This bibliography provides a recommended list of research and theoretical literature in the field of secondary education. It organizes the literature into three main topics: a category for references of general interest; another for reform strategies designed to promote academic achivevement; and a third for literature relevant to specific…

Arguments in favor of and against the use of literary works in second language instruction are examined. Although access to literary works was once a major purpose of language study, literature is currently in disfavor as a means of language instruction. Arguments against the use of literature in language courses include its lack of practical…

The document contains a user's manual and three bibliographies pertaining to Montgomery County, Maryland's Gifted Science Project, a program to provide resources to students in grades 3-8 who are motivated in science. A user's manual offers guidelines for using the project's primary product--the Project Resource File, a collection of resources…

With increased mobility, scholars are using a variety of library resources whether or not they are part of the financial support base of the library. Librarians try to provide resources as freely as their budgets and policies will allow. Means are discussed for providing financial support for open access to libraries. (LS)

Describes available ERIC resource materials favoring and opposing the use of nonstandard speech. (MH)

One hundred studies of children's theatre are annotated in this bibliography. The entries are listed alphabetically within three areas: "History of Children's Theatre and Specific Children's Theatres" (35 entries); "Theory, Criticism, Directories, and Bibliographies" (42 entries); and "Studies of Individual Plays, Play…

In January of 1977 the Educational Products Information Exchange Institute (EPIE), the National Institute of Education, and the Army Research Institute cosponsored a task force to analyze a group of instructional materials for instructional materials developers. Participants included instructional technologists, research psychologists, commercial…

This procedures manual provides a list of relevant reference tools, as well as procedures and criteria for (1) document acquisition and assignment, (2) descriptor and identifier control files, and (3) program and human resources files. The appendices include examples of a document resume, a program resume, and a human resources resume. (JEG)

This bibliography provides basic references related to the use of local history in elementary and secondary school classrooms. Eighty-seven books, journal articles, and documents available through the Educational Resource and Information Center (ERIC), are cited. (MK)

Statements of educational need developed through needs assessment processes should not be ranked without careful consideration of factors that can facilitate or impede their attainment. The process of determining the resource requirements for meeting assessed needs and estimating resource availability can be enhanced by following several…

The study was conducted (1) to survey and evaluate the current use of computers in the Texas System of Higher Education, (2) to study the role of computers in the institutions of the system for the immediate future (1967-1970), and (3) to project the role of computers at the institutions for the foreseeable future (1971-1980). A list of 17…

Compiled from a computerized data base of over 12,000 entries at the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM), this index is a bibliographical guide to commercially produced educational videotapes. A first section, a subject guide to videotapes, presents entries by subject categories used in media producers' and educational…

This paper describes the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), discusses the Reading and Communication Skills Clearinghouse and its role in the ERIC system, and shows journalism teachers and advisors at the high school level how to use the ERIC system. An introduction containing an overview of ERIC is followed by a description of the…

Subtitled "Resources for Our Education", this catalog is aimed not only at the professional educator, but at anyone, young or old, who is interested in learning in its broadest sense. Items listed in the catalog include books, toys, structures, furniture, instructional aids, magazines, films, and any other resource which contains data about or…