INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN MATHEMATICS WERE DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO DESIRED BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES AND DEMONSTRATED AT A SUMMER, INSERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM. PROJECT STAFF MEMBERS WERE PRESENTED WITH AN AUDIOVISUAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL READING PROGRAM TO ORIENT THEM TO A BEHAVIORAL OUTCOME APPROACH TO INSTRUCTION. BEFORE THE INSTRUCTIONAL…

THE PROBLEM OF THE INCREASINGLY LARGE NUMBERS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE GRADUATION WAS PRESENTED. SPEAKERS AND DISCUSSION GROUPS AT THE WORKSHOP AIMED AT PRESENTING THE PLIGHT OF THE DROPOUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF AWAKENING AND MOBILIZING SOCIAL, CIVIC, POLITICAL, BUSINESS, AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST YOUTH…

THE WORKSHOP USES DEMONSTRATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE GROUP, FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSIONS OF THE DEMONSTRATION. THE PURPOSE OF THE NURSERY AND KINDERGARTEN IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION PROJECT IS TO HELP CULTURALLY DEPRIVED NEGRO CHILDREN PREPARE FOR SCHOOL LIFE, TO PREVENT LATER SCHOOL FAILURE AND DROPOUTS. EACH SESSION CONTAINS A 15-MINUTE…

The manual describes the Maximize Talent program, a low budget offering for elementary gifted students. The program is said to rely on community tutors to provide creativity and problem solving experiences. Sections focus on the background (issues and problems in gifted education); program development (including sample budgets and job…

Within a framework attempting to be at once idealistic and fiscally responsible, this paper assesses the effect of declining enrollment in Ontario on professional development and presents a comprehensive proposal that includes a flexible working model. The study is based on personal experience combined with a thorough search of the current…

The planning process described in this report was utilized by Greenfield Community College to establish institutional goals for the academic year 1979-1980. After introductory material discussing the rationale behind the college's decision to expand their efforts in goal development, the report describes the agenda and organization of a two-day…

This in-service guide to the San Mateo Nutrition Activity Curriculum (SNAC) was designed to assist the Nutrition Educator and/or the Food Service worker toward a better understanding of the relationship between the "reimbursable" lunch/breakfast program and the dietary needs of elementary school students. The curriculum is based on a series of…

Interviews with 40 instructors who had attended mastery learning workshops were conducted by the Chicago City Colleges to determine whether and why the instructors had modified and/or discontinued the mastery learning strategies and to correlate the degree of mastery learning implementation with teacher characteristics and attitudes. The…

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 publication contains course outlines and descriptions of seminars from graduate level courses on how to teach sociology to undergraduates. Some of the outlines are detailed, other outlines in the publication are brief. For example, the first syllabus is a detailed description by class session of a seminar-practicum on the teaching of…

The workshop instructional materials described here are designed to try out a systematic problem solving process as a way of working toward improvements in the school setting. Topics include diagnosis using force field technique, small group dynamics, planning for action, and planning a RUPS (Research Using Problem Solving) project. This…

The paper reports on a followup study of the work adjustment of 43 mildly retarded adolescents who had undergone training in social and work skills at the Granville Work Preparation Centre in Australia. Among the findings were that 40% of the Ss had a history of full open employment, with no unemployment at all, since leaving the Center; that 21%…

This Leader Guide and Parent Workbook has been designed to educate parents in skills for the effective communication of acceptance and the constructive management of power in relation to their children. Included is an overview of the Communication and Parenting Skills Program (CAPS), a discussion of the skills, guidelines for group leadership,…

The document presents Module 1, characteristics of the gifted/talented student, of the Star Power modules, developed for school personnel who have an interest in or a need to explore the area of gifted and talented education. It is explained in an introductory section that the modules can be used for independent study, for small group interaction,…

The document presents Module 5, enrichment activities for the gifted/talented, of the Star Power modules developed for school personnel who have an interest in or a need to explore the area of gifted and talented education. It is explained in an introductory section that the modules can be used for independent study, for small group interaction,…