As a part of the plan for Mental Health Manpower development for the State of Rhode Island (Department of Social Gerontological Research), a patient assessment survey of a random sample of the interviewable patients at the Institute of Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) in Rhode Island was conducted by the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged (HRCA).…

This report describes a study undertaken to refine the guidelines of the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development and to suggest general procedures for implementing any skill-centered approach to teaching reading. The first part of the report sets forth the purpose and focus of the study, with a literature review to define the nature of…

The fifth report required by the Maryland Educational Accountability Act contains information about goals for Maryland public education and progress toward those goals. The first section explains accountability, the Maryland Accountability Act, and limitations of current instruments for measuring learning progress. The central purpose of the…

The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board was established by Congress in 1973 to ensure compliance with standards prescribed under the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, which requires federally funded buildings and facilities to be accessible to and usable by physically handicapped persons. This second annual report details…

The report presents results of the first year of a Minneapolis Project, RIM (Reducing Isolation in the Mainstream), whose goals are: to expand and refine knowledge of the variables critical to personal and social growth of sensorially handicapped children in the mainstream, and to use this knowledge to provide appropriate support services for the…

Annual reports from 48 states, the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces, focusing on problems, activities, achievements, and other areas of interest to the postsecondary education community, are presented. A report was not received from Maine or Wyoming (no state agency). Most of the reports include information on enrollments, student…

THIS REPORT CONTAINS EVALUATIONS OF 22 TITLE I PROJECTS IN THE MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THERE WERE PROGRAMS IN SIX AREAS--(1) SUMMER AND AFTER-SCHOOL COMPENSATORY EDUCATION WHICH PROVIDED ENRICHMENT AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT, (2) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTATION, (3) HEALTH AND WELFARE, (4) SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR PHYSICALLY…

THE NEW METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN EDUCATION INCLUDE RADIO, TELEVISION, AND PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION. RADIO PRESERVES THE BASICALLY ORAL PRESENTATION OF MATERIAL WHILE TELEVISION, COORDINATING BOTH AUDIO AND VISUAL MATERIAL, CAN BE AT LEAST AS EFFECTIVE IN DEVELOPING THE CONCEPTS OF CAUSALITY AND RATIONALIZATION, REDUCING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN…

REPORTED ARE THE SEMINAR PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE WHICH INVESTIGATED THE FIELD OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE COURSE AND DIRECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES STUDY AT THE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY LEVEL. THE CONFERENCE AND SEMINARS HELD AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY DURING 1963-64 GAVE PARTICIPATING FACULTY MEMBERS AN…

GUIDELINES ARE PRESENTED FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE REPORT EVALUATING THE TOTAL MISSOURI TITLE I PROGRAM AND INDIVIDUAL TITLE I PROJECTS. INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR PRESENTING TABULAR DATA IN PART I OF THE REPORT, FOR DEVELOPING EVALUATION DESIGNS AND CRITERIA, AND FOR COMPUTING QUARTILE POINTS. IN THE EVALUATION OF THE SEPARATE PROJECTS…

TWO SPEECHES PRESENTED AT THE CENTENNIAL TEACHERS INSTITUTE OF THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN MARCH 1968 ARE CONTAINED IN THIS BOOKLET ALONG WITH A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL AND A LIST OF AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED. HELMER R. MYKLEBUST, IN "LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL FAILURE IN DEAF CHILDREN--PSYCHONEUROLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS,"…

Included are six papers from the Special Libraries Association Documentation Division's Contributed Papers Session at the National Conference in New York, May 28 - June 1, 1967, which were not included in the November, 1967 issue of Special Libraries. The papers are: (1) "The Bibliographical Control of Aerospace Industry Conference Literature…

The major purpose of a seminar held in Wiesbaden, Germany, was to exchange experiences and views on the methods of expediating adjustment of rural and foreign workers to industry. Major presentations for discussion were "Internal Migration" by Magda Talamo, and "International Migration" by Elie Dimitras. Some conclusions were:…

This is the report of an international meeting on the Classics, conducted August 1965 in London, England. Resolutions adopted by the Colloquium, minutes of group sessions, papers, and national reports on the state of classical education are presented. Group sessions discuss the teaching of classical languages, classical literatures, and ancient…

This report is the product of a conference designed to define profitable areas of inquiry in the sociology of education with emphasis on the intersection of sociological inquiry and urgent problems in educational research. It is compiled from the stenotyped record of conference proceedings (five sessions at which position reports were presented as…