Designed to provide a comprehensive and broadly based introduction to the study of human communication, this book presents the concept of communication as interrelated constituent processes that operate at varying levels of complexity and acquire significance only in the context of larger intrapersonal, interpersonal, or socio-cultural systems of…

This document is an annotated bibliography of reports on problems in curriculum development. It includes the following reports: Summer Education for Children of Poverty; Arizona Research and Development Center Early Childhood Education; Head Start Planned Variation Study, 1970; Perry Preschool Project, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Preschool Program in…

A case for the use of simulation in speech education is built, and the teacher is encouraged to experiment with this strategy in various learning environments. The simulation model is described in the Planning Stage, the Developing Stage, the Implementing Stage, and the Evaluating Stage. It is concluded that as a teaching strategy, simulation…

Arguments which suggest that improved prediction of multiple criteria can be achieved employing pattern scoring of responses, as opposed to conventional methods, are examined. Models for improving prediction of single and multiple criteria were examined. The findings are: (1) simple linear combinations of predictor variables perform as well…

A linear programing model and procedures for optimal assignment of students to attendance centers are presented. An example of the use of linear programing for the assignment of students to attendance centers in a particular school district is given. (CK)

The model described in this paper for the teaching of beginning shorthand through the use of computer-assisted instruction attempted to prevent incorrect responses from occurring during the acquisition of correct responses to beginning shorthand symbols. (Author)

This study reports the results of an evaluation of the operational feasibility of a new model for training personnel for educational research and development. Also, recommendations are made for future testing of the concept on a larger scale. The evaluation attempts to identify practical aspects of the pilot program which could be modified,…

The measurement of the evolution of illiteracy is the focus of this study. An elementary method for estimating the short-term evolution of the number of illiterates forms the subject of the first part of this analysis. This method is based on the demographic growth rate, the product of the school system and past trends. The second part is devoted…

DEPENDENCY LEARNING, THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL INTERRELATIONSHIP VALUES, WAS STUDIED AS A TECHNIQUE FOR FOSTERING AUDIOVISUAL ACADEMIC LEARNING AMONG 54 YOUNG, EDUCABLE MENTAL RETARDATES. SOME OF THESE SUBJECTS WERE TAUGHT TO VALUE SIMULATED DEPENDENCY MODELS. THESE MODELS WERE CONSISTENTLY PAIRED WITH SUCH REWARDING STIMULI AS…

This secondary level vocational administrator's manual is designed to increase awareness of cost-effectiveness analysis concepts, provide step-by-step procedures and analytical techniques for conducting a cost-effectiveness analysis study, and assist administrators in improving management skills by using appropriate information from the study in…

Grounded in a review of existing theories and research on problem solving, the theoretical base and new instrument development efforts discussed in this publication have been sounded against the needs of an innovative, interdisciplinary curriculum project called Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES). It is the work on new…

A summary is provided of the rationale for questioning the applicability of classical reliability measures to criterion referenced tests; an extension of the classical theory of true and error scores to incorporate a theory of dichotomous decisions; a presentation of the mean split-half coefficient of agreement, a single-administration test index…

This paper reviews and analyzes the literature dealing with training teachers of adults. Existing exemplary training programs and practices are identified and described, enabling practitioners to choose alternative models and programs for practice. Contents include: Need for the study; search of literature, needs of teachers; identified desirable…

Built on the premise that the primary delivery system for vocational teacher education in Indiana has been the public institutions of higher education, this model for evaluating the State's total professional development efforts is a classification scheme organized around three major mission areas of vocational teacher education and their…

Funding problems in special education are examined and a model for developing an appropriate funding nodel is described, with particular emphasis on funding special education in Arizona. In an introductory chapter, the funding problem is reviewed nationally and in the state of Arizona; and the problem is summarized into questions which involve the…