To acquire information concerning the counselor's feelings and ideas about his profession, about himself as a professional practitioner in the field of rehabilitation, and about the organizational structure within which he is employed, data were collected by questionnaire from 114 counselors in the New England State Rehabilitation Agencies.…

Under the pressure of economic conditions and the stimulus of the Industrial Training Act, industrial and commercial firms in Great Britain are acting more and more in the belief that training is inseparable from the mainstream of their activities. This pamphlet is concerned with issues of practical importance in this context: the relative…

A continuation of a report (EC 004 818) presents appended case studies of 15 children involved in a residential school program for the multiply handicapped blind. Each study provides information and developmental history, medical data, personal hygiene, eating habits, physical development, psychological adjustment, object recognition, classroom…

This study compares various measures of school performance for immigrant and native white children, in approaching the question of schooling and social mobility. Research on the following is evaluated: (1) surveys of school retardation carried out at the turn of the century, (2) differences in retardation rates between children from English and…

Since speech pathologists are interested in the role nonfluent behavior may play in the onset or development of stuttering, this study compared the linguistic behavior of 17 fluent four-year-old children to that of 17 nonfluent children similar in age, intelligence, sex, sibling status, race, socioeconomic status, and education. The aspects of…

This final report of a two-stage project describes an effort to determine whether students receiving instruction in freshman English composition perform better on standardized tests than students who do not receive similar instruction, when both groups are in college the same length of time. The second phase of the experiment detailed in the…

Teacher educators need to plan instruction with behavioral objectives; their selection of lesson content, teaching strategies, and student evaluation criteria should be consistent with these objectives. In the Florida State University model program, trainees are expected to reach the above goals by progressing at individual rates through…

While reviewing the controversial concept of describing language via the phoneme, the author spells out many problems caused by the discrepancies of phonemic theory and actual speech production. Phonological variation in actual speech utterances prompts the analysis of the phonology of language on two levels--the phonemic and the distinctive…

The report presented a conceptual framework for looking at the problem of training personnel for overseas assignment. Characteristics of the overseas situation that were relatively unique, prevalent, and likely to have a significant effect on performance were briefly described and classified. The characteristics of overseas jobs, i.e. difference…

Volume 1 of two volumes on the use of computers in education, this annotated bibliography contains 338 unclassified references covering the period from July 1959 through June 1969. A computer search covers July 1953 through September 1969. Success in the use of computerized education and training systems is evaluated. Reports on programed…

This series of self-instructional booklets is designed to assist teachers in improving their instructional effectiveness by (1) breaking course activities into short segments, enabling each learner to proceed at his own pace; (2) monitoring learner achievement after completion of each segment of the course; and (3) revising each instructional…

The guide is arranged in vertical columns relating curriculum concepts in American history to curriculum performance objectives, career concepts and career performance objectives, teaching methods, and resource materials. The three quarter course also presents occupational information on 61 different occupations including job duties, educational…

The guide is arranged in vertical columns relating curriculum concepts in earth science to curriculum performance objectives, career concepts and career performance objectives, suggested teaching methods, and resource materials. The course for eighth graders attempts to place the curriculum concepts in order of increasing difficulty. Occupational…

The U. S. Commissioner of Education discusses how State boards of education can make themselves more effective on behalf of many critically important causes in U.S. education today. He argues that State boards must take a tough, unequivocal position on some of the gross inequities that have stood for so long. Additionally, the five most critical…

This handbook takes an up-to-date look at the complex issues of trusteeship and school governance. Although addressed to trustees of independent schools, it contains valuable insights and suggestions for all who serve on boards, in and out of education. The main topics covered are "Governing Boards,""The Board and the Head of the School," and…