These papers are related to the basic comprehensive research and development plan of the Eastern Regional Institute for Education (ERIE). The first paper, Improving Process Education: A Comprehensive Plan by Burton G. Andreas, describes the comprehensive plan and introduces the succeeding papers. The goals of the program are to improve process…

The purposes for which test data should be used were described as: test should provide a learning experience for the child taking the test, the teacher giving the test, and the parents of the child. It should also provide information useful to school administrators, school boards, and state and national educational agencies. The state-mandated…

The needs and deficiencies of institutions for neglected and delinquent children are elaborated. Limited staff and resources preclude the provision of the special instruction and services needed for this youthful population. This report explains the 1966 Title I amendment, under which children living in state and local institutions became eligible…

Today there is a swelling trend toward a greater awareness of the significance of developing wholesome self-concepts related to reading competency; a concern for controlling nutrition to increase intelligence and reading ability; a promise of using drugs and electronic means to improve intelligence, to manipulate human behavior, and modify…

All levels of community education were included in this occupational preparation program. Elementary school emphasis was on field trips, curriculums geared to occupational choice, and development of realistic attitudes toward work. Middle school emphasis was on curriculum dealing with occupational information and guidance, and included…

The first part of this address given at the second annual Reading Conference (Montclair, December 1971) offers alternative answers to the question, "In this age of multi-sensory media from which we can learn of the past, the present, and the future in other ways than the written word, must everyone learn to read?" Data from recent research reports…

This study was designed primarily to evaluate the effectiveness of three multi-age classes at Carnarvon School, Vancouver, B.C. (each class having an age range of three years: ages 6-8, 7-9, 9-11) in developing children's self-concepts and attitudes toward school. No significant difference was found between the multi-age and regular classes in…

A 4-phase study was conducted to provide an objective third-party assessment of the effectiveness of research and development (R. & D.) projects supported by the Research and Development Unit (RDU) of the Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education. Activities during the four phases consisted of: (1) a preliminary review to obtain…

Three organizational characteristics of public school districts were studied in order to determine their effects on the adoption of innovations. The sample was 184 school districts in Illinois. A list of 20 innovations was compiled, and the number actually implemented was reported by district superintendents. The ratio of the number of innovations…

One in a series of five descriptive case studies dealing with innovation, this study on Norway elucidates the functions of the National Council for Innovation in Education (NCIE), an advisory council which was formed to regulate experimentation and reform in the entire Norwegian school system. With major emphasis on democratization, the objectives…

The contents of this document, concerning the demonstration of a linkage between monetary incentives and academic achievement motivation and the utilization of this knowledge in educational programs, are organized in three sections. The first section is a report of an experimental demonstration of "the effect of monetary incentives on test…

This resource guide for career education programs presents separate sections with innovative learning activities and resource ideas for kindergarten and the elementary grades, the middle and junior high school grades, and for high school and adult education. Ideas for evaluating career education programs are given for each level, together with…

This paper discusses six roles which an adult education agency can fill in an Educational Priority Area and illustrates each one with examples from the Liverpool E.P.A. Project. These roles are: (1) adult education cum community development; (2) adult education as a resource in community development work; (3) adult education as an aid to parents…

The Rehabilitation Research Foundation (RRF) proposes to conduct, under supervision of the State Department of Vocational Education, a Manpower Training Program for Prisoners (MTPP) at Draper Correctional Center, Elmore, Alabama. The project is proposed for 13 months. The proposal contains several innovative and experimental features, the most…

This report illustrates how people with purpose and resourceful imaginations have transformed the discarded, overlooked, and inexpensive spaces or objects of an abundant and sometimes wasteful society into useful places and things for child-oriented learning. The document is organized into (1) Types of Places, in which illustrations demonstrate…