Prepared by a committee of the Oklahoma Curriculum Improvement Commission, this resource booklet is designed for teachers and librarians who work with Indian students. In chapter 1, the emphasis is on helping the teacher understand the Indian, his problems, his culture, and his past. A list of Indian customs and beliefs, contrasted with those of…

The 15th Annual Indian Education Conference, sponsored by the Center for Indian Education and the Library Training Institute for American Indians at Arizona State University had as its 1974 theme "Learning Resources for Indian Education". The workshops attempted to inform the participants of educational opportunities for Indian children…

Described is the Complete Help and Assistance Necessary for a College Education (C.H.A.N.C.E.) Program established at Northern Illinois University for minority students who had not met the traditional admission standards of ACT score and class rank. Instead, these students were selected on the basis of their motivation, their leadership, and…

A study was made to aid in planning for future operations of the "listening services" for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (DBPH), Library of Congress. Available data was gathered and organized. DBPH operations were analyzed as were economic models and functional factors for decision-making regarding recording media and playback…

This is a selected bibliography of some good and some outstanding audio-visual educational materials in the library of the Educational Materials Bureau, Audio-Visual Education Section, that may be considered of particular interest in the study of the North American Indian, the Eskimo, and in the fields of ethnology and anthropology. The…

There are several ways in which the computer science department at the small liberal arts college can contribute to the richness of the institution's undergraduate curriculum. In addition to providing training for students interested in computer-related careers, the department, by offering courses for non-majors in the field, can broaden the…

This bibliography lists over 130 publications, books, and articles recently acquired by the Colombian National Center for Documentation and Pedagogical Information concerning a variety of educational topics. The acquisitions are listed alphabetically under subject headings; publications from many countries are included. Several of the entries are…

This study evaluated the teaching of English as a second language in Puerto Rico in grades seven, eight, and nine. The study was written primarily for the teachers of Puerto Rican children in the United States, but also for those involved in the English program in Puerto Rico. Eight research hypotheses were formulated. (1) The majority of English…

A year-long institute was held at Tennessee Technological University to train teachers as school librarians, with emphasis on using the media center in reading instruction. The institute's objectives were: 1) to provide economically and educationally deprived teachers with graduate training; 2) to train participants in the use of media centers in…

This report summarizes the achievements of the Neighborhood Information Centers Project on a national basis. (Summaries for each of the five cities-Atlanta, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, and Queens Borough, were submitted separately.) The purposes of the Project are to research the feasibility of the branch library as a Neighborhood Information…

The assigned readings for a graduate survey course in information science, including complete books, journal articles, and periodicals, were microformed and made available to 11 students, together with individual microform readers for home use. The microform use patterns and classroom performance of these students was determined and compared with…

Sixteen articles previously published in "El Grito: A Journal of Contemporary Mexican American Thought" are contained in this document. They represent those articles from "El Grito" which have had the largest impact on readers as well as representing the major concerns of Mexican American writers from 1967 to 1971. In addition to depicting Chicano…

Computers in education are put in context by a brief review of current social and technological trends, a short history of the development of computers and the vast expansion of their use, and a brief description of computers and their use. Further chapters describe instructional applications, administrative uses, uses of computers for libraries…

This statement of the NCTE is addressed to the problem of censorship in the public schools, especially censorship in the form of pressure to restrict or deny students access to books or periodicals deemed objectionable by some individual or group on moral, political, religious, ethnic, racial, or philosophical grounds. It is felt that any work is…

The Test Collection of the Educational Testing Service is an extensive library of standardized tests, record and report forms, and assessment devices. It also includes publishers' catalogs and descriptive materials, information on scoring service and systems, test reviews and reference volumes on measurement and evaluation. A special Head Start…