This directory covers additional Web sites and opportunities that have appeared in the year since the original book, "Virtual Field Trips," was published. The field trips provided are appropriate for K-12 students and designed to meet the goals and interests of educators. Organized by subjects and cross-referenced for quick and easy…

This study examined college students' perceptions of course Web sites as an instructional resource for classroom-based courses. The focus was on identifying functions on the sites that students perceived as supporting and fostering their learning experiences. Subjects were 142 students responding to a 60-item questionnaire and open-ended…

The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220) requires states to document whether or not adult education service providers are improving the quality of their instructional services. To reward effective providers, a number of states have adopted performance-based funding (PBF)…

There is a lot written about eligibility requirements, but almost all of it is about NCAA first year eligibility requirements and their impact on high schools. Much less is written about high school eligibility requirements and their impact on student performance. Coaches, parents, and educators offer many reasons for there to be lax or no…

The paper describes a linear programming model which generates explicit quantitative information about (1) the optimal allocation of resources inside the public university (2) the "shadow price" attached to each input used in the academic process; and (3) the optimal mixture of academic outputs produced by the university. (KM)

Discusses a proposed information service designed to provide British science teachers with an easy access to relevant literature, films, examinations, apparatus, and other science teaching resource materials. (JR)

Discusses application of group theory to the teaching of selection rules in electronic and vibrational spectroscopy. Indicates that acquaintance with such a mathematical concept is essential for high school students to understand molecular spectrum courses. (CC)

Learning resources center development and use are described. (3 references) (SM)

Article considers student responsibility for meeting competency standards by planning their own routes and provides a list of resources on performance-based teacher education. (Author/RK)

Focuses on some of the political and educational relationships between desegregation and the maintenance of order in public education. (Author/JM)

Paper recognizes that investment in education is a key factor in a nation's economic and social development, particularly in developing countries. (Author/RK)

Educational programs must be designed to fit the economic and social needs of an area in order to effectively utilize natural and human resources, thereby encouraging progress and development. (JB)

Provides guidelines developed by the Center for Occupational Education at North Carolina State University for use in conducting on-site examinations of career education programs. (SB)

Discusses inadequacy in school funding, the history of the school finance litigation movement, inequity in school funding, the Serrano v. Priest decision, legal theories, fiscal neutrality, State constitutional arguments, equal protection arguments, and possible future developments. (JM)

Based on a paper read at the meeting of the American Historical Association, New York City, December 28, 1968. Advocates the establishment of a dozen or more centers for the teaching and study of Black history at the college level. (JM)