The effects of varying amounts of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in mathematics, on the academic performance of 446 fifth and sixth graders scoring below norm on the California Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) were investigated. Independent variables were: (1) beginning-of-year CTBS mathematics pretest score; (2) teacher's verbal ability; (3)…

The learning module is the third in a series which examines American history in light of industrial development and expansion. Presented in field test condition to allow for feedback from students and teachers, the booklet explores the welfare state and minority employment through presentation of an extensive teacher background section and 10…

It is proposed that contract public schools (alternative elementary schools) be established within local school districts to develop more effective compensatory education programs. Each contract school will be governed by its own council of directors, which will be elected by the parents of enrolled children. The council's authority to establish…

The report contains an overall account of three annual evaluation studies (1971-73) of a project designed to demonstrate how four components supplemented the existing counseling system in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. The components providing occupational information were: (1) a career orientation program for sixth, seventh, and eighth grades;…

This document, an addendum to the Day Care Survey 1970, describes day care-related federal programs. Each program, is described briefly in terms of: the nature of the program, day care services provided, authorizing legislation, the administering agency, and miscellaneous information (funding, recipients, etc.). Types of programs included are: (1)…

Volume 3 of a four volume collection, this document addresses the extent and the depth of public support in America for domestic social welfare programs and the social, moral, and economic attitudes of the poor and near poor. Specifically, three major sections focus on: the national morale and support for domestic reform; attitudes toward welfare,…

The paper discusses three major obstacles to a change in women's status in developing nations: (1) Misconceptions about development. Women are the largest group who suffer as a result of the concept of development as quantitative, material, technological, and elitist, because that conceptualization does not lead to social change. Development based…

The Behavior Analysis (BA) approach to Project Follow Through, a federally funded education intervention program, has reversed the trend of academic failure of poor children by improving the educational experience of poor children from 12 communities in the urban East, Midwest, rural South, and on Indian reservations in the West. The BA model is…

Several underlying curriculum variables influencing the course of study as it is implemented in the inner city, such as class size and personnel policies, are examined in this investigation, which seeks to determine the relationship between the curriculum variables and standardized academic tests on black and immigrant children in Montreal.…

The Real Experiences for Alternatives in Living Program (REAL) employs three components in an attempt to alter positively the lives of inner-city male youths and to provide indigenous role models within a day care setting to school-age children enrolled therein. These components are informal and formal on-the-job inservice training in child…

The Primary Education Project (PEP) is concerned with the development and evaluation of a model of individualized education for young children suitable for implementation in American public schools at the preschool through primary grade level. It is concerned with all aspects of school functioning: curriculum, classroom organization, teacher…

Traditionally, local school boards have had the power to assign students to classes and to set standards for promotion and graduation; with this authority has gone the discretion to decide what role pupil testing will play in the local schools. Courts have been reluctant to interfere with school board decisions on methodology, of which they…

A Federally-sponsored summer institute, the 1971 adult basic education (ABE) teacher training institute at Alabama State University was an in-depth study directed to the identification and solution of crucial problems of rural poor adults. The 100 institute participants, representing 16 states, were ABE administrators and teachers and personnel…

In order to assess the needs of women at Fresno City College (FCC), a questionnaire was distributed to 133 female day students during regular class sessions. Results showed that: (1) 87.2 percent were 18-24 years old; (2) 57.2 percent were White; (3) 77.8 percent were single; (4) over 60 percent needed information on careers, graduation…

Two hundred first grade children participated in an experimental program involving innovative curricula and instructional techniques. A pretest-posttest method of instruction, employing sequenced and structured learning activities, enabled each child to progress at an individual rate and was supplemented by a readiness program. Evaluation of the…