This document is the interview schedule which was used to collect the data reported in "The Adult's Learning Projects" (see note), a research study conducted to determine the basic characteristics of learning projects in several adult and youth populations. The document consists of the following: six pages of script for the interviewer…

Presented is a guide for helping elementary school students become aware of the litter problem, acquire litter control skills, and develop an anti-litter ethic. The manual contains a hierarchy of learning objectives, a pretest/posttest instrument, background information on litter, and 12 lessons designed to promote attainment of the learning…

The booklet is designed to help social studies teachers initiate oral history projects. Preceding the two major sections of the document, the authors specify that oral history is more than a person with a tape recorder; need not be transcribed to be useful; need not be a big project; and is not the final product of history. The next section…

This booklet, designed for use with varying levels of remedial mathematics students in grades 6-10, is intended to help the student become more comfortable using the metric system, reinforce the metric ideas and notions that are taught in other courses, and aid in the development of basic mathematical skills by having the student participate in…

THE "FIELD STUDY NOTEBOOK" HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR USE BY PAROCHIAL AND PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR STUDYING ECOLOGY AT AN OUTDOOR SCHOOL. THE NOTEBOOK EMPHASIZES COMMUNITY DYNAMICS THROUGH STUDENT ACTIVITIES THAT ILLUSTRATE ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS. INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON THE ORGANIZATION OF A FIELD STUDY AND ON PERFORMING…

A discussion augmented by plans of a partially transportable industrial arts learning laboratory. The design calls for four laboratories, parts of which are fixed and parts of which are capsule sections which can be rotated between four junior high schools on a nine week basis. Advantages and disadvantages of the design are discussed in sections…

This study was generated to design, implement, and evaluate a model to train Junior Service League volunteers to operate a toy lending library for use with young children in local day care centers. Each volunteer attended six 3-hour training sessions organized on a performance-based format and taught by the authors. Pre- and posttesting was done…

This booklet on small game and waterfowl is part of a series developed to encourage youth to pursue environmental projects. The manual is comprised of two units. The first unit discusses small game management and laws and regulations protecting them. Descriptions are given of behaviors and habitats of small game and small non-game animals of…

Intended for college and university students, the booklet contains ideas for school and community projects to help eradicate the attitudinal and architectural barriers that encumber handicapped individuals. One such project, "Handicap Awareness Week", is described in terms of definition, rationale, objective, and general considerations.…

This is a brief progress report on the activities of a research and development project commissioned and financed by the Swedish National Board of Education to develop a program of collaboration between preschool and primary school which will provide continuity for children. There are three major subsections of the project: (1) development of new…

The Right to Read process at the level of the local education agency (LEA) goes through the following four phases: needs assessment, program planning, program implementation, and evaluation. This module is a culminating activity of the program planning phase. The second phase begins with a review of the Needs Assessment Report and ends with a…

This study considered the feasibility of alternative methods for managing various school district projects. Several versions of project management were identified and studied, but only two of the more flexible systems were selected for their potential contribution to educational administration. Ten New Jersey administrators were trained by a…

An English unit built on a theme of current interest to high school students--such as cars, motorcycles, and snowmobiles--may involve several classroom activities: (1) a general discussion prompted by relevant newspaper and magazine articles, films, popular songs, and poems; (2) individual and group projects--reports or panel discussions--derived…

Major purposes were to measure the comparative effectiveness of school greenhouses, community greenhouses, and classroom windowsills and a laboratory manual, functional experience, and teacher's own method for learning plant science principles relative to the environmental factors of light, temperature, moisture, aeration, and nutrients. Minor…

The purpose of this project was to present a guide for students to follow in compiling product information and presenting it in the written form of a Merchandise Information Manual. A thirteen-page introduction includes such information as purposes, planning the manual, choosing the topic, rules and specifications, arrangement, footnote and…