A total of 453 titles of filmstrips, slide sets, and sets of transparencies available free of charge to educators are listed in this guide. More than 20,000 separate frames are offered from 95 sources. Twenty of the filmstrips may be retained permanently by the borrower. The films cover topics in the fields of accident prevention, aerospace…

Sub-Sahara Africa is covered in this bibliography prepared for use in training programs. Consisting of nearly 500 citations which date from 1940 to the present, topics covered include: POPULATION, Traditional Cultures, Religion, Art, Literature, History, Colonialism, Economic Development, Agricultural Modernization, Education and Manpower,…

Intended for school administrators, educators, and the lay public, this publication describes five innovative and effective vocational education programs developed with support from the U.S. Office of Education in response to a local problem. The programs, each requiring the coordinated effort of community groups and leaders are: (1) Industrial…

An attempt was made to determine what factors relate to achievement in language arts, mathematics, and certain attitudes in an individualized programmed instruction school. A total of 87 fifth grade pupils were tested both in the Fall and Spring using the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Pennsylvania Questionnaire and the Stanford Achievement Test.…

The following major papers and summaries of discussion are included in this report of a two-day conference on the improvement of the teaching of economics and business administration at liberal arts colleges. Should the Economics and Business Curriculum in a Liberal Arts College be Different? is the introductory address by Robert L. Bunting. H.…

Prepared by an English instructor and a reading supervisor from ideas suggested by an advisory committee of teachers, this compilation of learning activities is designed for use by language arts teachers to supplement the curriculum resource handbook, "Learning Laboratories for Unemployed, Out-of-School Youth" (ED 047 273). The 19 activities,…

This report is comprised of two reports: the Final Audit Report of the Hawaii English Project, submitted by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, and the main report, the Hawaii English Program Project End Evaluation Report by the Hawaii English Project Staff. The Audit Report is limited to a review of data reduction, analysis, and…

Increasingly, library and audiovisual personnel are being asked to combine their services in situations where these services have previously been separated. This paper attempts to identify recent literature that may be helpful to those involved in implementing or using this broad spectrum of resources. References give author's name, title, data…

Presented at a rural health care research forum held in conjunction with the American Medical Association's annual Conference on Rural Health (March 1975), the papers in this publication reflect the forum's focus upon assessment of recent research relative to rural health care delivery and the need for researcher communication and interchange. A…

An addendum to the final evaluation report (ED 130 950) of a senior high school Humanistic Studies Program is presented. The program was begun in the 1972-73 school year at Woodson High School, Washington, D.C. The program purpose was to provide interdisciplinary academic and cultural experiences to students in grades 10-12 in art, music, history,…

The 1976 meeting of the Education Commission of the States (ECS) concerned ways to relate education more effectively to the world of work. If states and localities decide to orient education increasingly toward career and occupational goals, changes will be necessary in governance and administration as well as curriculum and teaching approaches.…

This study, in the form of a research review, is designed to aid adult educators as they work in curriculum development and materials selection activities. Its purpose is to provide a guide for evaluation by providing recommended guidelines for the analysis of learning material, a suggested instrument for evaluation, and how to use the instrument.…

This annotated bibliography lists journal articles, dissertations, books, and ERIC documents related to research in the teaching of English published between July 1, 1976, and December 31, 1976. Documents covering all levels of education are listed in six sections: bilingual and bidialectal studies; language and verbal learning; literature,…

Before presenting an analysis of vocational research and development during the last decade, an overview is given of educational research and development in general and its relationship to society and societal changes. The author's ideas are offered from different perspectives: As an educational administrator, a federal program administrator, a…

Designed for school administrators, teachers, advisory councils, and architects, this guide may be used in the planning or constructing of new comprehensive vocational facilities or in adding to and remodeling existing facilities. The guide contains information about general and specialized planning. The general planning information covers the…