Applied academics is the watchword in several West Virginia secondary schools. Instead of sitting in classrooms, junior high students are measuring floor tiles, estimating stadium seating capacity, or launching models to study acceleration; high school students are creating a complicated model-railroad layout and a computer-controlled system to…

Several concerns regarding a shift from separate science disciplines to unified science in the secondary school are expresed. As an alternative, a life science--materials science diversion is proposed with applied sciences in each division providing an overlapping of areas. (CP)

Author considered a restructured plan for secondary education - the universal high school. (Author/RK)

Suggests the International Baccalaureate Program (IB) as an alternative secondary program for gifted youth. After tracing the history of the IB program, comparing the IB program to other programs, and outlining the curriculum and requirements, the article shows how the IB meets the needs of gifted students. (Author/CR)

Described is a new BSCS curriculum project designed for emerging adolescents. The project is organized into a series of subject matter modules, each focused on a broad theme or idea concerned with science, psychology, or sociology. Each module is designed to accommodate students at different levels of intellectual development. (Author/MA)

Processing of the three major groups of modern glasses is described. Low-melting-point glasses and the roles of their ingredients are discussed. Other processes (calcining, melting, fining the batch, annealing, testing for stress, colorants) are explained. Finally, a secondary-level pilot program for glass technology is suggested. (CT)

Suggests that the Judeo-Arabic heritage might play a potential role in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Proposes a course of instruction that can be used at the secondary and college levels and is designed to aid teachers in learning and teaching about Judeo-Arabic heritage. Contends that students benefit from analyzing complex historical issues.…

The paper describes the design of an Experience Based Career Education program (EBCE) in West Virginia, a program designed to provide high school juniors and seniors with systematic and coordinated experiential learning. The basic design strategy consists of a matrix that establishes workable relationships among elements of the system design,…

Designed to assist in the implementation of career education programs, this handbook was prepared to introduce teachers, counselors, and administrators to a career-centered curriculum project, a career education program of the New Albany (Mississippi) school system. Included in the handbook are: (1) a description of the New Albany program,…

A discussion of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (which amended portions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) prohibiting sex discrimination in federally-assisted education programs. Focus is on implications of title IX regulations, the impact of unconscious phrases, the "stereotype trap," sex bias in textbooks, sex-role related objects,…

This guide is designed to aid the development of vocational education programs in agriculture in local school districts. Major program objectives, conditions conducive to learning, program evaluation, suggestions for using the guide, curriculum models, and Wisconsin's philosophy and procedures in developing occupational experience programs in…

The paper describes steps taken in initiating a program for gifted students undertaken in 11 secondary schools in Cape Province, South Africa. The development of an identification model was made difficult because the fixed South African educational system inhibits creativity and productive thinking abilities. Factors used to select students for…

A semester elective program in English, established as a 2-year course of study for juniors and seniors at Tempe, Arizona, High School, attempts through flexible programming to stimulate teenage interest in English. Adapted from the Trenton, Michigan, study on Appropriate Placement for Excellence in English, the Tempe program is ungraded,…

This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed for guidance personnel who work in counseling and guidance, community members representing business and industry, and…