The Learning Center, established one year ago to serve the Special Entry Students at U.C.L.A., is described. The development of a staff capable of responding to the particular needs of this population is briefly discussed and the resultimg teamwork informally evaluated. In learning how to assist these students to survive in their new university…

Suitable program establishment guides and teaching materials are needed to develop programs in agricultural resources that will qualify students to enter and advance in existing and emerging occupations in the areas of conservation, recreational utilization, and protection and regulation. The first phase of the project sought to determine the…

Industrial education, because of expanding technology, must acknowledge the changing realities of the world in which it functions and for which it prepares individuals to participate. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine selected public schools, at the elementary, secondary, and higher educational levels, for the purpose of…

An interim report on the Stout State University model for training special class teachers to prepare secondary level educable mentally handicapped students for social and vocational adjustment is presented. Pertinent literature is reviewed; and the Stout State proposal which emphasizes academic skills and incorporates vocational education and…

The handbook on work-study programs for educable mentally retarded (EMR) students in California public schools explains the nature and scope of educational-vocational programs. Information and guidelines offered are intended to help schools prepare EMR students more effectively and realistically for work, constructive citizenship, and active…

The purpose of this study was to construct an instrument to be used in the collection and evaluation of data upon which to base decisions regarding the scope and character of vocational programs in individual high schools. Following a review of pertinent literature, a list of categories of information needed was drafted and organized under four…

The resource manual describes procedures for replication of a 1 year Prescriptive Teaching Workshop project, a Title III educational program designed to maintain the learning disabled elementary school child in the regular classroom with additional special workshop help in order to raise his academic achievement. Evaluation of the student is by a…

This review is a medium for dissemination of information and views on agricultural education and training, extension, and related subjects to the member governments and field workers of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The document consists of more than two dozen articles and comments on agricultural education,…

Assessing the progress of the Appalachian Regional Commission, this report dealt with policy decisions and programs implemented by the Commission from its inception in the mid-1960's through fiscal year 1970. Low income, high unemployment, retarded urbanization, education deficits, inadequacies in standards of living, and a changing population…

To determine whether current automotive mechanic training programs provide adequate exposure to the knowledge and skills needed to properly service and repair motor vehicles, data were gathered on the tasks, service and repair establishments, job market, labor force, and training programs. Primary sources of data are reports prepared by various…

The two main objectives of this project were: (1) to create a meaningful cooperative effort between the Kent County Vocational Technical School District and the Milford School District for the purpose of expanding vocational education, and (2) to establish a system to serve as a model for future expansion of vocational education in Delaware.…

Guidelines are derived from analysis of the program policies and practices employed by administrators and coordinators of work study programs for educable mentally retarded high school students in Ohio. Described are different phases of work experience programs which allow students to explore possible vocational choices, to be trained in a…

The design, development, and evaluation of a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program in first-year college chemistry is described in this report. The program was centered around the concept of chemical equilibrium and used a systems approach with explicitly stated guidelines. The purpose of this experiment was not to measure the effectiveness…

The development of a pre-service training program over a three-year period for faculty at Burlington County College, New Jersey is discussed. Burlington County College, which began operation in the Fall of 1969, emphasizes various modes of instruction, with the long-range goal of facilitating individualized instruction. Summaries of six revisions…

This manual first explains the system for classifying reading objectives developed for System for Objectives-Based-Evaluation--Reading (SOBE-R) and then presents the objectives themselves. The classification system is designed to facilitate the selection of behavioral objectives in the subject area of reading, here divided into six general…