The 266 items cited include material published since July 1960, organized in the following ten groups: (1) general discussion, and feasibility; (2) statewide electronic data processing (EDP) systems; (3) EDP in local governments; (4) intergovernmental EDP systems; (5) EDP in the planning agency; (6) data banks and information systems; (7) computer…

To compare the results of three different methods of grammar instruction in remedial freshman English, three groups of 16 students each--matched on SCAT total raw score, age, and sex--were used as subjects. The approaches used were (1) formal instruction based on a traditional grammar textbook--control group; (2) discussion of the class' writing…

The current philosophical position of the project is reviewed and a variety of issues relevant to educational evaluation and achievement monitoring are enumerated. Various past attempts to model the variables of school learning are reviewed and those adopted for the Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring model are discussed. The student variables…

Contents of this report on a fictitiously named (Harold County) project, prepared as a guide in applying for Title III ESEA funding consideration, are in five parts. Part I projects basic ESEA statistical information, including budget, school enrollment, project participation, staff members engaged, personnel for administration and implementation…

Contents of this report on a followup of a fictitiously named (Harold County) model project, prepared as a guide in applying for Title III ESEA funding consideration, include the following topics: description of existing program; introduction to Follow Through proposal; special adaptations; objectives of the program; student composition;…

A digital computer based biomedical information system was designed to service the needs of physicians engaged in patient care and clinical research, and scientists engaged in laboratory research. The system embraces all functions of information processing which include information collection, storage, retrieval, analyses and display. The…

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the parents' role in their child's visual guidance program, the philosophies behind the program, and the teacher's responsibility to child vision. The first chapter, on parent involvement, instructs them to provide an environment to stimulate intellectual growth and stresses the importance of the…

Activities of a 2-week conference dealing with facilitating the learning of the migrant child are evaluated. A brief historical review is presented to explain the reasons for this conference and a previous conference and cites differences between the 2 conferences. Analyses of performance and attitudes of the participants during the conference and…

A study examined the use of literary models in teaching written composition to children, and, as secondary goals, examined the relationships between written composition and such factors as age, sex, and intelligence. Four fifth-grade classes in Clarke County, Georgia, completed Sequential Tests of Educational Progress (STEP) Writing Tests and…

Progress on projects within the overall program of the Cooperative Project for Educational Development (COPED) are described in this interim report and some tentative target dates for completion are indicated. The working documents include a report on data processing and a description of data feedback models developed by the Michigan COPED staff.…

As an approach to solving the problem of under-utilization of human resources, the Cooperative Career Planning (CCP) concept stresses the role of the public school system in the coordination of available educational resources with potential job-training work stations in a given community or geographic area. In this way the community could become a…

Volume I discusses the background, findings and analysis, and conclusions and recommendations of a two-volume study aimed at developing a cross-national model to enable the United States and five European democracies, England, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and West Germany, to make more adequate estimates of the effectiveness of their primary…

The purpose of this study was to determine the critical and pedagogical emphases of professionally superior high school literature teachers. Almost 100 reportedly effective lesson plans (submitted by 63 teachers) were evaluated by the use of a classification scale which was established from five conceptions of literature identified in professional…

A selected reference list is presented of 94 source publications of interest to architects contemplating employing systematic methods in the execution of professional services involving planning, programing, and design. The publication is divided into four major topical areas--(1) architectural design, (2) design (general), (3) decision making,…

A minimal class of cybernetic models needed in making the transition from a description of control systems to a description of social systems is discussed. Several applications are considered in connection with studies of learning and creativity in individuals and small groups. Possible extrapolations of these to social systems are suggested.…