Evaluation during Pilot B of Phase II of the Social Service Aide Project, a program of exemplary education for the career development of paraprofessionals in social and/or human services, was conducted on 11 courses offered in social service and child care at Kennedy-King College, Chicago. Questionnaires, which were derived from a task analysis…

This list of 79 sets of teaching materials for French language instruction contains only those available in Britain which have a recorded element on disc or tape and/or visual components. Those listed are designed primarily for teaching language skills. Some reading materials with accompanying discs or tapes are included; however, recordings of…

This list of 16 sets of teaching materials for Italian language instruction contains only those available in Britain which have a recorded element on disc or tape and/or visual components. Those listed are designed primarily for teaching language skills. Some reading materials with accompanying discs or tapes are included; however, recordings of…

This list of 66 sets of teaching materials for German language instruction contains only those available in Britain which have a recorded element on disc or tape and/or visual components. Those listed are designed primarily for teaching language skills. Some reading materials with accompanying discs or tapes are included; however, recordings of…

This list of 49 sets of teaching materials for Spanish language instruction contains only those available in Britain which have a recorded element on disc or tape and/or visual components. Those listed are designed primarily for teaching language skills. Some reading materials with accompanying discs or tapes are included; however, recordings of…

This list of 28 sets of teaching materials for Russian language instruction contains only those available in Britain which have a recorded element on disc or tape and/or visual components. Those listed are designed primarily for teaching language skills. Some reading materials with accompanying discs or tapes are included; however, recordings of…

This listing cites commercially available programs for foreign language instruction which have audiovisual components. Supplementary audiovisual aids without accompanying basic text materials are not included. Organization is by language and commercial source. Indications for classroom application and prices (in German currency) are provided. The…

A brief guide to the "new profession" of manpower planning (the allocation of very limited resources for the delivery of a wide range of possible services), this report contains information about the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) and serves as an outline, or planner's primer, for manpower planning. Eligibility…

Assuming that a child uses a "reduced version" of the adult phonological system, as opposed to an "imperfect" version, a phonological analysis of a five-year-old child's language is conducted. Research procedures are thoroughly described; tables and diagrams are included. (DD)

This issue is devoted to first language acquisition. It includes twelve papers concerning: the acquisition of liquids ("1" and "r"); creative errors in the written syntax of deaf children; theoretical and methodological problems in the acquisition of phonology, illustrated from Greek and English: the basis of articulation; the philosophy of…

This listing, updating the 1969 publication, cites commerically available language instruction programs having audiovisual components. Supplementary audiovisual aids are available only as components of total programs noted in this work. Organization is by language and commerical source. Indications for classroom applications and prices (in German…

A prototype system was developed to evaluate a computer-assisted performance training carrel which was used to present the troubleshooting fundamentals lesson of the Lowry Technical Training Center's Electronic Principles Course. This manual provides a description of the PDP-11 and PLATO programs used to implement this system, and an operators…

Describes six types of illustrations most frequently used in elementary-level content area texts. Presents ideas to teachers for effectively using illustrations to support children's learning and to develop children's abilities to verbalize the information acquired from illustrations. (DST)

In view of the fact that some government agencies and businesses are now using flexitime work schedules, particularly for clerical workers, the author suggests projects and study for office education teachers in their office procedures classes to help students prepare for integrating work with personal life. (MF)

Describes five studies on educational computing: (1) word processing and writing processes in colleges; (2) simulations and problem solving for learning disabled high school students; (3) social interaction and problem solving in children using Logo and drill and practice programs; (4) computer access and flowcharting in programing instruction;…