Considers the need for developing medical technologists in a project offering instruction by local physicians and surgeons in methods for diagnosing and treating "trauma" victims. (Author/RK)

Authors examine the ideological convictions of working class youth as they face the prospect of upward social mobility. (RK)

A discussion of a possible program of career education in the elementary and secondary grades by the Deputy Commissioner for Occupational and Adult Education in the Office of Education. (JM)

Discusses the difficulties of agreeable certification procedures for educational programs that are innovative and, at the same time, experimental. (RK)

Describes the basic ideas underlying the Governor Cahill Career Development Vocational Education Pilot Project. (Editor)

Training Technology is a supplement to Educational Technology. (AG)

Describes the results of two pilot studies involving readers' spontaneous responses to short stories during the actual reading process. Analyzes the responses to show the nature of the reading process in the individual. Bibliography. (RW)

Program objectives were to give undecided students chance for self exploration as well as familiarization with academic program and vocational possibilities. (CJ)

Describes a study in which preschool children, enrolled in a Head Start Program in Texas, tested computer-assisted instruction facilitating visual discrimination. The study, in which a TRS-80 Model III displayed alphabetical characters, showed that four-year-olds are able to learn simple visual discrimination tasks from a computer. (JJD)

Junior high schools in three states are currently participating in Science Resources for Schools (SRS), a three-year pilot project designed to link schools with the scientific community. Highlights of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)-directed program and program materials are described. Other AAAS educational activities…

Describes an attempt to design a first-year university French course along lines laid down by researchers associated with the Council of Europe and proponents of the communicative approach. Aspects discussed include approach and objectives, public, materials, activities, and evaluation. (Author/AMH)

The Situation, Objective, Solution (SOS) model was used to increase teaching time in elementary science in one school district in Oregon. Results of that effort could be duplicated in many similar school districts across the country. The role of teachers on special assignment in science is highlighted. (MP)

The Colombian version of the test met acceptable requirements of reliability and construct validity for use in cross-cultural research. Use of the back-translation method ensured equivalency of the Colombian and the English versions, and items in the Colombian version carried the same meaning as those in the original English version. (Author/CM)

A pilot program for training cooperating teachers and bettering communication among all participants in the student teaching program is described. (JMF)

New Medicare regulations will soon mandate upgrading of laboratory technicians' knowledge and skills; a Colorado demonstration project responded successfully to the needs of small-town and rural technicians with a creative approach (now being bought and used by others) and circuit-flying instructors. (AJ)