Describes the special education services program developed by the Lake Shore Michigan Public School system in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. (Author/JG)

Distinguishes between true programs, which are self-instructional, and pseudo programs, which are not. Stresses importance of language teacher in development of true language programs. Bibliography appended. (FWB)

Presents five teaching activities for early elementary children, including BASIC multiplication, creating picture using LOGO recursive procedure, and use of commas and semicolons with BASIC. Also discusses flowcharting techniques and cross-age tutoring. Includes "Computing without a Computer" by Evelyn Woldman, discussing use of a programmable toy…

Presented a model constructed to enable a designer to logically and systematically develop and produce instructional materials which reflect the constituency's needs, interests, and environments. Four references are listed. (FM)

Proposes that Gagne's nine events of instruction be incorporated into the systematic design of computer assisted instruction (CAI) for microcomputers and describes the nine events in relation to five different kinds of learning outcomes which occur frequently in CAI. Seven references are cited. (MER)

Describes the reconstruction of a conventional thermodynamics curriculum using the Galperin theory of stage-by-stage formation of mental actions and Landa's description of the "through" systematization of knowledge, and discusses the generalizability of the procedures followed in developing the plan for instruction. A 33-item…

This description of a computerized graduation verification system developed and implemented at the University of South Carolina at Columbia discusses the "table-driven" feature of the programs and details the implementation of the system, including examples of the Extended Backus Naur Form (EBNF) notation used to represent the system…

Summarizes studies of pseudoclassification, a process of utilizing user relevance assessments of certain documents with respect to certain queries to build term classes designed to retrieve relevant documents. Conclusions are reached concerning the effectiveness and feasibility of constructing term classifications based on human relevance…

Discusses 11 management variables related to the distribution of audiovisual products and services. (RAO)

Describes a model for planning, producing, and evaluating instructional television for the adult learner, which involves the interaction of faculty, television professionals, and students in the curricular content planning and the development of television scripts. A method of formative evaluation using student input is also presented, and results…

Presents a multicompartment model which illustrates aspects of drug absorption, distribution, and elimination in the human body for a course in pharmacokinetics. The course work consists of the interpretation of computer generated simulated data. (Author/CMV)

Results of this study, done with underachieving ninth graders, indicate that flow charting as a structure for basic skills instruction can be considered as effective as the traditional approach. (MK)

Attempts to derive more specific clinical information contributed by the experimental scales, (the Pd and Ma, used for compiling profiles of abusive females and abusive males, and the OH, used for evaluating hostility), which would contribute greater psychological understanding of maltreating parents. (Author/RK)

Attempts a more direct, functional analysis of associative processing than is possible within the traditional two-stage transfer paradigm. (Author/RK)