Three topics were discussed at this conference: (1) the supply and identification of high level talent; (2) problems of evaluation in general education; and (3) the development of tests for the measurement of non-intellectural functions. Tony Oxtoby and John T. Dailey discussed military and civilian personnel research on talent identification and…

Seven major topics were included in the conference proceedings: (1) Improving Evaluation of Educational Outcomes at the College Level; (2) Individual versus Group Decision Making; (3) Problems and Procedures in Profile Analysis; (4) Making Test Results Meaningful; (5) The Teaching of Educational Measurement; (6) The Interview as an Evaluation…

Vocational education personnel at twenty secondary high schools and vocational skill centers in Michigan were interviewed to (1) identify vocational educators' perceptions of sex-role stereotyping (SRS) in vocational education, (2) determine whether school personnel had identified effective means of reducing SRS and sex bias in vocational…

CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK ARE INTERPRETATIONS OF PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS PRESENTED AT THE "THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EDUCATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL PHYSICIST" WHICH WAS HELD IN LONDON IN JULY, 1965, AND WAS ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM 25 COUNTRIES. THE MATERIAL WAS EDITED, AND ORGANIZED TO STRESS THE ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCES IN…

PRESENTED IN THIS CONFERENCE REPORT ARE HIGHLIGHTS FROM POSITION PAPERS, SPEECHES, AND DISCUSSION GROUPS. COMPLETE INTEGRATION RATHER THAN MERE DESEGREGATION, AND QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL WERE THE MAJOR EMPHASES OF THE CONFERENCE. POSITION PAPERS INCLUDED (1) A REPORT ON HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT'S PROJECT CONCERN, IN WHICH INNER-CITY STUDENTS ARE…

CONCERNED WITH THE NEED FOR AND PREPARATION OF PERSONNEL IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS FOCUS ON THE EDUCATION PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT ACT (EPDA, PUBLIC LAW 90-35) AND THE OPPORTUNITIES IT PROVIDES. JAMES J. GALLAGHER, ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF EDUCATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED, DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS TO BE MET IN…

AN UNDERSTANDING OF BILINGUALISM AND ITS EFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PROCESSES WAS THE THEME OF THESE PAPERS PREPARED FOR A JUNE 1964 CONFERENCE FOR THE TEACHER OF THE BILINGUAL CHILD (UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS). TWO PAPERS SUBMITTED BY JOSHUA A. FISHMAN DISCUSS THE STATUS OF NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES, THE PROSPECTS FOR THE…

This publication reports the content and proceedings of a conference at which curriculum planners and designers and academic specialists and generalists met with representatives of eight disadvantaged American minority groups to examine the relationships between curriculum change and better education for disadvantaged children. The body of the…

The Congress of American Industry of the National Association of Manufacturers attempted in their conference to answer some questions related to defining vocational education, directing vocational education, and the role of the U.S. Office of Education. Major papers presented were: (1) "New Directions in Vocational Education," by Grant…

AT A EUROPEAN SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS FROM BELGIUM, THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, SWEDEN, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, IRELAND, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, SPAIN, AND THE HOLY SEE DISCUSSED CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION AS A TEACHING AID IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION. IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THE RETHINKING OF TEACHING METHODS IN THE LIGHT OF THE POSSIBILITIES AFFORDED BY TELEVISION,…

COMPLETE EVALUATION DATA WERE GATHERED ON 162 CHILDREN IN 23 CLASSES IN NINE HEAD START CENTERS. FIVE AREAS EXPLORED WERE--(1) ITEM ANALYSIS OF EVALUATION TESTS--STANFORD-BINET AND THE CALDWELL-SOULE PRESCHOOL INVENTORY, (2) COMPARISON OF AGE-MATCHED GROUPS--43 MATCHED PAIRS WITHIN THE HEAD START POPULATION (THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES…

Reporting practices used by school systems serving elementary age, educable mentally retarded children were determined and reporting techniques evaluated. All the Minneapolis-St. Paul school systems submitted specimen report cards, and 91 of a possible 124 teachers in 23 school systems completed a questionnaire appraising common reporting…

A condensed synthesis of research needs on educational diffucion is provided in the five papers presented at the National Conference on Diffusion of Educational Ideas at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan on March 26-28, 1968. One major paper was presented in each of the five half-days of the conference with time for discussion…

The major portion of this report for fiscal year April 1967 through March 1968 consists of summaries of research and programs of the past year (Part 1) and projections of those for the coming and subsequent years (Part 2). Part 1 describes (1) purposes, methods, and results of projects in the three major "domains" of…

This summer institute was designed to upgrade teacher educators in business education departments of urban universities and state colleges. Specific purposes were to increase their knowledge of culturally different youth and programs for these youth, and to provide an opportunity for them to develop and implement teaching units for such programs.…