A two-part organizational development project carried out at the University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry is described in this brief report. The project goal was to find out what the school is like and how it is perceived by both staff and students. The first phase, needs assessment, was carried out to identify critical…

The purpose of this faculty and staff manual is to gather together and present in a tabular format a composite of the learning delivery system used at the Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the resources that support its community- and competence-based approach to education. Each of the processes in the system is examined in terms of a…

A study was conducted to determine the scope and characteristics of developmental/remedial activities in Maryland's 17 community colleges in terms of objectives and goals, courses and activities, student information, costs and revenues, and administration and organization. The study revealed: (1) 15 colleges offered developmental education for…

Designed for use by area vocational-technical schools and other vocational programs, this project developed courses of study in eight occupational areas: commercial art, appliance repair, automotive mechanics, graphic arts, building trades maintenance, building construction trades, diesel mechanics, and welding. Course-of-study development…

Project Proud Option of Palmer, Massachusetts, had the following objectives: (1) develop and implement a system for assessing the functioning levels of handicapped students in institutional schools as these functional levels relate to already existing job task outlines and performance objectives; (2) develop new job opportunities within the…

This study dealt with two skill courses, business machines, and beginning typewriting. The control groups received instruction in the traditional method. The experimental groups attended open laboratory at any time convenient to them to receive their instruction. The groups were compared on the basis of identical performance tests. Materials to…

THE PROBLEMS TO BE FACED IN MEETING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CALIFORNIA'S MEXICAN AMERICAN POPULATION WERE DISCUSSED AT THIS FIRST ANNUAL NUEVAS VISTAS CONFERENCE. THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS REPORT CONTAINS EXCERPTS FROM THE MAJOR ADDRESSES DELIVERED AT THE CONFERENCE. THE SECOND PORTION REPORTS THE PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED AT THE…

The goals of the Wisconsin-English-Language-Arts Curriculum Project were (1) to study what should be taught in English language arts in grades K-12, (2) to develop a sequential curriculum for those grades, (3) to design, identify, and test appropriate teaching methods and instructional materials, and (4) to establish demonstration centers to…

A 2-year project constructed a work study program for educable mentally retarded (EMR) high school students. The first phase developed courses of study, instructional materials, and teaching procedures; the second phase established a functional vocational training program in five high schools with approximately 150 EMR seniors (IQ range 53 to 78,…

This annual catalog of resources available from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) lists and briefly annotates materials for teachers and students of English. These materials are divided into the following categories: publications, literary maps, filmstrips, recordings, and NCTE magazines. Publications include research reports and…

The Teachers and Writers Collaborative at Teachers College, Columbia University, was established in 1967 to involve teachers, children, and writers in the creation of an English curriculum stimulating to the students. Three interrelated programs were developed: (1) the presence of professional writers in the public school classrooms, (2)…

Ten papers consider brain damaged children. Brain damage is considered as an educational category, and the following aspects of evaluation are treated: disorders of oral communication, hearing impairment, psychological deficit, psychiatric factors, and neurological considerations. Educational strategies discussed include the educational methods of…

This bibliography contains 110 entries on middle schools, 48 entries on related innovations, and 32 entries (some of which are annotated) on middle school and junior high school organization. (HW)

The North Carolina Advancement School was established in 1964 to study educational underachievement and to develop and disseminate methods and materials which the state's public schools might use to combat underachievement. It was operated as a private residential school for eighth grade underachieving boys from the public schools of the state.…

This guide is a collection of abstracts--most of them selected from English Curriculum Study and Demonstration Centers of the USOE English Program (Project English). It is intended to ease the announcement and distribution problems of the Centers by directing readers to the materials available from commercial or university publishers and from the…