This handbook in United States history is one of a series of handbooks designed for the Indochinese student in American high schools. Like the other books in the series, it is not intended to replace the English-language textbook, but is designed to help the student understand the textbook. The material presented was compiled and adapted from high…

The report describes Project LEARN, an educational program to identify the learning disabled (LD) youths who become involved with juvenile court and to facilitate their reentry into the educational system. Chapter 1, on the project's theoretical, legal, and agency foundations reviews the LD/JD (juvenile delinquency) link as it relates to program…

THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 3467 CONDUCTED A SUMMER REMEDIAL PROGRAM FOR 121 MIGRANTS AND 19 NON-MIGRANTS IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE LEOTI COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE LOCAL OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. THE PROJECT OFFERED A HEALTH AND FOOD SERVICE IN ADDITION TO THE EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM. THE CURRICULUM FOR GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 6 WAS…

RESEARCH SOUGHT TO (1) IDENTIFY CRITERIA USED BY DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN SELECTING THEIR TEACHERS FOR INSTRUCTION IN VOCATIONAL, AVOCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND ACADEMIC SUBJECTS, (2) VALIDATE SPECIFIC CRITERIA OF SELECTION AND (3) TEST THE CRITERIA. A QUESTIONNAIRE TECHNIQUE IDENTIFIED NINE VALID TEACHER SELECTION…

A survey was made (1) to obtain the op"nions of school superintendents as to the responsibility for adult education, purposes of public school adult education, issues in administration, the importance of various fields of instruction, and suitable means of financing and (2) to learn which school systems have adult education programs. Responses…

The heterogeneous nature of community college populations has resulted in an academic dichotomy within two-year institutions. Most institutions offer two types of programs: (1) discipline-based, university parallel programs, oriented toward transferring students to four-year institutions; (2) vocational/technical programs, oriented toward terminal…

This paper examines the practices and accomplishments of the military in the area of instructional technology. An examination of historical background is used to increase the precision of the definition of instructional technology. Specific contributions of the military are described and then uses of instructional technology in the military and…

In 1973, 180 independent two-year colleges with membership in the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) were surveyed to determine the extent of cooperative arrangements. Forty-five colleges (25 percent) reported 207 programs of interinstitutional cooperation. In a second survey of state directors of public two-year…

Primarily through the use of tables and graphs, this report presents results of a survey done in the Fall of 1972 of the activities of students who had been enrolled in grade 12 the preceeding June. The results of this survey are compared with data from earlier surveys in this program which has been conducted since 1965. The most dramatic trend…

This self-study program for high-school level contains lessons on: Algebra, Powers and Roots, Geometry, and Number Series. Each of the lessons concludes with a Mastery Test to be completed by the student. (DB)

This self-study program for high-school level contains lessons on: Free Trade and Tariffs; Capitalism, Communism, Socialism; and Nationalism vs. Internationalism. Each of the lessons concludes with a Mastery Test to be completed by the student. (DB)

This self-study program for high-school level contains lessons on: Atomic Structure and Valence, Chemical Bonding, The Table of Elements, and Electrolysis. Each of the lessons concludes with a Mastery Test to be completed by the student. (DB)

A comprehensive guide on using a newspaper to teach adults in adult and continuing education programs, this publication is a direct result of a Newspaper in the Classroom Production Workshop held in Huntsville, Texas in 1970, and attended by 18 teachers of adult and continuing education. The sections of this teaching guide are as follows: Section…

This document is a transcript of the meeting of Division B - Curriculum and Objectives, held in San Francisco in the spring of 1976. Included are short speeches on the subject of the history of the work of this division over the past twelve years; the principal address, "The Moribund Curriculum Field: Its Wake and Our Work"; and two…

Schools can best inculate critical habits of mind by devoted, exciting teaching of the disciplines. (JH)