The Educational Leaders in Mathematics (ELM) Project was a five-stage experimental design to assist elementary and secondary inservice teachers in developing a constructivist view of learning as a basis for designing and implementing instruction in mathematics. Teachers participating in a 2-week summer institute experienced the role of mathematics…

This document analyzes two seminars called "Personnel--Human Resources Development" and "Emergence of Vocational, Technnical, and Occupational (VTO) Education in the field-based higher education doctoral program at Nova University. It also includes conclusions drawn from the 6 years those seminars have been in use and comments on…

The proposed doctoral program in educational administration at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro is described in this report. Based on an inquiry-to-practice approach, the program revolves around a core curriculum, internship experience, and dissertation. Information is presented on program and advisory structures, recruitment,…

A model project was conducted to demonstrate how Chrysler, in partnership with the education community and the government, could provide technical training to enable displaced workers to contribute to the "H-Body" car launch, to improve their job skills, and to enhance their future employability. The training was conducted on a pilot…

Project SITE (Successful Inservice through Turnkey Education) is an exemplary staff development program which provides training in mathematics content and appropriate methodology to elementary school teachers (grades 2-6). Participants interact with manipulative materials, taking an active role in their own concept development and learning of…

Designing a successful institute takes skill, flexibility and awareness of intercultural and cross cultural differences. This paper presents the problems encountered in setting up the Sogang Institute for English as an International Language, as well as guidelines for persons attempting to set up similar institutes in countries where English is…

The 1959 National Science Foundation Summer Science Training for High-Ability Secondary School Students Program contained 117 programs offered by 105 institutions in 37 states and Puerto Rico. For this report, 11 of the 117 programs were selected for visits by an observer highly trained and experienced in mathematics and/or science education. In…

The 1969 National Science Foundation Summer Institute on Computer Science at Shippensburg State College attracted 765 applicants for the 30 available positions. The average applicant was 37 years of age, lived 878 miles from Shippensburg, and taught in a public high school with an enrollment of 1193 students. He had taught for 11 years, 8 1/2 in…

This report focuses on the long-range (i.e., two and one-half years later) effects of the National Science Foundation Summer Institutes of 1957 on the high school mathematics and science teachers who participated in them. Of the 4,600 high school teachers who had taken part in the Summer Institutes, 2,628 were involved in this study. Data were…

A semantic differential instrument containing a series of 25 concepts was administered to 29 junior high school science teachers at the beginning and conclusion of a six-week summer institute organized to prepare teachers to teach the new Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) program. Teachers were provided with the opportunity for in-depth…

Reports on a round table concerning continuing education for teachers of French and on the results of a questionnaire on the same topic. Methodology, curriculum, environment, and time factors are discussed. The weakest points are considered to be planning, evaluation and follow-through. (Text is in French.) (AM)

This pamphlet on training in human relations is the sixteenth of 16 in a series to provide leaders in adult activities with sound introductory material to give practical help in using a method of adult education or working in a particular area. Its objective is to provide a case history of a human relations institute, outline the procedures for…

This 1974 report describes the history of the Commission on College Geography, which was supported by the National Science Foundation. There are four major parts to the paper. Part I deals with the objectives of the commission. It was established in 1963 as an outgrowth of the work of the Liberal Education Committee appointed by the Council of the…

THIS REPORT FOLLOWS TWO PREPARED IN PREVIOUS YEARS BY COORDINATORS FOR PROJECT ENGLISH AND TRACES THE CONCERNS OF THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION ENGLISH PROGRAM TO JANUARY 1966. AN INTRODUCTION DISCUSSES THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF ENGLISH CURRICULUM STUDIES NOW IN PROGRESS AND RECOUNTS THE SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION WHICH SUPPORTS THESE PROJECTS, SIMILAR…