography, articles and reports of studies on the subject of beginning teacher induction are cited. Covering the topic from different perspectives, these writings address the general purposes of induction programs and, in some cases, describe how a specific program meets these needs. Some of the articles provide information on…

A California school district used the Hunter teaching model for a study to measure the effect of the model on teachers and students in two schools over a four-year period. Evaluation shows that student achievement and teacher behavior improved during the first three years then dropped during the fourth. (MD)

A report is given of the activities carried out during the first seven months of a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) project at Pennsylvania State University, begun in May 1965. The project's objectives are listed as: 1) to determine how CAI can be used to present core courses in technical education; 2) to prepare CAI materials in technical…

Activities conducted during the period January 1966-June 1966 as part of the Pennsylvania State University computer-assisted instruction (CAI) project are reported. The objectives of the project are described in a previous document (IR 000 511). This report first provides information on the physical facilities and equipment used in this stage of…

The World of Manufacturing is an Industrial Arts Curriculum Project designed to acquaint junior high school students with all the major phases of the manufacturing industry. This publication reports the evaluation of a World of Manufacturing program implemented into the Pontiac School District during the 1970-1971 school year. During the summer of…

The National Child Labor Committee, in its formative evaluation of secondary cooperative education programs, collected data that were used to identify outstanding programs, define key elements of cooperative education programs, and estimate emphases and areas of success of outstanding programs. A list of key elements of cooperative education…

The technical report documents the methodology of a study reviewing the vocational research and exemplary projects in Oregon, so that successful projects or products may be accessible for transportability to other environments. The three stages of research were: (1) Data collection of information on practices, (2) selection of promising practices,…

The Southeast Minnesota Educational Cooperative Service Unit (SMECSU) is an organization of public and nonpublic school districts that voluntarily joined together to provide educational programs and services which could best be done cooperatively. Of 54 school districts in the 11-county region, 23 public schools joined SMECSU the first year, along…

A 4-phase study was conducted to provide an objective third-party assessment of the effectiveness of research and development (R. & D.) projects supported by the Research and Development Unit (RDU) of the Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education. Activities during the four phases consisted of: (1) a preliminary review to obtain…

This paper provides a composite picture of some recent studies of research, demonstration, and curriculum development programs. The primary focus is on three studies: "Assessing Vocational Education Research and Development" (National Academy of Sciences, 1976, COVERD Report, ED 128 754); Anthony H. Pascal, et al., "Federal Programs…

Papers summarizing evaluation efforts and results from four local education agency evaluation experts and one paper summarizing selected findings from U.S. Office of Career Education sponsored demonstration projects are presented in this monograph. The first paper describes two studies of the reading and mathematics achievement of fith grade Texas…

This brief report summarizes the staff development benefits that occurred as a result of teachers participating in the Research and Development Utilization Program (RDU). Surveys of 540 teachers revealed the five most frequently cited staff development benefits to be: (1) learning more about curriculum development; (2) learning more about the…