NEW AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS HAVE RESULTED FROM THE "CLEAN AIR ACT" PASSED BY CONGRESS IN DECEMBER 1963. THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEVELOPED A TRAINING MODEL, CALLED "MAPCORE," WHICH PROVIDES A SEMISTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT, IS PRACTICAL AND REALISTIC IN APPROACH, PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGH CREATIVITY,…

THIS BOOK CONTAINS PRINCIPLES AND GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR USE BY CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE FACULTIES OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS IN DEVELOPING ENGLISH PROGRAMS. THE "FRAMEWORK" IS DELINEATED IN FOUR MAJOR SECTIONS OF THE BOOK. THE INTRODUCTION DEFINES ENGLISH AS A SUBJECT AND SETS FORTH THE FRAMEWORK'S PURPOSE AND RELEVANCE FOR…

In a Biology laboratory for the non-science major, a series of programed booklets, 8mm cartridge films, and 35mm slides were used with standard laboratory equipment and materials. By the end of the second semester, 28 programed sequences with linear and branching strategies had been designed and tested. Students completed attitude questionnaires…

This integrated language arts program for grades 7-12 is based on a conceptual approach to teaching: significant concepts (e.g., "Literature reveals its origin in myth") are developed in several grades through increasing levels of sophistication. Language and literature are defined conceptually, and reading and composition are defined in terms of…

These sequential programs in English for grades 7-12 cover the areas of language, literature, and composition (including speech, reading, and related communication skills) and define the goals of teaching and learning English. Under each of the three main areas, material is offered on point of view, general concepts to be emphasized, and specific…

Twenty illustrated booklets, each representing one unit of learning, comprise the student's guide to an individualized course in bricklaying, in the occupational cluster of masonry. The guide was developed for a research project in a North Carolina high school, and is intended for use in conjunction with several textbooks and a series of…

In the planning phase of this ESEA Title III Project, a learning unit was developed to serve as an outline for the first draft of the model. The field-lab approach is stressed in the belief that the "real world" offers a unique learning opportunity, since it includes the "how" of living as well as the inquiry process of…

The experimental program in remedial composition described in this interim report was designed on the assumption that students could best learn to write minimally acceptable compositions by imitating paragraph and essay models which have been divided into a series of incremental steps. The objectives of the program were to develop a heuristic…

As a sequential and cumulative curriculum for grades 7-12, this program--printed in chart form--suggests for English study an inductive approach in which students are led to explore, evaluate, and organize their experiences for new insights and skills. In addition to the curriculum chart, contents include (1) a glossary of terms used in the…

An undertaking designed to teach the fundamental concepts of programing makes the learner learn frame writing by means of frames. A sliding card gradually discloses the two basic sequences which programs usually follow--the linear and the branching sequences. A branching sequence may be normal or remedial, a frame regular or mainstream. A linear…

The Distar program, evaluated mainly in terms of pupil achievement and teacher opinion, was generally considered to be successful. Teachers indicated through attitude questionnaires that the lessons were enjoyable, that the students had made reasonable progress and had learned useful skills, and that the material was good and easy to use. The…

Education should help people learn to use past experiences as a basis for acquiring new meanings, which frees individuals from what restricts and what enslaves. However, the curriculum has become a program for social purposes and the school an instrument of social control when, in reality, what is needed is persuasion (not coercion) and discussion…

Two major tasks of the K-12 project described in this experimental guide are: 1) present teachers with a proposed inservice program designed to give them an understanding of the subject matter and methods needed to present effective lessons at their grade levels; and, 2) develop an effective K-12 curriculum in civic and legal education. Teachers…

Discussion of control over sequence of instruction in computer-assisted instruction (CAI) focuses on a follow-up study that examined the effects of the breadth and depth of menus and the meaningfulness of menu category names on the learning and attitudes of college students. Posttests are described, and results are analyzed. (16 references) (LRW)

Description of a study which formulated a model of the cognitive processes involved in learning statistics material via computer assisted learning (CAL) focuses on mode of presentation (aural or visual), sequence of the material, and previous mathematical experience. Textual analysis is discussed and implications of the results for design of CAL…