Cuesta College's Learning Center is designed to totally support the instructional methods of each instructor, to meet the individual learning and study needs of each student, and to provide cultural and educational resource opportunities to the community. The facility is to be a traditional library, whose total media storage and retrieval capacity…

The position paper examines trends in the education of handicapped children and suggests an administrative organization for implementation and research purposes. Discussed are the earlier trend toward self-contained special classes and the current trend toward regular class placement, often mandated by the courts. Proposed as an alternative to…

Analyzed were the academic achievement test scores for approximately 46 language or learning disabled elementary school students receiving instruction in a program based on the resource room concept. The Iowa Test of Basic Skills was administered prior to and following the program. Resource room instruction appeared to have a positive effect upon…

An automated service center was established to assist in developing improved and extended instructional materials services for all teachers and students in the public and private schools of an eleven county area in New York state through offering coordinated and automated purchasing, cataloging and processing of all forms of instructional…

A historical overview is given in the fourth annual report of the Indiana Career Resource Center. The Center has been involved in a variety of activities throughout the State, covering school activities, consultation programs; loaning of instructional materials, school workshops; interaction within the community, and publications and productions.…

The American Association of Community and Junior Colleges launched the Microform Project in 1969 under a contract with the U.S. Office of Education. The major product of Phase I (1969-1970) was a bibliography of resource materials used in 10 courses of study at community colleges (see ED 040 708). During Phase II (1970-1971), a series of pilot…

This handbook for library or instructional materials center aides can be used by or with students or volunteer adults who participate in the processing and circulating of all media used by students in a school. It includes vocabulary, suggests procedures, and identifies audio-visual equipment usually found in a media center. (Author)

The monograph provides a brief framework for exploring individual differences of the American Indian student. The individualized program of teaching and learning is designed to account for individual differences in the broadest terms. Emphasis is placed on the idea that educators must address themselves to the knotty problem of changing the…

The Dade County, Florida public school system prepared this description of a course which is designed to provide students the opportunity to acquire competencies in the utilization of various resources of the library, including the card catalog, periodical indexes, reference materials and audiovisual resources. The course exposes the student to…

This progress report covers Project activities and accomplishments during the first six months (June 15 - December 14, 1971) of Phase IV of the Philadelphia Student Library Resources Project. A selected group of Project materials - Demonstration Center plans, evaluation design, program outlines, Community Advisory Board materials, and information…

This supplement to the progress report of Phase IV of the Philadelphia Student Library Resources Project contains the following information: (1) Outline of major tasks, (2) Objectives for the demonstration center, (3) Sample program outlines of the center, (4) Evaluation design of the center, (5) Community profile and survey, (6) Community…

In order to provide students with a semi-independent study/learning environment, a Learning Materials Center (LMC) was developed at Cerritos College (California). Of the four courses in the LMC program, Math-30 (elementary algebra) was chosen for study because it provided opportunities for follow-up studies. The purpose of this study was to…

This paper provides an inventory and summary of current and planned international information clearing house services in the field of population/family planning, worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on services relating to audio-visual aids, educational materials, and information/education/communication support, as these items and activities have…

THE SYLLABUSES STUDY COMMITTEE ON THE CORRESPONDENCE STUDY DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION IS STUDYING THE POSSIBILITY OF A CENTRAL REPOSITORY FOR SYLLABUSES USED IN CORRESPONDENCE STUDY, IN INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION, AND/OR PERHAPS IN OTHER FORMS OF INDEPENDENT STUDY OFF-CAMPUS. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO 62 MEMBER…

This report contains a description and evaluation of the City College School of Education Advisory Service Workshop Center for Open Education, a program funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The program is a free resource facility for all participants in the school process; teachers, administrators,…