Reviewed is the literature on issues relating to the evaluation of special education programs with special emphasis on the comparison of regular versus special class placement and Canadian programs. Results of studies dealing with effects of mainstreaming or special class services are reviewed in terms of social acceptance by peers, self concept,…

In response to the complexities of technological, social, political, and institutional change, the Property Research Workshop focused on the theoretical, rather than the empirical aspects of property-related research. Specifically, emphasis was on analytical and institutional approaches to research. Ten institutionally-related propositions were…

The document presents a procedural guide for setting up and managing a job placement program for high school graduates. Four alternative models are presented: (1) a school-based model involving a placement person, placement office, comprehensive program, and integration into the school program; (2) a placement team model, involving teacher…

The handbook contains resource material useful in planning and conducting career education workshops for various groups of educational personnel. The first part, the Workshop Planning Guide, contains overall planning considerations and a section outlining a series of specific planning tasks. The second and largest part, the Workshop Materials, is…

This book examines the role of state governments in determining public school policies and then develops and discusses several alternative models of state educational governance. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and research methodology of the study and then discusses the role of the major participants in state educational policy systems.…

The Alaskan career development education program is a joint school/community systematic approach that provides career awareness in grades K-6, career exploration in grades 7-9, and career preparation in grades 10-12. Some significant reasons for a career development program in Alaskan schools include the very high State unemployment rate, the…

This study examined acquisition and development of children's social/symbolic and strategic communication abilities within a sociolinguistic model of communicative competence. The major theoretical perspective was derived from Mead's symbolic interactionism and the cognitive-developmental theories of Piaget and Werner. Role-taking was the central…

A series of computer programs designed to provide a dynamic simulator of Joyce and Weil's models of interactive teaching are described. Initially developed and tested at the City University of New York (CUNY), the system is capable of supporting retrospective and predictive analysis of selected kinds and patterns of verbal behavior in a variety of…

The Library Development Division of the Washington State Library and the Library Futures Planning Task Force developed cost data and a computer simulation model in order to construct a series of alternatives for extending library services to areas of the state now unserved. User needs were assessed, and cost data were developed for mail-order…

A technique was developed to facilitate creating computer-based instruction (CBI) with a minimum of effort on the part of the author/coder, and the feasibility of using a structure which puts control of the lesson strategy into the hands of the student learner was investigated. A model which relieves the author of CBI strategy selection was…

This paper examines instructional technology as a means to achieve improvement of instruction and learning. Emphasis of recent research on technical and mechanical aspects of instructional systems is criticized because means and materials take precedence over learning objectives. It is concluded that the entire educational system, not just the…

A discussion of mass media studies, public broadcasting, and the relationship between public broadcasting and society provides the background for this study. Models for communication research study are examined to establish the methodology for the study of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). General background on Canadian public…

An analysis of the potential effects of different types of welfare reforms can proceed in one of two ways. One can explore the effects of a given plan in detail, or one can cull from the set of feasible alternative plans the major changes that these plans will bring about and then analyze the effect of these changes in a general framework. At…

The group experience models presented in this guide are for teachers' use in planning diagnostic procedure/motivational activities, evaluation, and materials for learners; in integrating the four strands of objectives (literature, language study, written communication and multimedia communication) into units; in providing alternative activities…

This survey of recommended standards for library service in some 20 countries starts with national libraries; covers libraries in universities and colleges, special libraries, and public libraries; and concludes with school libraries. Within the chapters on each type of library, countries are considered separately. Abstracts are given of the…