This overview of the role and impact of computers on education and instruction examines: (1) computing applications for instruction, types of computer systems for instructional computing, and current instructional computing uses; (2) planning for future implementation of instructional computing, management concerns, and implementation issues; and…

Guidelines and criteria are presented for use by New Jersey colleges in preparing proposals for the modification, expansion, or creation of engineering and technology education programs. The document first outlines the minimum components of the formal proposal, which include: (1) title page; (2) letter of transmittal; (3) abstract; (4) table of…

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS WERE DEVELOPED FOR STUDENT GROUPS WITH VARYING PATTERNS FOR TEMPERAMENTAL READINESS AND ORIENTATION IN LEARNING TO HELP THE ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER ESTABLISH MORE MANAGEABLE AND PRODUCTIVE CLASSES, SATISFY HIS DESIRE TO HELP CERTAIN STUDENTS, AND HELP HIMSELF AT THE SAME TIME. THESE INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS…

READING COMPREHENSION OF BLIND CHILDREN READING BRAILLE SELECTIONS WAS COMPARED WITH COMPREHENSION OF BLIND CHILDREN WHO HEARD THE SAME SELECTIONS AT VARIED RATES. CHANGES IN WORD RATES WERE ACCOMPLISHED WITH SPEECH COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES. APPROXIMATELY 290 BRAILLE READERS OF BOTH SEXES FROM SIXTH-, SEVENTH-, AND EIGHTH-GRADE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS…

TO COPE WITH THE PROBLEMS OF OUR COMPLEX SOCIETY, IT IS NECESSARY TO FACE THE REALITY OF CHANGE. ADDING TO THIS COMPLEXITY, MOST OF OUR PEOPLE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE NEIGHBORS ARE FACELESS AND WHERE DECISIONS ARE FAR REMOVED. AS A CONSEQUENCE, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE TYPICAL PERSON TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF HIS OWN LIFE AND TO FIND REAL MEANING AND…

AN OLD CHILDREN'S GAME CAN BE USED AS A DEVICE TO TEACH YOUNGSTERS TO FOLLOW INCREASINGLY COMPLEX INSTRUCTIONS. ITS USE WILL INCREASE THE CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO RESPOND SELECTIVELY, PARTICULARLY TO VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS, BY REPLACING THE TYPICAL VISUAL DOMINANCE OF THE CHILD WITH A VERBAL ONE. THE CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED TO MOVE FROM THE SIMPLEST…

TRAINING MATERIALS, DEVELOPED FOR THE 1967 SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR ADMINISTRATORS OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS, ARE PRESENTED IN TWO PARTS--(1) CASE STUDIES DEVELOPED AROUND EVENTS COMMONLY OCCURRING IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND (2) PROGRAM GUIDELINES MEANT TO SUGGEST APPROACHES TO HANDLING SPECIFIC SITUATIONS.…

A PROCEDURE WAS DEVELOPED WHEREBY EDUCATIONAL SPECIALISTS COULD PREPARE THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR MEDIA IN WHICH VARIOUS SEQUENCES OF INSTRUCTION WOULD BE PROGRAMED AND DEVELOPED. PROCEDURES WERE DEVELOPED AND TRIED FOR A SET OF BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES FOR AN EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM IN SCIENCE INSTRUCTION. IT WAS POSSIBLE TO ILLUSTRATE AND IMPLEMENT…

The conference described in this report convened to provide a forum for exchanging ideas and opinions on the role of the United Nations in global energy management. The conference was one in a series of international meetings (14 have been held to date) to consider how to increase the effectiveness of the United Nations during the 1980s. The…

Scripts of public radio programs on the subject of technology in college are presented. The scripts are as follows: "Dental Videotape;""A Geography Student Talks About Learning by Computers;""Linda Harris Talks About Fear of Computers;""Charles Van Loan, Who Teaches Computer Science at Cornell…

One of twelve individualized courses included in an automotive repair curriculum, this course covers theory and construction, inspection diagnoses, and service and overhaul of automotive engines. The course is comprised of five units: (1) Fundamentals of Four-Cycle Engines, (2) Engine Construction, (3) Valve Train, (4) Lubricating Systems, and (5)…

This concept module on energy convertors is one of thirteen modules that provide a flexible, laboratory-based physics instructional package designed to meet the specialized needs of students in two-year, postsecondary technical schools. Each of the thirteen concept modules discusses a single physics concept and how it is applied to each energy…

The Teaching Information Processing Systems (TIPS) is an elaborate and flexible computer program designed to amplify effective classroom instruction. It enables teachers to give individual instruction to large numbers of students, maintains student characteristics and achievement data, generates student progress reports, prescribes remedial or…

In order to meet the instructional support needs of a diverse student population, nine community colleges joined to form the Northern Illinois Learning Resources Cooperative (NILRC). Chartered as a not-for-profit corporation and initially funded with a grant from the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the aims of NILRC are to reduce duplication…

Presented are the stories of 12 notable black scientists and inventors. Each individual was selected for scientific and inventive excellence with the added accounts of their excellence as citizens, family men, and humanitarians. (Author/RE)