Documents contained in this bibliography were submitted by the AIR (Association of Institutional Research) members as significant source materials. General categories are as follows--(1) goals and long-range planning, (2) administration and faculty, (3) curriculum and instruction, (4) space utilization and scheduling, (5) student characteristics,…

The National University Extension Association was planning to conduct nine regional training institutes of four weeks each during August, 1966, for 1,060 teacher trainers in adult basic education programs. The institutes were to be operated under Title II B of the Economic Opportunity Act. In this first progress report, information is provided on…

This study, conducted with second grade pupils of an inner city public elementary school, sought to investigate the extent to which an instructional-learning system can be effective in reducing time needed for learning while increasing the time spent on learning by the student. For this study, the individualized instruction program in a…

Problems associated with the use of television in secondary schools which are examined in the context of current research include equipment, scheduling, availability of television programs, and teacher resistance. To overcome these problems, many researchers believe that more attention should be given to improving teacher training, while others…

This booklet describes the basic curriculum design and staff organization of Project LEM, an experimental open education program at Hillers Elementary School in Hackensack, New Jersey. The LEM open education plan is characterized by differentiated staffing, multiage and multiethnic groupings, personalized instruction, a structured schedule, a core…

The basic approach of this manual for trainers of welfare aides is the use of the trainee's experience and the conscious analysis of it. It encourages people to look at their job performance within the framework of experiencing, identifying, analyzing, and generalizing. Hints are given as to how to develop understanding of the organization, how to…

For the 1968-69 school year, the School of Divinity at Metropolitan College of the St. Louis University initiated a systematic continuing education program for priests consisting of four courses: Current Moral Problems; Modern Priestly Spirituality; Institutionalism and Conscience; and Liturgical Celebration. In autumn 30 priests provided 35…

Efforts to individualize the secondary school English curriculum (Poway High School, California) have led to the development of a program of approximately 20 non-graded courses in literature, language, and composition which allows students to choose their own courses and to make decisions about content, structure, and methods of evaluation in a…

Although the master schedule is the foundation of the secondary school, very few administrators have had any background in its construction. Scheduling is a complex task even for the traditional equal-time-for-each-subject scheduling. Scheduling should take into account the methodology and learning process of the school. The prime scheduling…

The North Circle Project demonstrates the feasibility of a multi-purpose, multi-channel television network attained through cooperative efforts of an educational community. The study was necessitated by the likelihood of congestion of airwaves on educational channels in urban areas. In 1966 the Federal Communications Commission called a meeting of…

Two of the most successful regional educational data processing centers in Iowa are analyzed to provide information for future efforts to develop educational information systems. Objectives of the system and its scope of operation are determined. Then hardware/software necessary to achieve these goals is specified, along with an estimated budget…

A mailed questionnaire survey of public high schools in California and Oregon was conducted to determine if differences exist in the length of tenure and the recruitment of personnel in schools stratified on the basis of adoption of four innovations: Teacher aides, team teaching, variation in class size, and variation in length of class period.…

A study was made of inservice education activities for a selected group of public elementary school teachers in Indianapolis, with emphasis on patterns of participation, activities offered to, and desired by, teachers, teacher evaluation of activities, opinions on administration of the program, and recommended improvements. Questionnaire…

Presented is a curriculum guide for educable mentally retarded secondary school students in Georgia which features functional academics, physical development, social skills, and prevocational and vocational skills. Included are a work-study schedule for five levels (freshman through graduate), an explanation of school and work station sites,…

At the Institut Universitaire de Technologie in Nancy, France, most English language teaching has been organized on a mixed extensive/intensive pattern. As a result of certain negative effects of the established "session intensive," another methodology was tried, called "session libre." This session involved several techniques:…