The Cluster Program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is a two year mini-school designed for 150 ninth year and 150 tenth year students in ten classes of 30 students each. Students are admitted to the Cluster Program on the basis of being two years or more behind in reading and mathematics skills. The major…

This curriculum guide presents a 3-year program, for children in kindergarten and early primary grades, designed to facilitate continuous learning in a non-graded setting. The guide describes how learning experiences can be adjusted to the student's developmental needs and abilities in a wide range of curriculum areas: language arts, mathematics,…

This book presents the evaluation of a Primary Education Project (PEP) which focused on the development and evaluation of a model of individualized education for young children. The socioeconomic background of the participating students (primarily economically disadvantaged children attending an inner-city school) is described. The PEP 1969-1970…

Under contract with the United States Office of Education, RMC Research Corporation and its subcontractor, Learning Achievement Corporation, undertook a research and development program aimed at identifying compensatory education projects which had produced reliably measured cognitive achievement benefits in reading and/or arithmetic. Once…

The annotated bibliography lists approximately 900 commercially prepared materials available for statewide distribution from the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies Special Education Instructional Materials Center (WEIMC) for use in teaching educable (EMR) and trainable mentally retarded (TMR) students. Materials are grouped under subject…

The bibliography contains approximately 170 listings (all published in 1973-74) of books, professional articles, films, slides, and videotapes as well as working papers and unpublished manuscripts by staff members of the Experimental Education Unit of the Child Development and Mental Retardation Center at the University of Washington. Listings are…

This paper presents a case study of a sixth grade remedial math class which illustrates the thesis that only the "experimental attitude," not the "experimental method," is appropriate in the classroom. The thesis is based on the fact that too many independent variables exist in a classroom situation to allow precise…

Traditionally program strategies such as special classes, resource rooms, and itinerant teaching have been employed to meet the unique needs of the emotionally handicapped child. Urban outdoor education is presented as an additional curriculum concept in this resource guide for elementary students. Since the outdoor education method centers on…

Presented is the final report of a 3-year project in which an instructional program model was developed and implemented with 103 educable mentally retarded and learning disabled children (6-to 10-years old) in three Mississippi schools. General objectives of the project are said to include development of an experimental special education model…

This collection of conference papers by various authors covers the following aspects of individualized curriculum and instruction: (1) research trends, (2) applicability to specific subject areas, and (3) implications for teacher education. (LLR)

The papers composing this document were presented during the Workshop for Teachers on Adult Basic Education, which sought to provide participants with an understanding of the adult learner, insights regarding program planning, and techniques and procedures for effective teaching. They were intended to provide experienced adult educators with a…

To investigate the assertion that there is a tendency for teachers to emphasize skills already mastered by their students, data were collected on 488 seventh grade mathematics students in three junior high schools. Of these, 285 were assigned to experimental classes taking the curriculum under development and 203 were assigned to comparison…

Printed materials, classroom equipment and audio-visual resources are listed for language arts, arithmetic, social studies, and science for the primary, intermediate, junior high, and senior high levels. Publishers' addresses and descriptions of the materials are given; also included are lists of professional books, bulletins, and curriculum…

The purpose of the symposium was to bring to the attention of the scientist, the industrialist, and the educator some of the critical problems facing the implementation of program offerings for technicians. Presentations were "The Science, and Mathematics Base of A Technical Curriculum" by Maurice W. Roney, "Science-Based Technical Education in…

The Pennsylvania Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Education Act was passed into law in June 1968. It authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction of that State to enter into contracts to purchase secular educational service from nonpublic schools in Pennsylvania. This guide contains (1) the law, (2) definitions of terms, (3) a statement…