After a consideration of the causes of ineffective reading, this publication presents organized lessons (including 50 reading selections) for improving adult reading skills, and specific suggestions for securing the main idea, developing word power, developing such skills as skimming, following directions, visualization, and perceptual ideas, and…

Seven Projects to Advance Creativity in Education (PACE) concerned with small schools and rural areas present reports of progress and plans in this July-August 1968 issue of PACEreport. The document also contains a listing of publications dealing with rural education and a listing of films, filmstrips, and publications, developed under Title III…

The Threshold by Identification of Pictures (TIP) Test and the Discrimination by Identification of Pictures (DIP) Test were evaluated. Test cards used pictures of items from the first 500 words of Basic Vocabulary for Elementary Children, and the children pointed to the article named. After each item, the tester's voice was reduced 5 decibels. In…

Presented is a report of a joint study project of an aerospace company and California's Office of Compensatory Education. The project's goals were to (1) explore the impact of facets of compensatory education on some neighborhood problems; (2) offer a communication link between school personnel and the Office of Compensatory Education; (3) use a…

The three year project which trained social caseworkers for Parent Group Education Leadership was sponsored by the Child Study Association (responsible for training), and the Family Service Association of America which acted as an intermediary between various family agencies involved. The first year three-week training session emphasized the…

This report on the results of the application of the Health Services Mobility Study (HSMS) task analysis method in diagnostic radiology describes several career ladders starting from the aide level in quality assurance or patient care, rising to the technician level, and then on to the radiologic technologist level, with options to continue to…

This master's thesis investigates the evaluative instruments currently available for measuring nonverbal behaviors in the classroom. Chapters discuss the following topics: classroom nonverbal communication, major and minor evaluative instruments, problems in current studies of nonverbal communication, and recommendations for further study of…

Traditional clinical techniques for the assessment of psychological functioning have proven to be highly inadequate for certain groups of elderly individuals, particularly in the area of differentiating "normal" from pathological aspects of aging. One such group is the population of community residents now being served by the Baer Consultation and…

Presented in the annotated bibliography are approximately 50 citations (1974-1976) on nondiscriminatory testing of handicapped and culturally different students. Information is said to have been drawn from volume eight of Exceptional Child Education Resources. Entries are arranged by accession number and usually contain information on author,…

A system was developed for program evaluation throughout the university. It provides the user with guidelines, procedures, materials, and resources to conduct evaluations for the improvement of teaching skills and methods, course development, and administrative decisionmaking about curricular matters. The evaluation process is intended to be…

The structure and effectiveness of the National Diffusion Network (NDN) as a national system, and the characteristics of the diffusion and adoption processes for the dissemination of exemplary educational practices were evaluated by the Stanford Research Institute. Evaluation methods included a review of pertinent documents, the administration of…

The Gender Antonym Replacement Technique is a computer assisted aid to determine whether a written statement about the condition of one sex does in fact speak to problems encountered principally by that sex, rather than to problems common to both sexes. The technique involves deleting gender-related terms in a passage, substituting an antonym for…

A student testing system was developed consisting of computer generated and scored equivalent but unique repeatable tests based on performance objectives for undergraduate chemistry classes. The evaluation part of the computer system, made up of four separate programs written in FORTRAN IV, generates tests containing varying numbers of multiple…

Designed for coordinators of student volunteer programs (experiential learning through community service), this manual provides information on some of the basic research approaches and tools which can be used to analyze a program's activities and effectiveness. The major areas discussed include the following: the reasons for and resources…

The activities presented in this packet correlate with the skills necessary for minimum competency which are listed in a related document, "Elementary Language Arts Program Management Guide, K-5." Skills involving nonverbal communication, oral communication, literature, language, and written communication correlate with the specific Florida State…