Research studies have indicated the role curriculum plays in the crisis confronting science education. Many states have begun to reorganize and evaluate their science curricula for a more coherent and improved educational program. Curricular changes have traditionally included teacher input through a local school district committee. Information…

Arguing that reading and writing in school should be natural and enjoyable for children, this book is based on the Piagetian theory that knowledge is constructed by each individual and the psycholinguistic view that learning takes place best when viewed as holistic and when instructional materials for children are authentic and purposeful. The…

This manual was developed to familiarize teachers with the study of the impacts of technology and to supply resource materials so that teachers can develop a unit of instruction on the topic or include the subject in existing units of instruction. The first part of the manual contains eight learning activity packets (LAPs). Each LAP consists of…

A vocational teacher training project was designed to provide a short-term period of training at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to upgrade the computer and secretarial skills of three potential vocational education teachers from the Republic of Palau. The training consisted of scheduled computer courses at Kapiolani Community College,…

To help integrate reading and writing in grades K-8, this book presents teaching strategies that reflect the most recent classroom-based research. The book is divided into the following eight chapters: (1) "Why Integrate Reading and Writing Instruction? An Overview"; (2) "Making Early Connections: Promoting Emergent Literacy";…

To investigate differences in students' writing development due to teacher modeling, a study examined students enrolled in whole language classrooms in grades 1 and 2 in two separate school districts. Students enrolled in independent classrooms where teachers did not provide writing models were in a school in a lower middle class neighborhood of…

This survey examines the availability and use of computers and instructional applications of computers in public and private schools in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Of the 805 schools surveyed, 669 responded with usable data. During the 1987-88 school year, 97% of the responding schools indicated that they used computers. It was also found…

This Manpower Report presents charts and graphs that reflect the increased growth of U.S. minority populations and discusses this growth in terms of population distribution and change, education, socio-economic trends, employment trends, and literacy. By the year 2000, the U.S. population will be less than 76 percent White and more than 24 percent…

This report on one of the activities of the Maine State Library Literacy Project, which was funded in 1986 through the Library Literacy Program, Title VI of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), presents discussions of literacy, adult new readers, literacy programs in libraries, serving adult new readers, selecting materials, and how…

A discussion of the link between a nation's goals and its language education policy looks at four kinds of language education policies reflecting national goals. The paper examines the language education systems of the Soviet Union and the Philippines for evidence of this link. The comparison reveals striking similarities between the systems,…

The purpose of this study was to identify factors responsible for the perceived decline in attitudes toward science observed in an intervention study designed to enhance scientific literacy. The literacy study focuses on a new freshman course in an urban Catholic high school. Negative attitudes toward science were found to be related to the demand…

The following papers are included: "Technological Literacy: What? Why? For Whom?" (Kranzberg); "Techniliterate vs. Technilliterate (There's an L of a Difference)" (Stone); "International Perspectives on Technological Literacy" (Dyrenfurth); "Technology and the Liberal Arts: Are We Producing Technopeasants?"…

The hierarchical model for the teaching of computer programming to children that is presented in this report comprises five content domains: (1) technical skills of controlling the machine; (2) mastery of the programming language; (3) understanding the structure of a computer program; (4) understanding the logical dynamics of the computer program;…

Art studies is a sequence of experiences intended to enhance Alberta, Canada students' knowledge in the discipline of art, emphasizing the student as critic, consumer, and historian. Art 11 surveys the role of the artifact in every day life. Art 21 surveys the history of art in western culture. Art 31 examines the impact of international influence…

This final report of a statewide computer literacy study for the state of Alaska is divided into several sections. A general introduction provides the history of the project and an outline of its three stages: (1) a national review of the status of computer literacy through a computerized literature search; (2) a telephone survey of…