The article discusses behavior modification techniques designed to prepare the child for integration into the regular class setting. (CD)

Recommends that tutoring instruction offered in writing centers be at the same level of professional standards and competence as other instruction offered at the two-year college. (AEA)

Describes structured and open-ended evaluation techniques that permit students in a reading center to rate their own reading performance. (FL)

In Part I of this two-part article, the author describes the evolution of the Computer Tutor project in Palo Alto, California, and the strategies she incorporated into a successful student-taught computer literacy program. Journal availability: Educational Computer, P.O. Box 535, Cupertino, CA 95015. (Editor/SJL)

Describes Florida's Individualized Manpower Training System (IMTS) which combines expanded curriculum (basic education, complementary skills, and work evaluation components), learning resource centers, and management procedures to assist students with basic skill deficiencies. Student motivation, open-entry open-exit study and minimum duplication…

Discusses the confusion that results from differences among various labels used in developmental and basic education programs. Proposes clarification of such terms as "center,""lab,""individualized," and "clinic" and suggests definitions for proper usage. (DR)

Rationale and program description for the Ranier High School (Oregon) business education laboratory in which several business courses are individualized to provide for greater flexibility in scheduling, use of facilities and staff, and adaptation to student needs. (JT)

Plenty of subject choices make creative writing personal and successful. (Editor)

Examines how physical proximity between teachers and students differs between classroom and computer lab environments. Finds that teachers either worked at intimate (up to 1.5 feet) or personal (1.5 to 4 feet) distances with students or, except rarely, did not approach closer than 12 feet or did not interact at all. (SR)

Computers were invented to help mathematicians perform long and complicated calculations more efficiently. By the time that a computing area became a familiar space in primary and secondary schools, the initial motivation for computer use had been submerged in the many other functions that modern computers now accomplish. Not only the mathematics…

This document provides guidelines for planning technology education facilities. Chapter 1 defines technology education in terms of a vision, educational outcomes, and curriculum and facilities. Chapter 2 focuses on creating technology education facilities and describes the planning process, design, construction, installation of furnishings and…

The present investigation examined experimentally the effect of a learning center environment, with its stated emphasis on independent and individualized study, on the academic performance, self-esteem, self-responsibility, school attitudes, and attendance of elementary school children. (Author)

Article investigated the learning activities best suited to today's pupil and listed a number of creative reading approaches for children. (Author/RK)