Professionals within institutions of teacher education, in association with those in the field, are best qualified to set standards of quality, develop training programs, and assess effectiveness of teacher preparation programs. (HMD)

This article reviews self-organizing systems, the generation of criteria and constraints in program development, and the creation of learning laboratories in educational environments. (JS)

Evaluation, the author says, is too often based on careless use of value judgments. He describes here one method of evaluating high school programs that meets more specific criteria. (Editor)

Author prompted us to analyze what art is and what good art is and at the same time considered Tolstoy's views on the subjects. (RK)

An instructional product review process is conceived and analyzed from a generic and systemic viewpoint. (Author)

Discusses the influence of judges on tournament debaters. (CH)

Provides an orientation to the special journal issue on research methods in science education and lists four questions to which the contributing authors were asked to respond. (PEB)

A survey of elementary school personnel to determine view on the effective use of pictures in instruction. The survey resulted in a list of 20 criteria for assessing illustrative material. (Author)

Discusses enrollments and standards in relation to minority admissions. (PG)

Focusing on individual learning styles as a major component of intentional teaching, this discussion points out advantages for teachers who provide options based on students' learning styles in the classroom. Particular attention is given to the model of Style Differentiated Instruction (SDI) which developed from the research on styles, higher…

This handbook describes the principles, policies, and procedures governing the accreditation work of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education. The "Introduction" reviews the meaning and purposes of accreditation and the evolution of the Commission's evaluative principles, and describes the mission, operations, and services of…

The number of educational software packages on today's market is growing steadily. A large percentage of them are found to be of poor quality in terms of instructional and/or technical design. Arguing that a microcomputer in the classroom is only as effective as the software used with it, the first part of this digest provides an overview of the…

The accreditation manual of the Council for Accrediation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) contains a statement that, whenever possible, criteria for assessing standards should be qualitative rather than quantitative. The study reported in this paper was conducted to gather baseline data on the extent to which accrediting…

Mental well-being is as important as physical well-being for sound life of man, and perhaps even more important, since physical illnesses are related in varying degrees to psychological problems. Modern psychology emphasizes essential criteria for mental health and well-being. These include positive relationships with others, productivity and…