Ways and means of implementing flexible scheduling in language programs are discussed in this paper. Practical problems arising from related concepts of team teaching, large and small group instruction, independent study, and differentiated staffing are considered. A broad view of flexible scheduling as a phenomenon involving planning, staff…

To determine what adjustments the rural family will be making in the next 15 years, this study, a part of Project '80, examines past trends and future projections for the Michigan rural family. The first section on rural family living gives rural family characteristics which include information on transportation, communications, clothing, food,…

Concentrating on the trend toward early retirement in the United States and the factors responsible for it, this study draws comparisons between the work and leisure pattern in the United States, with its growing tendency toward retirement below age 65, and the patterns of certain western European nations (principally the United Kingdom, West…

This study sought to identify leisure interests and participation patterns of residents over 65 in selected nursing homes in Los Angeles County, California, together with general and professional beliefs of nursing home administrators and authorities on aging as to leisure activities for aged nursing home patients. Interviews were held with 107…

The project objective has been to determine what creative thought processes can best take advantage of new technology in computer hardware and software. The plan has been to acquire or develop on-line computer systems of significant mathematical power, and to explore their use in vivo in teaching and research situations. The main product of…

Volume 1 of two volumes on the use of computers in education, this annotated bibliography contains 338 unclassified references covering the period from July 1959 through June 1969. A computer search covers July 1953 through September 1969. Success in the use of computerized education and training systems is evaluated. Reports on programed…

In an effort to orient the student of Latin to the Humanities, a series of three quinmester courses focus on various aspects of life of a Roman family in the first century A.D. The second part of the trilogy, to be used independently or in sequence, concentrates on clothing, the significance of the Roman bath, architecture and its particular…

The report covers a seventeen month demonstration project to design, develop and teach a health care career-oriented program for 60 enrollees of the Neighborhood Youth Corps in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The report concludes on whether the concept of a long-term career oriented program fits the experience or perceptions of enrollees and NYC staff,…

Research investigated computer simulations of a hypothetical self-paced training program to determine the utility of this technique as a planning aid for Army training program managers. The General Purpose Simulation System (GPSS) was selected as the programing language and the study was divided into three stages. In Stage I, the daily number of…

A new technique called computer augmented lectures (CAL) now in use at the University of Texas at Austin is discussed in this report. The technique is described as involving the integration of on-line interactive time-sharing computer terminals and theater-size video projectors for large screen display, the goal being to promote student learning…

This document contains 41 case studies submitted to the Appalachian Adult Education Center by the staffs of four projects demonstrating library services to disadvantaged adults, in cooperation with adult basic education programs. Included in each case study is the coping skill area in which an individual need was recognized and met through the…

As part of a larger program to determine which Navy skills can be learned by lower aptitude personnel, and which methods and techniques would be most effective, an experimental course in printed circuit board soldering was given to 186 Group IV students in 13 classes. Two different training approaches--one stressing instructor guidance and the…

Experiments measured the effectiveness and efficiency of audio tape recordings using "time-compressed speech" compared to those using normal recording rates in an audio-tutorial system. The experimental tapes were compressed to 60 percent of the original rate of delivery. Results showed that the rate of speech made no difference in the students'…

The aim of this cooperative EPDA program is to improve education in the public schools through utilization of personnel in a differentiated staffing pattern, and the training of teachers for service in urban areas through a carefully planned practicum combined with professional courses taught on site, with competency-based criteria interwoven…

This paper is concerned with issues related to reasons why some early childhood intervention programs may not have lived up to expectations. By intervention is meant the introduction of planned programing deliberately timed and arranged in order to alter the anticipated or projected course of development. Although an intervention program should be…