This evaluation of the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten (PreK) Program was designed to investigate the extent to which efforts to enhance program continuity through staff development activities produced lasting effects on children's cognitive and noncognitive development. Three children in each of seven of the 48 PreK school districts…

This paper addresses the need for a working partnership between the formal social service system and information network systems in light of decreasing resources and increasing needs of clients. The development of the Community Service Society Natural Supports Program (NSP), a project providing services to families caring for frail older relatives…

Student team techniques, involving two conceptually distinct components--a cooperative reward structure, in which students are evaluated and rewarded based on the performance of the group as a whole, and a cooperative task structure, in which students are encouraged to peer tutor--have had positive effects compared to control methods on academic…

"Games" is a decision-making process for groups to use in analyzing the educational needs of a school. During three group sessions, a moderator leads the participants through a series of activities in which they identify: 1) concerns about the educational program, 2) needs for program improvement, 3) resources that are being used in relation to…

This procedural manual describes the services of management assistance teams to local education agencies in the state of Pennsylvania. The purpose of the teams, provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, is to conduct studies and submit recommendations for changes that would result in improved management practices and more economic…

The representative listing of inservice and classroom instructional materials reflects the increasing attention given to the implementation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, P.L. 94-142. Emphasis is placed upon existing commercial and noncommerical products whose objectives focus on the following: development of the individualized…

The point is made that educational research must become classroom-oriented instead of remaining university-oriented. The suggested manner of accomplishing this is to focus on the development of inservice teachers into practicing educational researchers as part of a staff improvement program. Case studies of a New Hampshire junior high school's…

This collection focuses on the issue of collaboration in teacher education. Essays, program descriptions, materials development reports, and educational policy discussions debate the role collaboration may play, and argue the relative effectiveness of various programs based on cooperative effort of different genres. The Florida model in particular…

The Individualization Project at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) was organized on a cooperative basis with a federal agency and several community colleges to move smoothly from R&D to a production mode of operation, and finally to emphasize dissemination of computer courseware and systems. The key to the successful…

A model for the delivery of services to learning disabled children which provides procedures for services in the least restrictive environment through professional and parental participation is described. It is explained that the components of the model are the referral system, the case conference (where the decision is made regarding the…

A team theoretic model that establishes a criterion (decision rule) for a financial institution branch to report exceptional loan requests to headquarters for action was compared to such choices made by graduate industrial management students acting as financial vice-presidents. Results showed that the loan size criterion specified by subjects was…

Directed at discovering one's inner resources and the dignity of one's fellow man, the Outward Bound experience seeks to instill self-reliance, physical fitness, and compassion as fundamental values recognizing there are few opportunities to formulate such values in an increasingly technological and urbanized society. For 3 1/2 weeks, people from…

Leadership is distinguished from management. A review of key leadership studies is presented. Data on leadership styles are presented, and problems in studying them are discussed. A normative model for leadership of team-oriented task groups based on current research findings is presented. Documented lead-lag relationships between leader behaviors…

This report was designed mainly as an aid to developing staff training for field personnel engaged in social or economic development, particularly as this may relate to disadvantaged areas. In one aspect, it is a descriptive report of the findings and experiences of a pilot-training project carried out from the fall of 1967 to the fall of 1969 by…

This three year experimental project used a multiagency approach to provide intensive counseling services for pupils with behavior problems in grades 7 through 12. The cooperating agencies were the public schools, Juvenile Court, Vocational Rehabilitation Division, and the Department of Public Welfare of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 171 selected students…