The Denver Public Schools have initiated programs to improve basic skills and to respond to a court order for school desegregation. On the elementary level, programs include individually Guided Learning and Mastery Learning instructional approaches. The Diagnostic Teaching Center Project seeks to improve the academic and personal performance of…

This report compares the projected savings of using computer based training to conduct training for newly hired pilots to the results of that application. New Hire training, one of a number of programs conducted continuously at the United Airline Flight Operations Training Center, is designed to assure that any newly hired pilot will be able to…

This paper reports on the commitments to school of two groups of high school juniors and seniors: self-affiliated students who were responsible for the choice of the school they attended and compelled students who were forced by their parents to attend their school when they actively desired to attend another school. A sample of 19 compelled…

The Wasson Experiential Education Seminar, which was a direct outgrowth of the Colorado Outward Bound program to train and stimulate experiential education programs at the high school level, is described and evaluated in this report. A brief history of the development of the seminar and its program and learner goals are presented, along with…

A case is presented for operating schools twenty-four hours a day. This type of program provides benefits for drop-ins, adults, infants, parents, and students. With the technology present in today's society, every person can be provided the kind of education best for their needs. All should have the opportunities, at any age, provided by schools:…

The Center for Alternative Teaching Strategies (CATS) is a teaching center funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title IV-C, for the elementary and secondary staff of the Oak Park, Michigan, school district; preservice education students from local universities frequently participate, as well. The project was developed to help…

This report investigates ways in which Syracuse University's resources can be used more efficiently through new approaches to the delivery of continuing education courses in surrounding communities. It begins with a description of how the study's focus was determined. Four alternative delivery systems for providing continuing education services…

Information for planning a university-sponsored Alaska Native leadership program was derived from a literature review and a review of leadership programs outside Alaska coupled with in-depth interviews with identified Native leaders (N=10 from a list of 90). Among the kinds of programs examined were: a leadership development program; the cultural…

Designed to identify pedagogical competencies that meet the needs of those teaching inner city disadvantaged youth, this study focused on the relationship between the competencies identified as very important by vocational administrators and those identifed as very important by teachers. In addition, the study identified possible instructional…

The paper, presented in four sections, draws a distinction between citizenship education and values education. Section I defines the six major goals of citizenship education: the development of participatory skills and of intellectual skills; growth in knowledge of facts, concepts, and generalizations; personal development; development of dramatic…

Four papers address issues of identification, secondary program alternatives, guidance to develop creativity, and needed research in gifted education. In the first paper, "Some Creative Dimensions to the Issue of Identification," E. Torrance analyzes the problem of idntifying and cultivating creative giftedness in an unfavorable national climate.…

This report describes the conception, development, introduction, refinement, evaluation, and expansion of a K-3 public alternative school model covering a three-year period from 1974-1977. Each action stage of development ranging from site and staff selection to program implementation and refinement is outlined to provide the reader with a…

Designed for teachers and administrators in small rural school districts, this booklet examines ongoing curriculum improvement according to what a small rural school district needs to continuously improve instruction and what steps it can take to maximize improvement, given limited human and material resources. Practical alternatives are presented…

An alternative schools "explosion" is currently producing a large number of diverse educational choices for parents and students. Alternative schools, or those schools that offer all students a distinctive choice of educational programs, can be classified by philosophy, curriculum, or governance. This report defines, explains, and…

Because competency-based instruction assumes objectives, pre-assessments, learning alternatives, and post-assessments, college instructors must begin to establish programs with these components. To determine how valuable students perceive each component to be and to discover the extent to which students use each possible learning alternative, 60…