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Duffy, Carolyn B. – 1970
Foreign language teaching is currently in a state of flux, as is natural when any discipline is undergoing basic theoretical and procedural revision. The behaviorist trends applied to the audio-lingual habit theory were a major break-through for foreign language teaching, and skills ignored by the grammar-translation method were brought to the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Instruction
Dolansky, Ladislav; And Others – 1969
The research was concerned with the experimental use of Model II of the Instantaneous Pitch-Period Indicator (IPPI) with deaf subjects, and with the design and construction of a portable unit. Deaf adults and deaf children participated in training programs designed to develop more effective patterns of speech using the IPPI for visual monitoring…
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Technology, Equipment Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research
Knight, Merle M., Comp. – 1970
The curriculum materials developed by 34 projects are described in this directory. The discussions are organized by discipline: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Social Psychology, Sociology, and General and Interdisciplinary. Each individual project note includes: project name, director, address, and a summary of the…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Directories
Holmberg, Boerje – 1967
A survey is presented of the types of problems which correspondence educators have to consider today. After discussion of the general characteristics and definitions of correspondence study, varying traditions in different parts of the world as to subject matter and student body are covered. A large, detailed section is given to the construction…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Bibliographies, College Curriculum, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Institute for Educational Development, New York, NY. – 1969
Under the sponsorship of the Carnegie Corporation and the Ford Foundation, a study was instituted to examine research and development in the educational materials industry. Using the open-ended interview method, data was collected from executives of major book publishers and their subsidiaries, and producers of materials other than books.…
Descriptors: Development, Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Institutional Research
Kishkunas, Louis J. – 1967
This fifth quarterly report covers the period June 15, 1967 to December 15, 1967 of a project aimed at demonstrating a faster method of training higly qualified workers for the health field. During this period, nurse aides were trained in a pilot program based upon the educational objectives derived from entry level behavioral specifications…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Carnegie Corp. of New York, NY. – 1969
Under the sponsorship of the Carnegie Corporation and the Ford Foundation, a study was instituted to examine research and development in the educational materials industry. Using the open-ended interview method, data was collected from executives of major book publishers and their subsidiaries, and producers of materials other than books.…
Descriptors: Development, Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Institutional Research
Nelson, Dennis E. – 1969
Research and development activities related to the Personal and Social Development Program (PSDP) are reviewed. This program is a major element in one of the two components constituting the prescriptive phase of a comprehensive guidance system currently being developed. Clarification of program objectives and assumptions, development of student…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Career Planning, Educational Programs, Educational Research
Schack, Ann; And Others – 1969
Two studies of computer production of mathematical texts and musical scores in Braille analyzed production practices and input preparation problems; the studies also reviewed the Nemeth Code of Braille Mathematics and Scientific Notation and the Revised International Manual of Braille Music. Both studies demonstrated automation to be feasible.…
Descriptors: Braille, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Data Processing
National Swedish Board of Education, Stockholm. – 1974
The research project on sign language in progress at the University of Stockholm is intended to: (1) give an account of the structure of sign language, (2) make a structural comparison between Swedish and sign language, and (3) utilize insight gained through the analysis of sign language in the development of teaching materials. The project is…
Descriptors: Deafness, Descriptive Linguistics, Dictionaries, Instructional Materials
Ring, Barbara Ann – 1973
This report describes a model for staff development of an elementary school drug education pilot program designed to help children develop positive self-concepts and skills for decision making. The objectives of the staff development model are to help teachers, (a) assess their own needs and strengths, (b) plan and practice classroom activities in…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Drug Education, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Johnson, Stuart R.; Johnson, Rita B. – 1973
Twenty-eight medical schools formed the Southern Medical School Consortium, later expanded to the Health Sciences Consortium. The sole purpose was to set in motion the Self-Instructional Materials Project to produce self-instructional materials which could be used in several institutions. The project developed self-paced, inexpensive instructional…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Autoinstructional Aids, Consortia, Cooperative Programs
Bachert, Russel E., Jr.; Snooks, Emerson L. – 1974
The document is a versatile publication providing an outdoor education aid for teaching elementary (beginning with grade 4), high school, and college students. The process is one of learning by doing; i.e., the students construct their own instruments for field studies. The book presents over 100 ideas in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-use format.…
Descriptors: Climate, Facilities, Facility Utilization Research, Innovation
Andersen, Yvonne – 1970
Under the author's direction, students from 5 to 18 years old have been making prize-winning animated films. In this guide intended for any adult who wishes to teach film animation, she describes and illustrates the techniques she has developed in her seven years of experience teaching animation to children in a workshop setting. All essential…
Descriptors: Animation, Art Activities, Color, Enrichment
Edstrom, Lars-Olof, Ed.; And Others – 1970
Based on two seminars on correspondence study, held by the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation (Uppsala, Sweden) during 1967-1968, this volume consists of lectures delivered at these seminars, together with a selection of essays produced by the participants. The first section reviews the relationship between adult education and economic development,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Correspondence Study, Developing Nations
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