The document consists of a chart designed as a record of the students' step by step progress and development of skills, a planning guide for teachers and parents for setting new goals for the students at home and in the classroom, and an ongoing exchange of information between parents and educators. Initial sections address use of the chart and…

The purpose of this flowchart is to help the new or occasional user of ORBIT answer the question "What do I do now?" (Author)

Author presents a chart which depicts an interrelationship among the following processes which are currently receiving attention: Establishment of Goals and Objectives; Program Planning Budgeting Systems; Performance Evaluation. (CB)

Analysis chart is presented which can be utilized by personnel in any district or state to examine and analyze the completeness of the evaluation system in their district against guidelines for a total system of uniform evaluation of all certificated personnel. (Authors/CB)

The flow chart, as an instructional device, can be a most helpful teaching technique when used in teaching bookkeeping. (JS)

A detailed work plan is presented for the conduct of Phase II activities, which are concerned with creating a pilot test file, conducting a test of it, evaluating the process and input of the file, and preparing the file management plan. Due to the outcomes of activities in Phase I, this plan was revised from an earlier outline. Included in the…

There are numerous components of the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) and the Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act (2004) that could directly affect the responsibilities of general physical educators (GPE). The purpose of this article is to address each of the components related to (1) the application of the response-to-intervention (RTI)…

This article discusses how common graphic organizers can be used in inclusive classrooms to benefit learners who have difficulty organizing information. Guiding principles for effective graphic organizers are provided and types of graphic organizers are described, including: cause-and effect, sequence charts, main-idea-and-detail, Venn diagram,…

Combining Pavlov's (1960/1927) use of frequency as a standard unit in the measurement of scientific phenomena and Skinner's (1938) use of frequency, free operant behavior, and the cumulative recorder with his knowledge of engineering and interest in navigation, Lindsley brought to psychology and education the most powerful and scientific use of…

The purpose of this article was to show how Krantz's test (for threshold theories of signal detection) can be applied to examine the discrete-state assumption of the models proposed by Bernbach and Kintsch for recognition memory and to review some critical experimental data. (Author/RK)

This report provides a detailed description of the architecture and programming of the PLATO V terminal, which contains an 8080 microprocessor and is capable of being operated by programs located in a host computer. The terminal contains 8k of memory for storing local programs, a 4k ROM resident program which supervises terminal operation, a 2k…

This annual report, in its seventh edition, found that Education Management Organizations (EMOs) tend to focus on managing charter primary schools and on enrolling relatively large numbers of students in those schools. Fifty-nine EMOs operate in 24 states and the District of Columbia, enrolling some 239,766 students. The report is the most…