Four conference papers focus on aspects of administration in special education (SE) for handicapped children. Contrasted are formal with informal organizational structure, and examined are communication lines in a special education division to point out human divergence from formal bureaucratic to actual structure, and to show how a formal change…

Nine conference reports focus on the prediction and remediation of learning and language disorders in children. Two papers report studies which found the Predictive Screening Test of Articulation to be a better predictor than a therapist in selecting first grade children for speech therapy. Described is an assessment procedure centering on the…

Twenty-nine projects evaluated during the 1967-68 school year in the national evaluation of Project Follow Through are discussed in this final report. The report provides, in a narrative format, only the "hard" data gathered during the pre-test period. Specifically, this report reviews relevant literature, describes the procedures and…

Organized under a 1943 Federal grant and later constituted as a state agency, the Good Neighbor Commission of Texas is charged with coordinating the work of Federal, state, and local government units in improving travel and working conditions of migrant farm workers. A basic responsibility is surveying conditions and determining problem areas…

This presentation is comprised of 12 session papers and the text of a large institution experience exchange session dealing with various aspects of campus physical plant maintenance. Among the subjects covered are unionism; fire safety; air conditioning water treatment; cost and performance control; housekeeping consultants; Building design for…

This paper explores problems discussed at various conferences which relate to the formulation and implementation of a national, professional policy concerning the instruction of Latin at all levels of education. Paramount in the discussion are the positions expressed at the Oxford Conference (Ohio, 1968), the Airlie House Conference (1965), and in…

A total of 710 participants representing 371 agency members attended one of six 2-day workshops, which constituted the second phase of a 3-year curriculum development program and were designed to: (1) identify course objectives in relation to level objectives, (2) select subject matter and learning experiences appropriate to achievement of course…

These conference reports present a broad picture of the status of Chinese language instruction during the early 1960's and express concern for the development of introductory curriculum and expansion of existing programs at the college level. Aspects of curriculum development which are discussed include: (1) future needs and objectives of Chinese…

The papers given at the Seattle Symposium on the Training of Foreign Language Teachers, compiled in this publication, contribute to a redefinition of the purpose of language instruction in education and the role of the foreign language classroom. The interests and aspirations of the "new student," a focal point of the 1970 Northeast Conference,…

The reports from the 1971 Annual Meeting of the Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers are presented in this compilation of nine abridged speeches given at the meeting. The papers include: (1) "The Three Dimensions of Successful Teaching," (2) "State of the Profession," (3) "Individualizing Instruction in Some Puget Sound Schools,"…

Today there is a swelling trend toward a greater awareness of the significance of developing wholesome self-concepts related to reading competency; a concern for controlling nutrition to increase intelligence and reading ability; a promise of using drugs and electronic means to improve intelligence, to manipulate human behavior, and modify…

The Pennsylvania Assessment of Creative Tendency (PACT) is an experimental Likert Style Attitude Inventory designed to measure the creative tendency of elementary school children. PACT has been constructed over a period of four years, and has been subjected to item and factor analyses. The reading level has been set at Grade 5.0 or lower. To…

This document includes the abstracts of papers presented at a seminar intended to provide a survey of how the models and techniques of linguistics may be applied to the description of the German language, with a view to improving the understanding of some of the practical problems of first and second language learning. Topics range over a wide…

Estimates for the variance of empirically determined scoring weights are given. It is shown that test item writers should write distractors that discriminate on the criterion variable when this type of scoring is used. (Author)

A study was conducted to determine the association between county Extension agent effectiveness in conducting a dairy educational program and agent knowledge in dairying and related subjects. A secondary purpose was to determine the association of agent effectiveness scores and knowledge scores with selected independent variables classified in…