To help define the role of instructional television in arts education as background information for AIT's Art Project, a sample of 12 state and three provincial level arts educators were asked to complete a questionnaire. Sixteen open-ended items were divided into three categories--curriculum, students, and teachers; some called for quantifiable…

Using a textbook entitled "A Survey of Mathematics for College Students Using a Programming Language," an exploratory study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of using APL and the computer in teaching a survey of mathematics course. The course was taught in two sections: one section was taught using APL, access to a computer…

The 1976-77 annual report of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) contains a tribute to the late director Dr. William C. Radford, a list of members of the council, the annual report of the director, a list of ACER staff, contributors to council funds, and information on state institutes for educational research. The annual report…

In 1974, the Ethnic Heritage Studies Branch of the Office of Education granted awards to 42 institutions throughout the United States. A questionnaire was developed and completed by all projects to detail the component activity and goals of each individual project. This report summarizes those questionnaires, providing ready reference to the…

The report presents abstracts of 29 research studies which were designed to identify labor market requirements and evaluate vocational educational programs in the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education System (VTAE). The studies were designed to answer the following questions: (1) What skills, knowledges, and competencies are…

This publication, part 1 of two parts, presents the narrative materials for the teaching of the concept--the development of atomic energy and its social implications--growing out of a study made to determine the feasibility of teaching scientific concepts related to the social and historical developments of science and selected concepts related to…

Reported is part 2 of a two-part publication which presents the narrative materials for the teaching of the concept--the development of atomic energy and its social implications. This publication is the result of a study to determine the feasibility of teaching scientific concepts related to the social and historical developments of science and…

The study describes a curriculum developed to train teachers to teach data processing at the high school, technical/vocational institute, or community college level, and to develop courses for undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of business administration, education, psychology, sociology, and science. A 20-page introduction deals…

Detailed descriptions about Project Physics are presented in this report covering the period from July 1, 1964 - August 15, 1970. The objectives of designing a humanistically-oriented course, attracting more senior-high students, and contributing to the advancement of knowledge of the factors influencing physics learning are discussed with a…

Various facts and activities of the Centre for Learning and Development (CLD) at McGill University in Quebec are described in this annual report, 1973-74. The main goals of CLD are to offer services and support to faculty in matters of course design, development, and evaluation; to seek out and introduce new developments in educational theory and…

This report summarizes the planning and implementation of an Educational System for the Seventies (ES-70), a research and demonstration program for developing a relevant, individualized, and economically feasible secondary school curriculum and organization. Research efforts are patterned to establish performance objectives for selected…

The University of Washington (UW) investigated the use of three general examinations of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) to increase flexibility in curricular arrangements, to assess the impact of curriculum upon student learning, and to formulate upper-division matriculation standards. Tests were administered to a sample of 333…

This report focuses on the background and development of three sequential courses for grades 8, 9, and 10, and the findings and evaluation on these new instructional materials prepared by the Social Studies Research Committee. Part I of this report makes explicit a set of seven Basic Assumptions about reasons for change in the social studies. Part…

Although literature on educational objectives dates back more than 50 years, the last 20 years have seen a renewal of interest in objectives. The taxonomy approach currently in use expresses objectives in terms that are evidenced by pupil behavior. This approach deals with objectives that relate to three separate domains of learning: Cognitive,…

This report presents a two-year junior college retailing curriculum for the disadvantaged, proposed on the basis of answers to questionnaires sent to retailing industries in the Metropolitan Rochester area. The questionnaires were designed to assess the need and feasibility of such a retailing program and to ascertain qualifications required to…