This paper follows up on an earlier report that presented a theory on instructional processes that relied on a time metric. In this paper a design for field studies within this theoretical orientation is presented. Methods to obtain information on how teachers allocate time so that grouping and individualization strategies can be studied are…

Funded by the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), a television series on high school desegregation, "As we see it," was developed by the Chicago, Illinois public television station, WTTW-TV. The series was intended to improve understanding of social issues relating to desegregation among racially and ethnically diverse groups, and was developed with…

One-week workshops for Preparing Educational Training Constultants: Skills Training (I) (PETC-I) were given to members of two teacher training networks: the Florida Teacher Education Centers (TEC's) and the Midwest Institute for Individually Guided Instruction (IGE). PETC-I is an instructional system which can be used for trainers in existing…

This provides the basic format to be followed for conducting a research project. The method of analyzing the procedure for making a successful research project is broken down into six components: (1) State the problem briefly and explain its importance and significance; (2) State the hypotheses to be tested and explain specific questions to be…

A list of the current approaches to teacher evaluation should include the following: (1) examination of student gain scores on standardized tests, (2) analysis of typical student improvement, (3) teaching performance testing, (4) teacher skill testing, (5) administrator or peer group observations and ratings, and (6) student observations and…

An early childhood education program for children of migrant and seasonal farm workers, the Project provides tutoring, usually outside of regular school hours, to kindergarten and first grade children. The tutoring is done by adult paraprofessionals who are former migrants or seasonal farm workers. Program focus is to: (1) develop the child's…

Initiated in February 1974, the Project consists of a mobile and a non-mobile component. In the mobile component, adults from the families who migrate are trained to serve as a teacher. These teaching adults tutor the children, usually in groups of 6 to 10 children, in each location to which they move. Since the public school has the primary…

The Bilingual Mini-School Tutoring Project offers parents a major role in their children's education as decision makers responsible for hiring and other areas of program operations and as teachers providing bilingual, bicultural instruction. The program design has two components: the mobile and the non-mobile component. The non-mobile program has…

This second progress report on the Webber School evaluation project in Urbana, Illinois, outlines radical changes which were implemented to humanize the school environment and to reverse the downward trend in academic achievement. Also described are the general evaluation plan used in the Urbana school district, and the design and instruments used…

To assist the early development of children in a poorly educated, rural four-county area of North Carolina, the Early Childhood Library Project trained parents and babysitters to teach preschool children by using educational games and materials supplied by the library. Equipment was purchased and made available to the community, story hours were…

Self Incorporated is a 15-program television/film series designed to stimulate classroom discussion of problems and issues of early adolescence. This document provides an overall summary of a formative evaluation project and summary results of the evaluations of each of eight programs in the series. (CH)

Self Incorporated is a 15-program television/film series designed to stimulate classroom discussion of critical issues and problems of early adolescence. Formative evaluation of Self Incorporated was conducted in two phases: pre-production evaluation and extensive field tests of eight of the tentatively completed programs. Separate evaluations for…

The purposes of the study were to: (1) determine the extent of advisory committee activity in vocational and technical education in the State of Florida, (2) measure the effectiveness of the committees as perceived by members, and (3) discover practices characteristic of effective advisory committees. Two types of committees, a general and a…

The purpose of this practicum was to develop and implement an articulation model between a senior high school and a feeder intermediate school based on problems identified in a needs assessment. Treatments in the form of objectives were applied to the various problems uncovered and became the basis for the model. Subsequent evaluation indicated…

This practicum developed a model of vertical articulation between elementary feeder schools and an intermediate school. The program and model were developed after a formal needs assessment was carried out to determine articulation problems. After problems were determined, objectives were formulated and strategies developed. Objectives that…