Owen G. Leach & Associates, under professional contract to the New Mexico State Library, conducted an opinion research study of New Mexico citizens. This study determined that 52.5 percent of adults needed and wanted information available from library networks, but did not realize that this information could be obtained through libraries. A…

The module is one of a series of eight developed to provide inservice training for administrators of career education programs. The focus of the module is on a "planned change" process to implement career education programs. A significant amount of the module's content is oriented toward exposing the learner to various tools to be used in dealing…

The processes involved in staging successful inservice training, staff meetings, and task force sessions are described. Examples are provided and details are given for four phases of preparation: preplanning (including identification of need, setting priority objectives, and determining the type of group session); planning (covering such aspects…

This paper reports briefly on a program aimed at preventing the educational disadvantagement of young children through (1) the identification of preschool and kindergarten children who displayed deficits in general cognitive ability; (2) the development of a half-day program providing individually prescribed instruction to each of these children…

During the summer of 1973, two workshops were held to increase the competency of agriculture teachers in Mississippi in new and emerging areas of agribusiness and natural resources. One workshop focused on planning programs in the new areas of the pesticide industry, agribusiness economics, agribusiness management, environmental protection, rural…

The report describes a three-day training program to improve the competencies of vocational educators in utilizing manpower information in planning vocational education programs. The program summary presents the goals and objectives, topics covered, procedures followed in participant selection and instruction, activities and accomplishments of the…

This booklet provides the teacher with an overview of the development and use of the metric system, a set of rules and definitions of metric terms, a series of suggested activities related to the metric system, guidelines for conducting metric workshops, and a list of potential sources of resource materials. Measurement pre- and posttests are also…

The purpose of this practicum is to improve the reading and mathematics achievement of pupils in grades 3, 4, and 5 in the Hartford, Connecticut, public school system by retraining teachers in techniques that include diagnosis and prescription of learning needs. A one-week training workshop for teachers was held, which emphasized open education…

This dissertation explores the possibilities for releasing playfulness in adults through creative drama. A playful attitude, the capacity to enjoy action for its own sake, is difficult to maintain in a technological society which demands rational control, achievement, and conformity. Creative drama can provide a way to develop playfulness in our…

To facilitate the dissemination of ideas and practices developed by the Improving Teaching Competencies Program (ITCP) of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, a working unit was assigned the task of developing a conceptual model and a set of strategies for the diffusion of ITCP products. This report describing the dissemination model…

Presented is the manual for asscciate instructors of workshops for training front-line staff in goal planning for develoPmentally disabled persons. Outlined are the eight responsibilities of the associate instructor (including contracting participants' supervisors to insure their support); workshop arrangements in such terms as group size,…

The project to examine and improve the use of advisory committees in vocational education in Michigan produced this three-part document: a guide for the effective use of advisory committees, a report on the use of advisory committees, and a workshop leaders's guide. The self-instructional guide for the effective use of educational advisory…

A consensus has developed among U.S. solar researchers that the solar-powered cooling of buildings is an important topic. Most solar heating systems are technically simpler, and more highly developed, than solar cooling devices are. The determination of the best design concept for any particular application is not a simple process. Significant…

College teachers attending an NSF-sponsored summer workshop (1974) produced a series of films showing computer displays of mathematical problems and phenomena. These instructional materials are organized into four units: (1) functions and graphs; (2) analysis; (3) probability, statistics, and simulation; and (4) mathematical models. They are keyed…

Funds for vocational education, especially federal funds, have increased greatly during the past decade and more may be expected, but vocational educators lack training in writing the proposals required to obtain these funds. To help develop the knowledge and skills needed to prepare effective proposals, a workshop for vocational administrators…