Compiled to acquaint the rural educator with materials in his field, 94 abstracts of some of the latest research and development findings published between 1959 and 1968 are listed in this bibliography. Emphasis is on rural education, small schools, Indian education, migrant education, Mexican American education, and outdoor education. The major…

Some of the more visible efforts, activities, and results which have taken place among the small schools of Nevada during the initial phase (1962-65) of the Western States Small Schools Project are described. These activities, dealing with the problems and concerns of small schools, include workshops, supervised correspondence and programed…

The instructional mode of the curriculum and the relationship of this mode to the conditions and constraints represented by the content and by the characteristics of the rural student are outlined in this Integrated Career Development Curriculum (ICDC) Instructional Statement. An instructional mode for the ICDC project using the Life Involvement…

Examples of rural poor people in the Southwest are cited to point out the disadvantages with which this group must cope. Educational disadvantages suffered by the rural student are indicated. Exemplary projects developed in problem areas identified by the Bureau of Educational Personnel Development are indicated as a means of bringing about needed…

Documents that relate to rural education and small schools and have been indexed and abstracted in "Research in Education" through September 1969 are compiled in this bibliography. Over 300 publications are cited, most of which were published after 1965. The citations include a wide variety of resource materials (research and program reports,…

The basic realities which prompted the development and planning of this 1957 Yearbook (prepared by the Department of Rural Education, National Education Association) are: (1) there are and will always be a need for a large number of small schools; (2) the educational program of every small school can be greatly improved; (3) the extent to which…

This document describes a training institute conducted on the campus of The Ohio State University. The general purpose of the institute was to design a model program to be utilized by existing R&D facilities of larger institutions in preparation of instructional programs and procedures to be implemented by predominantly black and other small…

Information on an atypical 1966-67 Distributive Education pilot program in New Mexico was given. The program was unique since one instructor conducted this program in two schools which were in separate rural districts (Dexter and Hagerman). Since both communities were primarily agricultural, with small student populations, the cost of such a…

An annotated bibliography covering American Indian, Mexican American, migrant, and rural education, this document includes doctoral dissertations written between 1964-72. There are 62 entries for American Indians, 26 for Mexican Americans, 7 for migrants, and 8 for rural and small schools. A subject index ends the document. (KM)

The special report reviews Washington's 1965 Apportionment Formula, which authorized the superintendent of public instruction to develop a weighting factor that would provide additional state funds for costs resulting from the operation of small districts judged by the state board of education as "remote and necessary." Actions on the…

The mathematics curriculum of the Fort Benton school system was designed with funds under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to present all students with a basic knowledge of mathematics and to provide the gifted child with an opportunity to develop to the best of his ability the mathematical skills and theory demanded by a…

The Process Analysis of Non-Grading (PANG) project was initiated from experiences in a small school pilot study of a nongraded school system in Sweden. This small school suggested a nongraded upper comprehensive school (pupil age 14-16 years). Since 1972 the PANG project has successfully worked out a nongraded system at the secondary level in four…

Attitudes of 134 parents of children from 10 rural schools threatened with closure, and 56 parents of children from seven schools recently closed, were assessed by interview. Most parents opposed closure, and most gave educational reasons for their attitudes. (Author)

Uses responses of 77 teachers from eight Illinois rural high schools to 36-item survey to assess amount of time students devote to homework; existence of school homework policy; purpose and type of homework assignments; teacher review, feedback, and grading of homework; and value and significance of assigning homework. (NEC)

A remedial math program was devised for a rural school with a total population of 110 students housed in split grades. Volunteers implemented the program, which combined metacognition strategies and behavioral reinforcement. Students made slow, consistent gains, The average number of computation facts mastered per month per student was six. (JHZ)