The purpose of this report is to describe a set of programs which either perform certain tasks useful in the generation of programed foreign-language instructional material or facilitate the writing of such task-oriented programs by other researchers. The programs described are these: (1) a PDP-10 assembly language program for the selection from a…

This program was developed as a laboratory test of new teacher-preparation concepts, with special emphasis on urban problems. An experimental group of 37 elementary and secondary school education majors took part, with two randomly selected control groups and 42 teachers and administrators in seven elementary and high schools in a central Chicago…

A computer-based education system, PLATO (Programed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations), has been used to teach nursing students at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Urbana, Illinois since 1963. PLATO III, the model now being used in a maternity nursing course, has 70 student terminals (20 of which can be used at any one time) connected to…

The first section of this book discusses modern approaches to teaching biology, including theoretical approaches (such as "teaching form and function together") and the use of educational technology. The second part gives guidelines for planning and stocking science centers and laboratories. The third section deals with the use of materials: use…

Assumptions, rationale, structure, personnel and physical requirements for a state-wide educational information system are investigated. The existing needs and resource status of educational information in Michigan are determined, and a physical and organizational network which should provide needed information services to educators is specified.…

Forty-two university students enrolled in an elementary school language arts methods course were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: (1) regular instruction supplemented by micro-teaching technique and videotape, (2) regular instruction supplemented by classroom observation in the public schools, and (3) regular instruction…

This document briefly explains the relationship between the School of Information Science and the Laboratory for Information and Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The explicit purposes of the information science laboratory are spelled out as well as the specific objectives for the 1969/70, 1970/71, and 1971/72 school years.…

This document presents the results of an extensive comparative study of the campus laboratory schools of four state universities: Florida State University, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Florida Atlantic University, and the University of Florida. Its primary purpose is to provide information which will be useful to those involved…

The Teacher-Innovator model from Teachers College, Columbia University, trains the teacher for four roles: institution-builder, interactive teacher, innovator, and scholar. Teachers acquire an understanding of these roles during preservice and inservice experiences in four methodologies: inquiry and feedback groups--democratically organized groups…

This paper describes some of the problems pertaining to teaching reading and aural comprehension in English as a second language, suggests some of the potential uses of programed learning in solving them, and reports on some of the approaches developed at the Economics Institute of the University of Colorado. While an increasing amount of adequate…

This compilation lists 24 abstracts of ERIC documents related to human relations training in education that have been announced in Research in Education (RIE) through June 1969. The following information is presented for each document: (1) The basic bibliographic data (including author, title, place of publication, publisher, publication data, and…

The first article in this issue is a response by Dieter Mindt to articles in the January, 1974, issue on the language laboratory versus the portable cassette tape recorder, in which it is argued that although the cassette recorder has many uses it cannot replace all the facilities offered by the stationary language laboratory. James R. Nord…

This is a National Trial Print of a unit on plants produced as a part of the Australian Science Education Project. The unit consists of an information booklet for students, a booklet for recording student data, and a teacher's guide. The material, designed for use with students in the upper elementary grades, takes from 15 to 20 forty-minute…

The purpose of this practicum was to determine whether or not learning centers could help men with educational deficiencies, who were incarcerated and unable to attend formal school. Learning centers were activated and found to be an effective alternative to formal school in meeting inmate educational deficiencies, both at the elementary and…

This issue of the bulletin contains four major topics. The first is a discussion of problems involved in establishing good communication with science teachers concerning the activities of the Scottish Schools Science Equipment Research Centre (SSSERC) via exhibitions throughout Scotland. The second, headed "Biology Notes," presents a…