A task force consisting of elementary and secondary educators and state board personnel has prepared a model to be used by pilot districts in the development and implementation of a comprehensive, articulated program of career guidance for Grades K-12. Designed as an integral part of the career education model for Utah, the career guidance model…

Included in this English translation of an annotated bibliography are 113 items citing books and articles in Serbo-Croatian that contain information about Yugoslavian educational resources and school systems. Works cited refer to history, research, educational development, reform, staff training, and various levels of the Yugoslavian educational…

English translations of annotations of 97 Serbo-Croatian documents are presented in this issue. Annotations are grouped under the following topics: history of education, educational research, development of education, school reform, teacher training and teaching staff, schools and institutions, curricula and syllabi, audio-visual aids, motivation,…

The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the problems and prospects of applying production function or input-output analysis to the process of schooling. The cognitive aspect of schooling is discussed here and is restricted to those aspects readily measured by achievement tests. It is argued that education production function studies should…

Educational distribution tables were constructed which indicate that, generally, schools and school districts that scored in the upper (or middle, or lower) third of a ranking of Michigan districts on composite achievement also ran high (or middle, or low) on other assessment measures. The same type of relationship was generally found between…

This explanatory booklet describes basic statistical terms used, precautions to be considered in interpreting assessment data, assessment measures used, computer printouts containing local school data, and norm tables. Appendices contain a listing of Michigan school districts classified according to the community type they serve and definitions of…

A group of psychologists met to consider and assess the potential contribution of psychology to educational research and development and, more specifically, to programs directed toward the problems of equality, quality, and efficiency in education. It is reported that the various fields of differential psychology, learning theory, developmental…

Films, videotapes, transparencies, recordings and multimedia presentations for teaching psychology are listed in this 460-page catalog. Catalog entries are classified by subject and alphabetically by title. Subject classifications include animal, clinical, experimental, and physiological psychology, and research methodology. (MG)

This eighth in a series of such catalogs lists all items pertaining to foreign language instruction that were accessioned by all Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses from May through October 1971. Entries are organized alphabetically, and a 14-category user index assists in pinpointing items relevant to particular…

This is the first of a series of Capsule Bibliographies on current issues in urban and minority education. It is a selection from a computer search using suitable descriptors matched against a standard Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse profile for urban and minority concepts. Such descriptors (subject headings) as…

This is the fifth of a series of Capsule Bibliographies on current issues in urban and minority education. It is a selection from a computer search using suitable descriptors matched against a standard Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse profile for urban and minority concepts. Such descriptors (subject headings) as…

The educational history of adult literacy education programs in Iraq is discussed. Specifically examined are planning efforts; administration and organization; curricula and instructional materials; human, technical and material resources; program exemptions, drop-outs, and failure; post-literacy programs; and social and economic results. (RM)

This report is intended as an introductory guide for those new to the environmental education field and the larger educational benefits it has to offer. The first part of the report includes ten accounts of programs and schools that have met with success by incorporating environmental education into their educational programming. For readers whose…

"EFF HOT (Highlights on Teaching Topics) Topics" is a publication of the EFF (Equipped for the Future) Center for Training and Technical Assistance. Each issue concentrates on a specific topic, highlighting examples of actual practice and offering strategies and tools for using EFF in the classroom. This issue of "HOT Topics"…

"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…