The English Curriculum Committee of the Springfield (Massachusetts) Public Schools developed the Language Curriculum Guide for Low Achievers for two purposes: (1) to establish self-control of verbal and mental capacities so as to create a higher degree of self-respect and rapport with others; and (2) to produce competent workers, sound thinkers,…

The report of an international seminar on educational technology emphasized the distinction between learning and being taught. A change to active learning associated with the provision of resources to which the learner has direct access is seen as the new goal of education. These resources can take the form of "packages" consisting of texts,…

The third Annual Nuevas Vistas Conference focused on the state's responsibility for providing equal educational opportunities for California citizens of Mexican descent. Practical solutions to the problems of educating Mexican American pupils were identified, and progress since the first Nuevas Vistas conference was reviewed. Included in the…

Community college administrators and faculty in the areas of anatomy, physiology, chemistry, physics, and microbiology attended an 11-day workshop to redefine, modify, and develop science concepts for a core curriculum in the allied health field. To achieve workshop objectives, the committee heard presentations by consultants, visited clinical…

This federally funded 13-month inservice teacher training project began with a 3-day staff training workshop, which served to orient a superintendent, local project coordinator, and guidance counselor from each of four schools to the career education concept. Each of the four project schools then held a local inservice training workshop, involving…

This workshop report focuses on the necessity of broadening the base of evaluation in higher education and beginning to look at types of student development other than purely academic: their characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, goals, values, motivations, and most effective learning styles. The need for non-standardized measures occurs in two…

This program was designed to train teachers and aides working, or interested in working, in Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs on Indian reservations in 11 western and midwestern States. An Indian Advisory Council planned activities with Colorado State University staff. Plans involved an area-wide training institute at CSU to be followed by…

The project, comprising five specific components, was based on the rationale that trained personnel, making a concentrated effort to correct reading deficiencies in content areas, as well as remedial situations, will increase student achievement and provide teachers the means to assist students to significantly reduce reading difficulties. The…

In this action research project, a series of workshops was planned and held in order to: (1) develop improved methods for placement of disadvantaged students in occupational-technical programs in the Virginia community college system, (2) identify learning resources to meet individual needs, and (3) structure the learning resources so that the…

The rapid growth of educational research and development in America has widened the gap between average classroom practice and "best available" validated practices resulting from research and development at educational laboratories, universities, and school-based practice improvement projects. The extension agent system was chosen to change the…

This study describes a workshop course for high school students interested in writing articles, biographies, and humorous essays. Emphasis is on form and content, with special attention to the development of individual styles. Course objectives for the student include: (1) imitating various sentence structures, paragraph constructions, and unique…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress was used as the primary model in a multistate workshop on the assessment of educational programs. One day each was devoted to the development of objectives, exercise development, sampling, administration and scoring, data analysis, and reporting and dissemination. This document concerns itself…

Activities involved in planning and administering the various types of management training are described in this guidebook. The four types of management training discussed are management courses, conferences, problem clinics, and workshops for prospective small business owners. Financing the training and promotion are discussed, as are planning,…

In response to growing unemployment among professional personnel in the aerospace industry, a series of 175 workshops were conducted in 43 cities. Nearly 15,000 unemployed engineers and scientists attended the workshops and received job counseling and placement services from volunteer groups working to match skills and jobs. To evaluate the…

A three-week summer institute on educational television for ABE teachers, teacher trainers, administrators, and television production personnel is discussed. Thirty-two participants (11 TV personnel and 21 ABE personnel) from 10 states, two territories, and the District of Columbia attended. Participants were provided with a variety of materials…