This report includes a discussion of SI metric units, with examples of the conventions regarding their use adopted in other countries to illustrate the nature of the decisions that must be made by the U.S. building industry. It discusses the relationship of dimensional coordination to the metric conversion effort and its impact on the U.S.…

The purpose of this report is to discuss the impact of the New England Regional Commission (NERCOM) funds and other development funds allocated by the New England Program in Teacher Education (NEPTE) on the implementation of programs by local groups to improve existing teacher education practices. Specifically, this report addresses the costs…

This report emphasizes that the purpose of sexual health care should be the enhancement of life and personal relationships, and that awareness of and education about the sexual aspects of health need to be promoted among all community workers. There is a great need for (1) basic information about the biological and psychological aspects of…

The reports of the Programme Commissions, the Administrative Commission, and Legal Committee are presented as the records of the 17th session of the General Conference of UNESCO in 1972. Part 1 contains Programme Commissions reports on education; natural sciences and their application to development; social sciences, humanities, and culture;…

After a state-wide study, the Maryland Commission on Environmental Education submitted the final report to the Governor and the General Assembly. Embodied in the report were six recommendations for the future of environmental education in Maryland. The necessity for a strong public commitment by the Governor and members of the General Assembly was…

Projects financed by the Office of the Chancellor of the Swedish Universities are surveyed that are either completed or still in progress. They are categorized in three separate groups: (1) the structure of higher education and its relationship to society as a whole; (2) the organization of teaching and learning; and (3) evaluation: function…

When representatives of public libraries with programs to deliver books to patrons by mail met in Las Vegas, Nevada, in June of 1973, the conference brought to a sharp focus the emergence of two different types of books by mail (BBM) programs. One is the urban or metropolitan program serving the four to six percent of the urban population who are…

By appointment of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, a committee was established to investigate the status of mathematical education at the pre-college levels. Drawing on the data gathered and published by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the National Center for Educational Statistics' survey of course offerings and…

A discussion of the problem of providing multidisciplinary education in transportation and a means for educators to communicate their approaches and experiences provided the purpose of the conference. Among the areas discussed were the comprehensiveness of transportation education, societal issues, systems aspects, transportation research,…

Preprints of papers to be presented at the 25th annual Audio-Visual Aids Conference are collected along with the conference program. Papers include official messages, a review of the conference's history, and presentations on photography in education, using school broadcasts, flexibility in the use of television, the "communications…

The report evaluates the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative Career Education Project in eastern Kentucky. The project staff involved personnel from Morehead University, Eastern Kentucky University, Bowling Green and Owensboro, and from the Kentucky State Department of Education in workshops, inservice training, demonstration units, and…

This report reviews the problems of sulfur oxide emissions and nitrogen oxide emissions from stationary sources. The first part of the report discusses the adverse consequences to health from combustion of sulfur-containing fossil fuels. The health problem is discussed by relating sulfur oxide levels and respirable particulate matter with…

This report presents data compiled as part of a comprehensive program to measure and analyze the nation's resources expended for research and development. R&D spending in the United States is expected to reach $38.1 billion in 1976, 8 percent above the 1975 level. For the first time in three years, R&D funds are expected to increase in…

From a 9,000-word lexicon, a set of spelling-to-sound correspondences was developed to systematically organize possible content for beginning reading instruction. With the aid of computer sorting procedures, correspondences and correspondence exemplars were sequenced according to criteria of productivity, regularity, generalizability, and…

This report examines the extent and nature of marihuana use in the U.S. It presents information on the social and psychological influences as well as the toxicological and pharmacological effects. It also analyzes effects on behavior and discusses theraputic aspects of the drug. (Author/HMV)