The author describes her career development from mathematics instructor to director of institutional research at a large community college. She discusses the impact of mathematics on her career, illustrates her present job by describing three recently completed research projects, and strongly recommends that mathematics instructors encourage some…

A project involving thirty-nine eleventh grade students was undertaken at a senior high school to plan and initiate a community-based action learning program to provide students with a meaningful cooperative school-community work learning experience. Specific curriculum requirements were met through a combination of independent study,…

A project was conducted to develop a competency-based undergraduate vocational teacher education program in the areas of business education, distributive education, home economics related occupations, health related occupations, and industrial and technical education. The primary emphasis was on the development of competency-based materials and…

This book is a guide for teachers of physical education in elementary schools. Contemporary theories and practices of physical education are adapted for elementary school use. Procedures of curriculum design and teaching methods that use contemporary individualized practices are examined and explained within the framework of the needs and…

Although deeply concerned, community college faculty often have not been prepared through preservice education or previous teaching experiences to teach adult students with the variety of needs and orientations now characteristic of the community college population. This paper proposes a total staff development program involving a partnership…

This booklet describes a health education program designed to instruct children in proper health care. The model curriculum for this project consists of three intensive units of study, one each at the fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-grade levels. Each unit is organized around a body system: lungs and respiratory system for the fifth grade, heart and…

Synthetic estimation is a statistical technique that estimates small-area statistics by combining national estimates of the relevant characteristics with estimates of other known characteristics of the small geographic area. The advantages of the synthetic estimation approach to local estimation are its intuitive appeal, its simplicity, and its…

To meet the condition of society that Toffler calls "overchoice," schools must redirect their role and provide a program that enables children and youth to develop and sharpen their decision-making skills--cognitive, evaluative, participatory, normative, and affective. All these skills can be developed and refined in the natural settings within…

What are community colleges doing to help their students analyze social, economic, environmental, and political issues; become good citizens; live in a rapidly changing world; understand their heritage; discover their potentialities; refine their interests and goals; and achieve their optimum personal growth? These objectives provide a frame of…

This paper presents a discussion of evaluation methods which can be used in preschool programs and emphasizes the importance of considering both outcome and process variables. Emphasizing the limitations of research which utilizes only outcome measures, the paper focuses on the benefits of an analysis of ongoing processes and interactions within…

Proceedings of the second of three workshops held in conjunction with the development of thirty-four core curriculum modules for vocational teacher education are presented. The bulk of this document consists of three workshop presentations given by J. Robert Warmbrod and one presentation by Terry G. Newell. In the first address, "The Application…

The relationship between research and educational policy in the areas of school system decentralization and community control is analyzed in this dissertation. The literature on decentraliztion and community control is reviewed. It is contended that existing empirical research on these subjects has not systematically tested the assumptions…

One of 33 self-paced instructional modules categorized under 13 major headings, which have been prepared for training industry services leaders to provide guidance in the performance of industry service tasks, this module is an introduction for those who need basic information about the concepts and activities of industry services programs.…

The problems and promises of very small colleges, those with fewer than 750 students, are examined systematically in this pilot study. Such colleges represent an estimated four or five percent of the nation's undergraduate enrollment. This report is based on preliminary studies of three small colleges. Focus is on what this kind of institution has…

The School Board of Virginia Beach has conducted a two-year pilot program focusing on elementary school students who attend school 45 days and break 15 days year round. Four principal questions were proposed and researched by various independent agencies: (1) What effect does the 45-15 cycled-attendance year-round operation have on pupil…