Zins and his colleagues pointed out that understanding implementation of school-based prevention programs is a critical issue as we get more sophisticated about strategies to promote children's social and emotional skill development. This commentary discusses school-based program implementation, challenges, lessons learned, and future directions…

The CASCADE-MUCH system was designed to help teacher-designers in Shanghai, China with the development of instructional scenarios for multimedia curricula. After four rounds of prototyping, a summative evaluation was carried out to assess practicality. Results showed that the system was practical for the intended target users in Shanghai and also…

This article describes the design and formative evaluation of a Web-based tool that supports curriculum developers in constructing competence maps. Competence maps describe final attainment levels of educational programs in terms of--interrelated--competencies. Key requirements for the competence-mapping tool were validity and practicality.…

Experiencing examples of auditory phenomena can clarify textbook and lecture explanations. The addition of visual displays to auditory demonstrations can make them more understandable. Two sound editor programs, Audacity[R] and Adobe Audition Pro 2.0[R], provide excellent capabilities for the display and authoring of auditory demonstrations.…

The purpose of this report is to provide an annual overview of activities funded under the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"), Part D (National Activities to Improve Education of Children with Disabilities), subparts 2 and 3 (P.L. 108-446). "IDEA", Part D, includes programs that support personnel…

This report complements the Mathematical Association of America's curriculum recommendations about the undergraduate program in mathematics with a case studies approach that describes effective practices in undergraduate mathematics programs. The primary focus of this case studies project is not course content, but more general issues in the…

The Central School, Field Local School District, which is located in rural Brimfield, Ohio, has been participating since 1980 in an ongoing demonstration project featuring all-day kindergartens. The school contains only kindergarten classrooms (7 classrooms with approximately 210 children). Central School has implemented a "Strategies in…

The booklet contains descriptions of educational programs in the area of special education/learning disabilities which have been validated as successful by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel of the U.S. Department of Education. Programs are listed alphabetically and also provided are an index of programs by category and an index of programs by…

The directory presents information on model programs, curriculum materials, and guides regarding Handicapped Student Programs and Services (HSPS) funds in California community colleges. Materials were identified via criteria which considered them exemplary and then selected by an advisory committee. Citations are organized in five major topics…

The report describes the third and final year of a 3-year case study of the technical assistance process as implemented by the Technical Assistance Development System (TADS) for the staffs of two demonstration programs for preschool handicapped children and their families. Following a review of TADS and the two demonstration programs, the…

This monograph presents an overview of all educational programs approved for national dissemination by the federal Joint Dissemination Review Panel since l974. It provides basic information on exemplary products and practices in the described projects. The projects are divided into 16 sections: (1) adult education; (2)…

Summaries of seminar activities and copies of materials distributed before and during the meetings are presented in this report on the sixth in a series of seminars on dissemination processes. Focusing on collaboration in education among public and private organizations, the seminar aimed to help its participants increase their understanding of…

The document describes model demonstration projects, products, and Learning Disabilities Research Institutes funded by the Program for Severely/Profoundly Handicapped Children and Youth and by the Handicapped Children Model Program (HCMP). An overview section contains an analysis of data regarding the characteristics of children/youth served,…

The Interstate Validation Process (IVP-)is a method of validating educational practices for dissemination across state lines. The IVP was developed because no validation procedures for disseminating non-federally-funded programs were accepted by all states in the U.S. Department of Education's Region X, and because it was felt that such procedures…

A study to gather information describing model infant and preschool programs for handicapped children in California is reported. Information was received from 142 proqrams (102 in California) including validated First Chance projects, Outreach projects funded by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, Master Plan agencies in California,…