The quarter annual reports about "Sesame Street" from the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) from 1969 through 1975 were analyzed for evidence that criticism in the periodical literature had influenced the programming and decision making policies of CTW during that time, as well as the audiences involved. Significant evidence that…

THIS CONFERENCE SOUGHT TO IMPROVE THE RATE AND LEVEL OF DISCUSSION ABOUT TRENDS AND ISSUES IN THE USE OF NEWER TEACHING MATERIALS. PARTICIPANTS WERE MEMBERS OF STATE EDUCATION AGENCIES AND STATE BOARDS OF EDUCATION, STATE LEGISLATORS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, COLLEGE PERSONNEL, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. TEXTS OF…

THIS CONFERENCE COVERED SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, AND FUNCTION OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS, AND ACCREDITATION. THE ADMINISTRATOR HAS A MULTIPLE-SERVICE ROLE, IN WHICH HE MUST BE NOT ONLY EDUCATIONAL LEADER, BUT ALSO ORGANIZER, PERSONNEL MANAGER, FINANCE…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A REPORT OF THE 1966 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS) ACADEMY AND JUNIOR ACADEMY CONFERENCE AND A DIRECTORY TO OVER 40 STATE, REGIONAL, AND CITY ACADEMIES. REPORTED WERE (1) THE OFFICERS FOR 1966 AND 1967, (2) THE AAAS ACADEMY CONFERENCE COMMITTEES FOR 1966, (3) THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON "THE…

A CONFERENCE ON BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION WAS ATTENDED BY PROFESSIONAL AUTHORITIES AND LEADERS IN THE FIELD OF READING AND RELATED DISCIPLINE AREAS. THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO REPORT ON RESEARCH IN CANADA AND ENGLAND, AS WELL AS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND TO REVIEW A VARIETY OF PRACTICES IN ELEMENTARY READING. THE BULLETIN WAS…

This paper reports on an investigation of the preferences of 50 parents of kindergarten children for various types of report cards and proposes a method of reporting that conforms to the parents' preferences. A general opinionnaire plus a Report Card Evaluation form were designed for the study. Parents were found to prefer (1) a reporting method…

Intended to serve as a primer for future investigators, this paper surveys and analyzes research studies published between 1945 and 1980 which focus on the effect(s) of color on human cognitive learning. The question of whether or not color as a variable in the design of instructional materials enhances learning has been approached by researchers…

A project was conducted to adapt or develop and field-test an evaluation model for competency-based education, using Florida's Approach to Competency Based Individualized Teaching (FACIT) teacher-training materials for model development and field testing. Because of problems with the production of the FACIT materials, the field test of an…

The OCLC Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Subsystem was designed to facilitate resource sharing among OCLC participating libraries, thereby enabling libraries to expand the range of library resources available to patrons. The final report describes subsystem design and functional uses of the ILL subsystem. A functional overview explains the file,…

Southeast Missouri State University's Kent Library is the only federal depository library in Missouri's 10th Congressional District and has a collection of over 150,000 U.S. Government documents. This resource guide identifies and describes the reference tools needed to access information in that collection. It includes short sections on basic…

This paper reports the major findings and interprets the results of longitudinal and cross-sectional exPeriments concerning the development of visual accommodation in infants 1 to 3 months of age. The stimulus was a high-contrast, random checkerboard which was presented at three different distances from the infants (25, 50 or 100 cm). The physical…

Statistics such as chi-square, phi, and Cramer's V are related to the R squared statistic of regression analysis. It is shown that the proportion of variance accounted for can be computed from many contingency table situations. (JKS)

A model of instruction is discussed and developed. The model has five requisite components; they are descriptions of: (1) the instruction agent's subject matter representation; (2) the learner's initial and current subject matter representations; (3) the instructional process itself; (4) the state of the learner at any point in the instructional…

Appendix I is concerned with the structure of axiomatic theories. Both the syntactic and deductive structure exhibited by axiomatic theories is investigated. Dependency is defined and a method is described that can be used to identify all dependencies that exist between axiomatic components. The ability to eliminate defined concepts and…

Presented are 26 articles originally published in "Science" during 1975-78. The document is divided into three parts. The first part contains articles on changes in energy use. Included are articles on industrial energy use, energy options and strategies for Western Europe, energy use in Brazil, and solar energy for village development, as well as…