Discusses the need to develop new ways of delivering education to students as well as new materials for instruction. (Author/RK)

Focuses on facility and educational design of the new Downtown Manhattan High School of Business Education. (AG)

Despite the criticisms which can be leveled at external and special degree programs, the fact remains that they provide a needed service to selected clientele and have the capability to provide valuable alternatives for institutions of higher education and their clients. (Author)

The model devised by the author demonstrates that learner success is the product of sound objectives, careful planning, good measuring devices, and post-teaching evaluation. (Editor)

Loyola University professionals teamed with community specialists to conduct an introductory course in learning disabilities. (Author/RB)

A well conceived computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program in the Arabic writing system will be a more efficient and effective method than either conventional classroom teaching or programmed instruction. (Author)

The curriculum and teaching methods revisions necessary with the addition of a ninth school year to compulsory full-time schooling required innovation in history instruction. (JB)

This paper is based on a PhD dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles. Research supported in part by the U.S. Public Health Service.

It is imperative that there be a program in which speech education is recognized as a necessary and integral objective and function of secondary education. Reprinted from the September 1969 issue of the "Speech Teacher. (Author/JL)

Cognition research can be used to improve social studies textbook design. Salient findings from research dealing with information processing styles, developmental differences, retention of key materials, and instructional principles are reviewed. Illustrative implications of these findings for the design of social studies texts are presented.…

Discusses the rationale, aims, and objectives of introductory computer courses and suggests an improved approach to designing such courses to prepare pupils for a computer-based society and to improve problem solving through structured programing. Criteria for evaluating and choosing an appropriate programing language are listed. (EAO)

This article outlines computer courseware evaluation reviews. Summarizing the criteria and procedures used in the five major review efforts, it discusses ways evaluations can be more useful. Six areas of review concern are delineated: instructional design, content, student use, teacher use, presentation, and technical aspects. (MD)