A questionnaire was administered to eight universities in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to determine how their curriculum materials centers were organized and what services they offered. Data were collected for the following: titles of centers, purpose, resources, activities and services, location, administrative organization, organization of…

This annotated bibliography was compiled from over 50 different sources. The specific purpose of the annotation project was to locate recent studies which might give direction to future research and help verify basic assumptions. The annotations have been divided into two sections, environmental education and environmental communications. The…

Practical techniques for keeping abreast of the professional literature on the teaching of reading are contained in this booklet. Topics of the six chapters are: purposes for professional reading, criteria for choosing a wise search plan, how reading information is organized, how to keep up-to-date through browsing, the ERIC system and how to use…

Designed for use by secondary school teachers, this book contains a collection of biblical literary analyses, the writing of which was prompted by increased interest in the Bible as an academic study. There are 17 chapters in the book: "The Rabbinic Method and Literary Criticism" by K.P. Bland; "Literary Criticism of the Bible: Some Fallacies" by…

For students at the Helene Fuld School of Nursing, Brooklyn, New York, a guide is provided to services of the school Learning Center. Noncirculating materials are listed and described, including reference books, reserve materials, magazines, the vertical file, and audiovisuals. Borrowing rules and fines are discussed. A guide is provided to the…

It appears that there is no clear answer to the question of what people are looking for in their professional literature in reading, since professionals, including publishers, writers, and educators, are individuals with differing needs and opinions. However, settling on an answer may not be important to excellence in education; perhaps only the…

A resource person in undergraduate education classes may promote insights into the challenges, successes, and frustrations associated with the development and implementation of elementary curriculum. Resource persons may come from the university, the public school system, or the service and business professions in the community. The direct…

The major steps in the making of the film are presented in terms of events, time and cost. Appended are the shooting script, the shooting schedule, a sample of the film director's shooting breakdown, the editing breakdown, and the final draft of the script. (Author/SK)

The General Information Processing System (GIPSY) of the Merrick Computing Center is a user dominated system. It can be used to manipulate and retrieve both numeric and alphabetic material. One of its most interesting uses is in the selection and retrieval of records and documents or of selected entries from records and documents. It has been used…

In accordance with a 1966 recommendation that it "should thoroughly and radically re-examine its policies," the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) of Great Britain has prepared a policy statement covering the following: the WEA as an educational movement; the social relevance of adult education; the special responsibility of the WEA…

A nine-week evaluation of developmental book activity in Iran, Pakistan and Turkey, conducted during the summer of 1966 to study existing problems in the preparation, production, importation and distribution of books in these Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) Region Countries, was funded by the United States through the Agency for International…

The information retrieval demonstration and research project was designed to demonstrate the computer terminal system of information retrieval from a central computer. Specifically, the system concentrated on computer searching of the ERIC system. The demonstrations took place by locating nine terminals in volunteer districts and conducting…

This annotated bibliography is divided into four sections and covers material published between 1952 and 1974. The first section is an introduction that reviews the history of the recent development of competency-based teacher education (CBTE). Section 2 is the annotated bibliography, with 158 listings arranged alphabetically by author. An update…

The primary objective of this project was to design a system to provide information services that would fulfill the information requirements of federal planners, instructional material developers, training program directors and instructors, students, interns, employers, and practitioners concerned with problems relating to personnel and training…

Intended to aid teachers in the development of realistic and meaningful curriculum, this bibliography contains books, articles, audiovisual aids, and other materials pertaining to marketing and distributive education which were published between 1968-1971. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author or title according to these categories: (1)…