The assessment of secondary school students' learning which results from experienced-based public school programs is associated with three types of problems: (1) psychological--educational practitioners may fear the evaluation process; (2) conceptual--including unclear requirements for student outcomes, lack of appropriate strategies for achieving…

REQUIRED AND ELECTIVE SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES FOR GRADES 10 THROUGH 12 ARE LISTED AND DESCRIBED TO ENABLE TEACHERS TO GAIN A BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENTIRE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM. THE TEACHER SHOULD DEVELOP ENTHUSIASM, RETAIN RESPECT FOR SCHOLARSHIP, AND INTERPRET THE PRINCIPLES AND CONTENT OF EACH SUBJECT AREA. EACH COURSE…

REPORTED ARE THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF FOUR CONFERENCES ON INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION. HELD AT BARD COLLEGE ON JANUARY 25-28, 1967, THE CONFERENCE INVOLVED REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEN COLLEGES. THE LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS DEALT WITH THE TOPICS (1) SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENTERPRISE, (2) THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE IN LABORATORIES…

FORMAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR BRITISH ADULTS PURSUING DEGREE COURSES BY HOME STUDY RESTS LARGELY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. ALTHOUGH ABOUT 1,000 STUDENTS ARE BEING TAUGHT AT INSTITUTIONS COOPERATING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, THE MAJOR GROUPS ARE THE HOME STUDENTS (OVER 20,000) AND THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS (OVER 4,000). BRITISH EXTERNAL STUDENTS…

AMONG THE POINTS OF CONSENSUS EMERGING FROM THE SECOND CONSULTATION ON CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR MINISTERS WAS THE DECISION THAT FINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMING RESTS WITHIN DENOMINATIONS, ALTHOUGH ECUMENICAL AID MAY STIMULATE IT. CENTRAL COORDINATION OF EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS BY COOPERATING DENOMINATIONS IS DESIRABLE, BUT CENTRAL…

THE ILLINOIS COMMUNICATION SCALE WAS DEVELOPED ON 16 MM COLOR FILM TO ASSESS THE RECEPTIVE COMMUNICATION ABILITIES OF DEAF CHILDREN BETWEEN 6 AND 14 YEARS. FORMS WERE CONSTRUCTED TO MEASURE (1) AUDITORY RECEPTION, (2) LIPREADING AND LISTENING, (3) LIPREADING ONLY, (4) FINGERSPELLING, AND (5) LANGUAGE OF SIGNS. EACH FORM HAD 5 SUBPARTS (1)…

THIS MONOGRAPH PRESENTS A VIEW OF EDUCATION FOR HOMEBOUND AND HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN AND SHOWS ITS SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN RESPECT TO GENERAL EDUCATION. CHAPTER TWO FOCUSES ON THE TEACHER AS A PERSON, DISCUSSING PHILOSOPHICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION AND GENERAL EDUCATION PREPARATION ARE ALSO…

THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES WHICH ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION CONCERNING DOCUMENTS ANALYZED AT THE ERIC INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION. REPORTED ARE OVER 120 CITATIONS TO SELECTED DOCUMENTS RELATED TO TEACHER EDUCATION IN SCIENCE EDUCATION. THE DOCUMENTS INCLUDED REPRESENT RESEARCH…

THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE OPENED BY A WELCOMING STATEMENT BY JOSHUA A. FISHMAN, WHICH IS FOLLOWED BY A DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT BEACON OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY. THE PAPERS PRESENTED ARE (1) AN INTRODUCTION BY STANLEY H. LOWELL, (2) "SHALL SCHOOL BOARDS BE COLOR-BLIND OR COLOR-CONSCIOUS," BY WILL MASLOW, (3)…

INERTIA AND PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES HAVE PREVENTED A VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM ACHIEVING THEIR GOAL OF PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS AT EVERY LEVEL OF ABILITY TO REALIZE THEIR POTENTIALS AND TO PERFORM AT THEIR BEST. EFFECTIVE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION SHOULD PROVIDE A SYSTEM OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION WHICH…

THIS IS A REFERENCE BOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PLANNING HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS. THE BOOK IS CONSTRUCTED FOR USE AS AN ANNOTATED AGENDUM BY CURRICULUM COMMITTEES OR PLANNING GROUPS WHO ARE DEVELOPING HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS. PERTINENT TOPICS ARE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF…

THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR LEARNING AND RE-EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN CONDUCTED AN EXPERIMENT IN THE SUMMER OF 1966 TO TEST AND IMPROVE ITS PROGRAMED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN STRUCTURAL AND TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR AND TO EXTEND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CERTAIN VARIABLES RELATED TO EFFICIENCY OF LEARNING CONCEPTS--THE IQ LEVELS…

IN THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, STYLES OF LEADERSHIP PROFOUNDLY AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE RENDERED. ACCORDINGLY, MAJOR INFLUENCES ON ADMINISTRATIVE CLIMATE AND EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY ARE EXAMINED IN ESSAYS ON (1) SOURCES OF JOB SATISFACTION AND DISSATISFACTION, (2) MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES BASED ON JOB-RELATED SATISFACTIONS AND NEEDS,…

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LABOR FORCE SKILLS AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF BLUE COLLAR JOBS ARE RECONCILED BY MEANS OVER WHICH THE EMPLOYER, ALONE OR WITH A LABOR ORGANIZATION, EXERCISES CONTROL. THE ADJUSTMENT MODEL PRESENTED IN THIS STUDY RECOGNIZES AN INPLANT LABOR MARKET CONNECTED TO THE EXTERNAL MARKET AT A LIMITED NUMBER OF POINTS. CERTAIN…

ADULT BASIC EDUCATION HAS THE UNDERLYING GOAL OF STRENGTHENING INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES, AND THE IMMEDIATE TASK OF HELPING THE UNDER-EDUCATED ATTAIN SKILL IN SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING, WRITING, AND ARITHMETIC SO HE CAN BE TRAINED OR RETRAINED FOR A JOB. THE CURRICULUM GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR THE USE OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION…