A collection of laboratory design notes to set forth minimum criteria required in the design of basic medical research laboratory buildings. Recommendations contained are primarily concerned with features of design which affect quality of performance and future flexibility of facility systems. Subjects of economy and safety are discussed where…

In 1967, the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory sponsored a one-week workshop for 32 teachers from a semi-rural county, and a one-day workshop for 500 teachers from the same county, for the purpose of instructing the teachers in the use of simulation techniques for more effective classroom teaching. Several of those in attendance went on to…

This compilation of authoritive practices and standards is offered as a means of obtaining guidelines for those involved in planning and construction of permanent campus facilities for community colleges in Massachusetts for full-time day students. Comparative criteria based on these studies are cited in the following areas--room and station…

Contained in this unit are activities designed to develop science process skills for Grades K through 6. A chart shows how the activities for each grade relate to the operations of classifying, inferring, observing, predicting, interpreting data, estimating, measuring, using numbers, experimenting, and controlling variables. Each activity is…

The author reports on a project designed to help foreign students make the transition from special English to regular college English classes through expanded use of the language laboratory. The project, conducted at the University of Texas at El Paso in 1968 (in the spring and fall semesters), was set up specifically to provide additional…

This document is one of a series describing the background, functions, and utilization of the Regional Information System (RIS) developed by the Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory (MOREL). The continuing history of the field of librarianship and information services is reviewed in this report. The first part covers ancient times to the…

A language-learning system is described in which individual practice in the learning laboratory is the central activity, both of learning and of testing. The system includes as one component an audio/visual device controlled by a digital computer. The system is designed to achieve a high quality of instruction by good management of the student's…

This dissertation reports on a study of the planning and development activities of the Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory (MOREL). The study attempted to assess (1) whether MOREL has accepted a change agent role, and (2) whether it has taken action that indicates recognition of what is known through the literature and research about…

Concentrating on theory and practice on sensitivity training groups (T groups) in human relations training laboratories, this study investigates aspects of the process whereby participants are said to learn cooperatively about their group and about themselves as members. As evidenced by training "dilemmas" noted in the literature, relevant T group…

The New School for Behavioral Studies in Education is demonstrating alternative approaches to elementary school instruction and teacher preparation in North Dakota. It is establishing a cooperative working relationship with participating school districts through a teacher exchange program in which less-than-degree teachers are released to complete…

This study investigated the relative effect of T group training and Group Video Recall (GVR) procedures in the growth of affective sensitivity, openmindedness, and self-perception in 17 Indiana University students majoring or minoring in Counseling and Guidance. Relationships among the three behaviors were also sought. The Rokeach Dogmatism Scale…

The purpose of this guidebook is to present instructions for constructing low-cost instruments for environmental studies. The instruments discussed were either adopted or designed by students who were presented with the problem of producing low-cost environmental monitoring equipment. This book is a sequel to A Curriculum Activities Guide to Water…

This issue begins with a description (by Henri Niedzielski) of 10 performance objectives devised for a course in French phonetics at the University of Hawaii. The other articles in this issue are concerned with the following topics: (1) a self-instruction approach that allows colleges to offer courses in nearly every language to as few as two…

Instructional television via videotape can be a good source of assistance in alleviating comprehension problems that occur when foreign languages are taught by the audiolingual method. Television can be used in language instruction in two ways: demonstrations to the student or demonstrations by the student. Demonstrations to the student can…

This study investigated the effect of mathematics laboratory experiences on middle school students' mathematical achievement and their attitude toward mathematics. An experimental and control group of students was selected from the University Middle School in Bloomington, Indiana. Students in the experimental group (N = 82) attended 40-minute…