The research activities of Project Intrex are directed toward the extension of man's intellectual reach by a new kind of control over access to information. Ways are sought to improve the efficiency of catalog search by utilization of interactive computing techniques, and to provide rapid access to full-text displays by utilizing microfilm storage…

This report focuses on the background and development of three sequential courses for grades 8, 9, and 10, and the findings and evaluation on these new instructional materials prepared by the Social Studies Research Committee. Part I of this report makes explicit a set of seven Basic Assumptions about reasons for change in the social studies. Part…

At the Annual Conference of Universities Council for Adult Education, reports centered around individual and regional accomplishments in the field as well as on general trends--exploration and innovation, the use of radio and television, the construction of buildings, and the role of the full time tutor. Heriot-Watt University, a new member,…

To measure the effects of group programed instruction on aspects of reading in Head Start children, the Sullivan Associates Readiness in Language Arts series was used with approximately 15 children in each of five Head Start classes. An equal number served as controls. Pretests and posttest were Lee-Clark Readiness Test, Murphy-Durrell Analysis,…

Reported in French and English is the Congress on the Integration of Science Teaching held at Droujba, Bulgaria in September, 1968. Integration of science is discussed under the headings (1) complete integration and (2) between discipline coordination. The problems of training teachers for integrated science and the special aspects of the…

Three nations, Great Britain, Sweden, and the United States, participated in the conference with representatives from management, trade unions, government, academic institutions, and interested observers. The International Labor Office and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development also participated. Speakers from each of the three…

Approximately 60 experts from education, business, government, unions and associations participated in a symposium to summarize and review the dimensions of the youth unemployment problem and to discuss the roles and responsibilities of schools, private enterprise, trade unions, voluntary agencies, and various levels of government in developing…

This handbook discusses the following primary aspects of school accounting: Definitions and principles; opening the general ledger; recording the approved budget; a sample month of transactions; the balance sheet, monthly, and annual reports; subsidiary journals; payroll procedures; cafeteria fund accounting; debt service accounting; construction…

Thirty-nine selected participants representing 21 states and Puerto Rico and including directors and consultants in homemaker-home health aide agencies and vocational-technical home economics educators participated in the 2-week workshop in July 1968 at Rutgers University. The objectives were to develop plans to improve and expand programs to…

Articulating the needs of the disabled disadvantaged, conference participants discussed educational opportunities and rehabilitation services. A paper by Dr. Harold Dent set the stage for the institute and focused attention on implications for training and service of personnel involved with those who are disabled and disadvantaged. Dr. Dorothy…

Discussions of education and the requirements of educational facilities are recorded in the minutes of these meetings. Highlights of the session are--(1) a discussion of demographic factors in schoolhouse construction, (2) creativity and school design, (3) performance and educational specifications, (4) total energy systems, (5) research in school…

The staff in the Department of Education analyzed the statewide evaluation reports of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 Title I program in California for the 1972-73 school year and make certain general conclusions regarding each of several program components: (1) Title I students at all grade levels, on the average, attained more…

The symposium, held in Wiesbaden, West Germany, November 11-17, 1973, examined the results of recent programs and research dealing with the teaching of modern languages to young children and formulated certain recommendations for submission to the Council for Cultural Cooperation of the Council of Europe. The following reports were presented: (1)…

Reported are proceedings of a 3-day special study institute on patterns of teacher education for emotionally handicapped children in the state of New York. Listed are the program schedule and conference participants. Among goals given for the conference are the investigation of specific competencies needed by special education teachers and the…

Assistance from the United Nations Development Programme provided the opportunity for over one hundred participants to gather for a regional workshop in an attempt to tackle the problems of curriculum development in the South Pacific. The workshop concentrated on four major subject areas--social science, mathematics, English language, and basic…