The purpose of this study was to further the development and implementation of a curriculum continuum and a student assessment program in mathematics in the 11 elementary schools of the Half Hollow Hills School District, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A mathematics continuum written in terms of behavioral objectives and sequenced in a nongraded format…

A study was undertaken to assess the quality and quantity of practical experience and field work provided in the instructional programs of American Library Association-accredited library schools. Some 62 schools in the United States and Canada were surveyed by mail, and personal visits were made to 13 of the 62. In 65% of the schools some formal…

This study was designed to provide the College of Lake County with data to promote critical thinking and discussion about the revision of the present admission criteria for the practical nursing program. Subjects were the coordinators/directors of the 36 approved schools of practical nursing in Illinois. A letter and a questionnaire comprised of a…

This study is aimed at determining whether personalized pre-enrollment counseling based on the results of a standardized English skills test has a positive effect on new student enrollment, attrition (withdrawal), and success in reading skills courses. By comparing pertinent data for spring 1972 students who were not counseled with data for…

This book is divided into three sections in which the authors of the articles which comprise the book discuss the problems of teaching and understanding the disadvantaged. The articles presented in section 1 ("The Problem as Viewed by an Interdisciplinary Team") deal with the characteristics of the disadvantaged (including discussions of…

A study compared instances of self-supervision with more traditional supervision of student teachers to determine the relationships between this variable and teacher attitudes and interaction behavior. Eighty-four secondary education student teachers were engaged in self-supervision, or were more traditionally supervised, or both. Self-supervising…

A 2-year investigation attempted to ascertain whether summer workshop training of elementary teachers in the use of such feedback practices as Flanders' interaction analysis, video tape techniques, and other conceptual supervisory tools would produce measurable change in the instructional behavior of their student teachers as compared to student…

This practicum report deals with a governance problem at the Eastern Campus of Cuyahoga Community College in its third year of operation. The problem was a result of the absence of positions at the faculty/administration interface and the interdisciplinary housing of the faculty. Position papers of task groups made up of an administrator and two…

This document presents the proceedings of a 1974 workshop by the Canadian Teacher Federation's Teacher Education Committee on designing a quality practicum. The introduction to the document indicates that the proceedings were broken into two parts. Part 1 addressed the basic question, What are we trying to do? and covered the following topics:…

The goal of the Total Involvement Professional Semester (TIPS) was to allow elementary education students at Shippensburg State College to become involved in an educational environment in a meaningful way to develop their professional knowledge and skills. The experimental program consisted of five important components: a) three weeks of…

This article investigates the concept of self-actualization introduced by Abraham Maslow (1954). A summary of Maslow's Needs Hierarchy, along with a description of the characteristics of the self-actualized person, is presented. An analysis of humanistic education reveals it has much to offer as a means of promoting the principles of…

This research study was conducted to determine if teacher interns' perceptions of professional support are related to the quality of interpersonal experience or to extraneous variables such as class size, grade level, sex of intern, and school setting (urban or suburban). Intern perception of professional support received from school…

This book assists the supervising teacher in working with a student teacher. It provides basic guidelines for employment in the process of supervision. The content of the book is a compilation of questions asked by supervising teachers at professional meetings, in courses on the techniques of supervision, and during individual conferences with the…

This paper reviews research on supervision in counselor training. The author approaches supervision in counselor training as a continuum. At one end are those who see supervision primarily as a didactic activity and at the other extreme are those that stress the experiential, "counseling" approach to supervisory role. The two approaches demand…

An elementary school reading-interest project was designed to overcome summer learning loss and to foster an interest in independent reading. The major strategy, "The Reading Interest Passport," consisted of nine independent reading contracts leading to "badges." This approach was selected after consideration of cost, coordination with ongoing…