A set of guidelines for implementing an individualized mathematics program to be utilized in a bicultural/bilingual setting were developed. At first, the design team sought to develop an all-purpose model complete with specifications of particular objectives, but the team soon recognized this goal to be unrealistic, since different school…

Computers are being used with increasing frequency to plan campus design and evaluate the effectiveness of existing facilities. This review surveys documents, previously announced in RIE, that are concerned with the development, application, and evaluation of computer programs and simulation models designed to relate space and enrollment needs to…

ESEA Title I was the first federal aid program to authorize services for private school children. In view of the complexities of administering Title I, this handbook provides (1) a compilation of passages from the law and the regulations, and guidelines pertaining to the participation of private school children; (2) a brief explanation of the…

This report discusses the new Oregon fair dismissal law, and examines the role of district administrators in the procedures leading to dismissal of certificated staff. The text provides (1) pertinent excerpts from the law, (2) major points of two dismissal case studies showing subtle variables in the dismissal process, (3) suggestions regarding…

The primary purpose of this module is to develop preservice student ability to write precise behavioral objectives and to match the thinking level of behavioral objectives with the kinds of thinking expected of elementary pupils exposed to teaching based on those behavioral objectives. The student will also be taught to compose teacher questions…

This document establishes the policy for school construction programs and projects to be conducted in Argentina. The first part establishes the bases for construction and defines the policy and its objectives. The second part discusses school construction in view of educational reform and planning and considers analysis of current systems,…

The evaluation model described in this document was developed to provide States with one means of evaluating personnel development programs and projects. It was designed to supplement other State evaluation efforts by presenting guidelines and materials for use by State coordinators and evaluation teams in evaluating State inservice personnel…

The educational specifications of facilities for rural Alaskan schools are given in this 1964 report. Alaska's 6 recognized geographic regions are briefly described with consideration to topography, climate, permafrost conditions, latitude position, and transportation difficulties which present problems in planning schools. Since the school design…

This paper sets forth the position of the Nebraska State Department of Education regarding career education in order to provide a basis for the development of additional materials and assistance which will facilitate the establishment of career education programs in Nebraska schools. Career education is viewed as a comprehensive, systematic, and…

This paper documents what may be a "first in the nation": the implementation of a formalized planning process in the media field on a statewide basis. Guidelines were developed for an integrated media system, which included library, television, and audiovisual services, using a systems approach. The aim of the system was to increase use…

The resource guide provides a selection of approximately 50 teaching units on prevocational concepts and skills for use with educable mentally handicapped children at the primary, intermediate, and secondary levels. Stressed at each level are training for a job, choosing and getting a job, and working on the job. Teaching units are organized into…

During the past eight years, educators in New York State have developed a system for supplying classroom teachers with information about the instructional decision making process and have developed within that system a body of suggestions which teachers might use in carrying out those decisions. Over fifty units of instruction at various stages of…

Objectives, priorities, and program quality guidelines which have been developed as a result of knowledge gained from grant experience since 1966, changed societal conditions, and altered expectations of funding resources, and which are designed to guide the Continuing Education Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health in its allocation…

The second volume of guidelines on choosing avocational activities for handicapped persons is presented. (For first volume, see EC 042 138.) Activity descriptions are made for 88 collection activities, 84 craft activities, 83 art and music activities, 88 educational, entertainment, and cultural activities, 98 volunteer activities, and 88…

A quick find list to avocational activities is provided. The avocational activities have been described in the previous two volumes; see EC 042 138-9. Under each environmental factor, social psychological factor, and impairment and energy expenditure range are listed appropriate codes for avocational activities in which these factors and…