This book is designed to give administrators and faculty a model to follow in developing and maintaining a Learning Center of any size at any educational level, from preschool to college. Basic to the Learning Center concept presented here are the following four services: (1) a multimedia library, (2) audiovisual services, (3) nontraditional…

The final report evaluates the activities of the first nine weeks of a project designed to develop a curriculum guide for a school-model store at a North Dakota high school. The program combines the favorable aspects of both the school store and the model store, providing "live" experiences as well as simulated ones. The Distributive…

Reading students whose reading skills are being improved need to learn expository writing in order to be able to organize and express thoughts on paper. This document presents a systematic approach for teaching writing as part of the total communication process and consists of five units. "The Expository Paragraph," designed for use in a skills…

Reported is a study comparing two laboratory teaching methods used with a college level general physical science course. The criterion instruments used were: (1) Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal; (2) The Sequential Test of Educational Progress; (3) Nelson-Denny Reading Test; (4) Welch Science Process Inventory; and (5) The Smith Appraisal…

This newsletter contains student experiments and demonstrations suitable for secondary chemistry instruction as well as laboratory safety tips, book reviews and several activities involving the chemistry of winemaking and crime detection. Articles include those on carbon disulfide bonding, the electrolysis of sodium chloride, a simple and accurate…

The major problem of this study was to assess the effect of computer simulated experiments on the attainment of process skills and the acquisition of subject matter content in the high school physics laboratory. Over a 4-month period, 51 students from 2 physics classes were involved in 4 laboratory experiments and simulations. There was a random…

This study investigated the feasibility of using computer-simulated experiments in high school physics and chemistry. Fifteen sections of students enrolled in high school physics and chemistry were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. A series of 10 experiments was done by use of computer simulation in the experimental group;…

OMNITAB is an interpretive computing system that enables the nonprogramer to use a computer to perform calculations and manipulations on tabulated data without prior knowledge of computers and computer languages. Because OMNITAB is widely available, and can be used to perform a variety of operations, instructors selected it for use in a statistics…

Developed by the National Bureau of Standards, OMNITAB is a simplified computer language designed to permit the novice user to solve basic statistical functions after less than an hour of instruction. It was hoped that by providing students in introductory statistics courses with an easily understood computer language, fears of number operations…

Project Catch-Up is a reading and math laboratory project for kindergarten through sixth-grade students. It features highly qualified teachers and aides who teach in the morning only, in an attractive, well-equipped laboratory, using an eclectic approach. Staff members are free to use whatever techniques they choose and to purchase instructional…

Intensive Reading Instructional Teams is a laboratory project for third graders and for some fourth graders who have difficulty in reading. It features a carefully individualized, eclectic approach made possible by low student/teacher ratios and by a wide variety of materials and equipment. The unique features of this program are the use of an…

This booklet presents the language used in dealing with water. The booklet is intended to provide decision-makers with an adequate base of information to analyze water sources for consumption, recreation, and industry. The first section defines water and its properties, geologic locations, domestic and industrial uses, and patterns of change. The…

This book is an actual school year's work, written by three teaming, open classroom teachers in grades one, five, and six. It is designed for teachers of grades k-6 who are working right in the classroom with their students, for school administrators involved in curriculum development, and for parents expecting the best tangible results from an…

The working papers that document the planning, construction, equipping, and operation of a laboratory facility dedicated to educational research and development (R&D) are organized into three volumes. Volume I sets forth the technical substance of the 12 working papers. This volume, Volume III, contains the technical attachments for Working Papers…

Ways now exist for medical laboratory workers to advance up the educational career ladder, gaining credit for prior training and/or experience. A total of 369 Certified Medical Laboratory Assistant Schools, colleges with Associate Degree Medical Laboratory Technicians programs, schools of Medical Technology, and colleges with baccalaureate Medical…