Described are the formative evaluation procedures used to assess materials to teach educable mentally retarded children concepts and skills in the areas of money, measurement, and time. It is explained that "formative" evaluation refers to assessment of an instructional product during its development, in order to identify ways in which the…

The project was an effort to alleviate a recognized need of educationally disadvantaged students enrolled in vocational agriculture classes in Pennsylvania. This need extended to teacher preparation, instructional materials, and vocational guidance. Instructional materials in ornamental horticulture, agricultural mechanics, and agricultural…

The report summarizes project activities of 1973-75 in which instructional materials were developed to aid in the implementation of the Wisconsin Guide to Local Curriculum Improvement in Industrial Education, K-12. A summary of activities (1973-74 project year) outlines project organization information and lists the titles of 14 learning activity…

This paper examines the application of different planning models to the new product development process. Various models are discussed in relation to the four principal stages of the process: product search, project development, market structure analysis, and investment analysis. The authors emphasize that all useful planning models must address a…

Actions of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to a Congressional mandate to protect children from excessive programing of violence and obscentity are described and demarcated. Special attention is given to the networks' proposal for a Family Viewing Hour. The question of appropriate warnings of offensive content (viewer…

This report, prepared by the English for Speakers of Other Languages Program of the Center for Applied Linguistics for the Tenth Annual International Conference on Second Language Problems, summarizes a number of United States activities in/or related to the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. The report covers roughly the year…

The purpose of this preliminary report is to describe and evaluate the Los Angeles Model Mathematics Project (LAMMP). The objectives of this project include the improvement of mathematical skills and understanding of mathematical concepts, the improvement of students' self-image, the development of instructional materials and the assessment of…

This is one of a series of units intended for both preservice and inservice elementary school teachers to satisfy a need for materials on "new mathematics" programs which (1) are readable with minimal instruction, (2) show the pedagogical objectives and uses of such mathematical structural ideas as the field axioms, sets, and logic, and…

The three extant members of the Jaqi (Jaqimara) family, Aymara, Jaqaru and Kawki, are spoken by over one million people primarily in Peru and Bolivia, but earlier members of the Jaqimara family were probably spoken throughout the whole area of present-day Peru. This paper gives an outline of some of the salient structural features of these…

This report describes two sets of training materials used in needs assessment and goal development programs. One set of materials trains local school/community groups to set goals for their schools. The second set trains evaluation specialists to assist the school community in the goal-setting process and emphasizes the technical skills related to…

The basic goals of the 1972-1973 project in the Spokane area were (1) to promote teacher awareness and understanding of the concept and process of career education; (2) to promote teacher and community awareness and understanding of student needs; (3) to broaden occupational goals and opportunities for youth between school, community, and the…

New emphasis on the total learning process is bringing about significant changes in both educational and training communities. The process-oriented, systems approach to training integrates behavioral objectives, media, and instructors in such a way that increased training effectiveness is realized through a greater ability to deal with the…

Pilot reading materials in the Navaho language have been prepared by a study group of 6 university students in the interest of teaching Navajo children to read their own language first. The 11 products developed were based on the language-control approach although drawings were used to initiate a language-experience approach. In the materials, a…

The Evaluation and Development Blow Your Mind Conference was one activity initiated under the design grant for the Colorado Center for Training in Educational Evaluation and Development (at the University of Colorado). Prior to the conference, 3 consultants (a psychology professor from the University of Washington, a representative of the…

THE FIELD OF SCHOOL PLANT PLANNING RESEARCH WAS SURVEYED TO DETERMINE THE SOURCES OF RESEARCH MATERIALS. THE SOURCES INCLUDED (1) DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS, (2) LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS, AND (3) PERIODICAL LITERATURE. THE STUDY FOCUSED ON SCHOOL FACILITIES AS THEY RELATE TO THE LEARNING PROCESS. SINCE LIBRARY COLLECTIONS WERE FOUND INADEQUATE, IT…